NEW ORLEANS – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men's tennis team extended its winning streak to five matches Sunday with a 4-1 non-conference win over the Dillard Bleu Devils at the Dillard Tennis Facility.
This is the longest winning streak for UTRGV (7-13, 1-0 Southland Conference) since 2004. It's the program's first five-match winning streak since 2001.
The Vaqueros took a 1-0 lead after doubles. Sophomore
Ivo Isqueiro and freshman
Eduardo Menezes rolled to a 6-1 win in the third flight, and the duo of sophomore
Paolo Bonaguro and freshman
Isaac Smyth clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win at No. 2. The Vaqueros battled back from an early 0-2 deficit on Court 2 to win five games in a row, then held off a comeback attempt from the Bleu Devils to head into singles with the advantage.
UTRGV grew the lead to 3-0 with wins on the top two singles courts. Sophomore
Santiago Serrano picked up a 6-1, 7-6 (7:5) win in the second flight, doing a good job of fighting in a back-and-forth second set. Isqueiro earned his third singles win in a row in a competitive 7-5, 6-2 match in the first flight.
Dillard (7-3, 0-0 Red River Athletic Conference) got on the board with a win in the third singles match. With the team victory still up for grabs, the 4-6 flights got underway as the first three finished since the match was played on three courts.
Sophomore
Will Roberts clinched the Vaqueros victory with a quick 6-3, 6-1 win in the fourth flight. UTRGV was leading on the final two courts, with Menezes at five and Bonaguro at six, but those contests went unfinished with the team win secured.
The Vaqueros will wrap up their busy weekend in Louisiana with an 11 a.m. SLC match Monday at Nicholls.
Results
Doubles (3, 2)
1.
Santiago Serrano/
Loic Young Kriegel (UTRGV) vs. Nour Ibrahim/Yassine Benjemaa (DU) 5-5, unfinished
2.
Paolo Bonaguro/
Isaac Smyth (UTRGV) def. Daniel Crowie/Jesus Rodriguez (DU) 6-4
3.
Ivo Isqueiro/
Eduardo Menezes (UTRGV) def. Daniel Sich/Seungwoo Son (DU) 6-1
Singles (2, 1, 3, 4)
1.
Ivo Isqueiro (UTRGV) def. Yassine Benjemaa (DU) 7-5, 6-2
2.
Santiago Serrano (UTRGV) def. Jesus Rodriguez (DU) 6-1, 7-6 (7:5)
3. Nour Ibrahim (DU) def.
Loic Young Kriegel (UTRGV) 6-3, 7-6
4.
Will Roberts (UTRGV) def. Daniel Crowie (DU) 6-3, 6-1
5.
Eduardo Menezes (UTRGV) vs. Daniel Sich (DU) 6-4, 3-3, unfinished
6.
Paolo Bonaguro (UTRGV) vs. Amar Erdenechuluun (DU) 6-4, 0-1, unfinished
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