CORPUS CHRISTI – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men's tennis team will play three matches in two days as it competes in the H-E-B Tournament of Champions starting on Friday.
 
UTRGV will play two matches on Friday at the H-E-B Tennis Center as it faces DePaul at 10 a.m. and Eastern Washington at 5 p.m. UTRGV will close out the weekend against Troy at 10 a.m. at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center. 
 
Last Time Out

• UTRGV (1-4) picked up its first win of the season by defeating Laredo Community College 4-3.
• UTRGV won the doubles point after winning on No. 1 and 3 spots. Michael Loyd and Samuel de Felipe Garcia clinched the point with a win at No. 3 doubles. 
• Carlo Izurieta, de Felipe Garcia, and Alberto Mello each won in singles with Izurieta's win over Juan David Ramirez clinching the match.  

 
All-Time Series Against DePaul

• UTRGV is 1-2 against DePaul in a series that dates back to 2009.
• Both teams met last year at the H-E-B Tournament of Champions and it was DePaul coming away with the 4-2 victory back on Feb. 22, 2019.
• UTRGV's win over DePaul came back on Mar. 3, 2010 when it won 6-1 in Corpus Christi. 

 
All-Time Series Against Eastern Washington

• This is the first matchup between UTRGV and Eastern Washington.

 
All-Time Series Against Troy

• UTRGV is 0-1 against Troy all-time.
• Troy won the only matchup 4-1 back on Mar. 2, 2018 at the H-E-B Tournament of Champions.

 
Scouting DePaul

• DePaul is 3-7 on the season.
• DePaul has wins over Illinois-Chicago, Toledo, and Creighton.
• DePaul is currently on a two-match losing streak after falling 1-4 to Wichita State and 3-4 to Drake.
• DePaul is 26-26 in singles play this spring while also posting a 12-12 doubles record, while using just four doubles teams.
• Boris Spanjaard leads the team with seven victories in singles play this season.
• Spanjaard and Chris Casati lead the team with four doubles victories.

 
Scouting Eastern Washington

• Eastern Washington is 1-4 on the season.
• Its lone win came against Whitworth after defeating them 7-0. 
• Eastern Washington is currently on a two-match losing streak after falling 0-6 to Gonzaga and 0-7 to Washington.
• Eastern Washington is 8-21 in singles play this spring and 3-11 in doubles.
• Wout Doumen and Mikayel Khachatryan lead the team with two singles victories each. 
• Three doubles teams have come away with one victory for Eastern Washington. 

 
Scouting Troy

• Troy is 5-3 this season.
• Has wins over Auburn University at Montgomery, Tennessee State, Alcorn State, Florida A&M, and North Alabama. 
• Is currently on a three-match win streak and is coming off of a 6-1 win over North Alabama back on Feb. 14. 
• Troy is 34-14 in singles play while posting a 15-6 doubles record as a team.
• Carles Anton leads the team with an 8-0 record while Oskar Michalek has posted a 7-1 record.
• Anton and Pelayo Antuna have team for a team leading 8-0 record in doubles. No other team has posted more than two wins.

 
Upcoming Schedule

• Feb. 26 vs. Lamar – 11 a.m.
• Feb. 29 @ Nicholls State – 12 p.m. 
• Mar. 1 @ New Orleans – 10 a.m.
• Mar. 2 @ Alcorn State – 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Mar. 6 vs. Incarnate Word – 11 a.m.

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