February 25 – Tyler – Playing against the NCAA Division II competition for the first time this spring, the UTPB male tennis team, classified at the national level, began its trip to Tyler Junior College with an effort Close to return to a 4-3 VS defeat.
The Falcons rebounded with a 4-0 victory against the Delta State University on Sunday, February 23, but again dropped with a score of 4-3 in a difficult match against the n ° 17 of the Mississippi College, classified at the level national, Monday, February 24.
After losing the double point against Harding and faced with a 3-1 deficit, the UTPB tried to return while Jonathan Vega filled a return victory of 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 against the Simple player classified at the country’s national level in the country, case of rui, in the singles n ° 1. Lucas Nitzschke won 6-3, 6-3 against Caleb Folse in Simple N ° 5 to equalize the match. However, in the decisive match, Florian Kralik fell just short in the two sets, 7-5, 6-4, against Edoardo d’Arigo to the singles n ° 6.
UTPB has rebounded against Delta State, winning the double point and winning each of the three games in single to finish. Sergio Alejandro Gonzalez Ibanez defeated Andrej Komnenic 6-0, 6-1 to the simple n ° 3; Jonas Krahofer beat Harry Browning in three sets, 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, in simple n ° 4; And the last match was another victory in three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, for Lucas Nakasato on Sebastian Hernandez in place n ° 2.
In a difficult result of 4-3 against the Mississippi College n ° 17, the UTPB won the double point with a 6-0 victory by Vega and Krahofer at n ° 1 in double and a 6-1 victory by Gonzalez Ibanez and nitzschke in n ° 3 place. In simple, however, MC won the first three games to take the lead and shoot at a point in victory. UTPB would fight to equalize the match while Krahofer beat Gustavo Tedesco 7-5, 6-2 in single n ° 5 while Grzegorz Rudnicki beat Alvaro Saint Martin in three sets, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4 , 6 -4, in singles n ° 3. However, in the last match in single n ° 6, Nitzschke fell 6-3, 7-5 against Sergio Ramirez Ocana, leaving the Falconons with a sour taste in the mouth at the end of the weekend.
Combined for the weekend, Vega and Krahofer were 3-0 in double (n ° 1, 2) while Rudnicki and Kralik were 2-1 in total (n ° 1, 2) and were 2-0 at n ° 2 in double. UTPB was a 5-2 double combined. In simple, Gonzalez Ibanez (n ° 3-4) was 3-0 while Krahofer (n ° 3, 4, 5), Nitzchke (n ° 5, 6) and Vega (n ° 1) were each 2-1.
