SAN ANTONIO – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men's tennis team will head up to San Antonio for a pair of weekend matchups against the UTSA Roadrunners and the Incarnate Word Cardinals. 
 
The Vaqueros will face the Roadrunners on Saturday at 3 p.m. at the UTSA Tennis Center. The Vaqueros will then face the Cardinals on Sunday at 11 a.m. at the Mabry Tennis Center. 
 
Last Time Out
UTRGV fell 0-7 to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi. 
 
The Islanders gained three points in the showdown standings and now lead 28.5 points to 16.5 points. 
 
Corpus Christi won doubles matches at the No. 2 and 3 spots to take the 1-0 lead after doubles and then followed by sweeping singles to clinch the win. 
 
UTRGV (3-10) took a pair of singles matches to three sets. Redshirt freshman Luka Jankovic dropped the opening set of his match against Pascal Lorieul 3-6. Jankovic answered back with a 6-4 win in the second set before falling 4-10 in the tiebreaker.
 
Redshirt sophomore Samuel de Felipe Garcia also dropped his opening set falling 3-6 to Ryuya Ata. De Felipe Garcia bounced back with a 6-2 win in the second and then went toe-to-toe in the tiebreaker before falling 11-13.
 
Playing UTSA

• UTSA is 8-5 on the season. 
• The Roadrunners are coming off of a 4-1 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Thursday. 
• The Roadrunners also have wins over New Mexico State, Abilene Christian, Louisiana, and No. 40 Tulsa. 
• UTSA will also face Incarnate Word in the first match of the day on Saturday. 
• UTSA is 41-24 in singles play this spring while posting a 22-11 record in doubles. 
• Juri Reckow leads the team with a 9-1 in singles play while the team Javier Gonzalez and Garrett Skelly lead the team with a 7-1 record in doubles. 
• UTRGV is 23-34 all-time against UTSA in a series that dates back to 1982. 
• UTSA won the last matchup picking up the 7-0 win earlier this season at the H-E-B Tournament of Champions. 
• UTRGV last defeated UTSA back on March 4, 2016 picking up the 4-2 victory at the H-E-B Tournament of Champions. 

 
Playing Incarnate Word

• Incarnate Word is 2-3 on the season.
• Incarnate Word has not played a match since Feb. 6 when it fell 1-6 to No. 5 Texas. 
• The Cardinals had matches against Trinity, Our Lady of the Lake, Rice, and Texas A&M postponed. 
• Incarnate Word is set to play UTSA on Saturday at the Mabry Tennis Center. 
• The Cardinals are 14-16 in singles play while posting a 6-7 record in doubles. 
• UTRGV is 5-5 all-time against Incarnate Word in a series that dates back to 2001. 
• UTRGV won the last matchup taking the match 5-2 back on March 6, 2020 at the Orville Cox Tennis Center. 

 
Upcoming Schedule

• Mar. 26 vs Seattle U – TBA
• Mar. 27 vs New Mexico State – TBA
• April 3 vs. Prairie View A&M (DH) – 1 p.m.
• April 9 vs. Chicago State – 9 a.m.
• April 11 vs. Grand Canyon – 10 a.m. 

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