Jan. 26, 2004

AUSTIN, Texas - The 13th-ranked University of Texas men's tennis team handed the Mavericks a season opening loss in Austin on Sunday afternoon. Texas-Arlington could only manage to claim one singles match in the outing, falling to the Longhorns 6-1.

Texas jumped to an early 1-0 lead after sweeping doubles play. Longhorn freshman Andy Mack and Garrett Snyder ran their doubles record on the year to 5-0 by defeating Josey Trimmier and Petri van Rensburg at the No. 3 position, 8-5.

Sandy Farquharson recorded the only victory for the Mavericks, defeating Pete Stroer at the No. 2 position, 6-4, 3-6 (13-11). At the No. 1 position, senior Nathan McGregor split sets with UT's Antonio Ruiz before falling in the super tie-breaker 10-4.

Texas-Arlington returns to action Jan. 30 when it travels to New York to participate in the Columbia Invitational.

Texas 6, UTA 1
Singles
1. Antonio Ruiz (Texas) def. Nathan McGregor (UTA) 6-7, 6-4, (10-4)
2. Sandy Farquharson (UTA) def. Pete Stroer (Texas) 6-4, 3-6, (13-11)
3. Jose Zarhi (Texas) def. Niels Buksik (UTA) 6-0, 6-3
4. Will Clinton (Texas) def. Ian Vazquez-Rowe (UTA) 6-2, 7-6
5. Hubert Chodkiewicz (Texas) def. Petri Van Rensbrug (UTA) 6-3, 6-1
6. Joe Morris (Texas) def. Josey Trimmier (UTA) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles
1. Stroer/Haney (Texas) def. McGregor/Buksik (UTA), 8-3
2. Morris/Chodkiewicz (Texas) def. Farquharson/Vazquez (UTA), 8-2
3. Snyder/Mack (Texas) def. Trimmier/Van Rensburg (UTA), 8-5

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