DALLAS & SAN ANTONIO – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men's tennis team is splitting up this weekend and competing at their last tournaments of the fall season with the Ralston/Neufeld Coaches Challenge, hosted by SMU, and the UIW Invitational, hosted by Incarnate Word (UIW).
 
Ralston/Neufeld Coaches Challenge
 
The Vaqueros are sending graduate student Sam Whitehead, juniors Ivo Isqueiro and Santiago Serrano, and sophomore Loic Young Kriegel to the Ralston/Neufeld Coaches Challenge which will run from Friday to Sunday at the Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex.
 
The Vaqueros will compete against individuals from multiple power conference teams including Baylor, BYU, TCU, SMU, and Texas Tech. In addition, the Vaqueros will also compete against individuals from Harvard, Lubbock Christian, Memphis, Rice, Tulsa, UT Arlington, and UT San Antonio.
 
Matches will start at 9 a.m. Friday and will be streamed through PlaySight. The official tournament site can be found here.
 
UIW Invitational
 
The Vaqueros are sending juniors Will Roberts and Paolo Bonaguro, sophomores Tsz Him Chan, Francisco Gamez, and Eduardo Menezes, and freshman Luke Bishop to the UIW Invitational which will run from Friday to Sunday at the Clarence Mabry Tennis Center.

The Vaqueros will compete against individuals from Incarnate Word (UIW), Our Lady of the Lake (OLL), and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC).

Ralston/Neufel Coaches Challenge Thursday Schedule (Doubles followed by Singles)
Singles
Indoor Court 1: Ivo Isqueiro (UTRGV) vs. Reiya Komagata (Tulsa), 11 a.m.
Indoor Court 2: Sam Whitehead (UTRGV) vs. Victor Tosetto (Tulsa), 11 a.m.
Indoor Court 3: Santiago Serrano (UTRGV) vs. Connor Doig (Tulsa), 11 a.m.
Indoor Court 5: Loic Young Kriegel (UTRGV) vs. Calum Jestin (Tulsa), 11 a.m.

Doubles
Indoor Court 3: Ivo Isqueiro/Santiago Serrano (UTRGV) vs. Victor Tosetto/Reiya Komagata (Tulsa)
Indoor Court 5: Sam Whitehead/Loic Young Kriegel (UTRGV) vs. Connor Doig/Calum Jestin (Tulsa)

UIW Invitational Thursday Schedule
Singles
Compass 1
Paolo Bonaguro (UTRGV) vs. Etienne Marty (TAMUCC), 11 a.m.
Tsz Him Chan (UTRGV) vs. Josef Zapletal (TAMUCC), 11 a.m.

Compass 2
Eduardo Menezes (UTRGV) vs. Filip Vacula (TAMUCC), 11 a.m.
Will Roberts (UTRGV) vs. Mateo Galvez (UIW), 11 a.m.

Compass 3
Francisco Gamez (UTRGV) vs. Maxime Salesses (TAMUCC), 12:30 p.m.
Luke Bishop (UTRGV) vs. Mario Richmagui (UIW), 12:30 p.m.

Doubles
Flight 1
Paolo Bonaguro/Will Roberts (UTRGV) vs. Jacob Gailey/Bastien Prod'homme (OLL), 3 p.m.

Flight 2
Francisco Gamez/Luke Bishop (UTRGV) vs. Filip Vacula/Josef Zapletal (TAMUCC), 3 p.m.

Extra Matches
Tsz Him Chan/Eduardo Menezes (UTRGV) vs. Alexandre Chauvel/Marco Rodriguez (UIW), 4 p.m.
 
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