Box Score WACO – The UT Arlington men's tennis team commenced its spring season Friday night at #11 Baylor, dropping a 7-0 match to the Bears at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center.
 
Baylor took a hard-fought doubles point to open the evening before the Bears swept UTA in straight sets in each of the six singles contests.
 
The Bears took #1 doubles, 6-0, but on court 2 Enrique Pardo and Eduard Simo held a 5-3 advantage over Baylor and appeared destined to win their match before the #3 Baylor duo of Constantin Frantzen and Matias Soto out-dueled Alejandro Hayen and Miguel Cabrera, 7-5, to earn the point.
 
In singles action, the nationally-ranked Bears took the aforementioned six matches in straight sets, but freshman Cabrera battled at #5 singles, forcing Frantzen to a tiebreak in the second, and final set, before falling 7-6 (7-2).
 
Doubles
#1 Smith / Lah def. Nuez / Rio: 6-0
#2 Pardo / Simo vs. Schretter / Bendeck: 5-3 (UF)
#3 Frantzen / Soto def. Hayen / Cabrera: 7-5
Order of Finish: 1, 3
 
Singles
#1 Smith def. Nuez: 6-3, 6-4
#2 Schretter def. Pardo: 6-2, 6-3
#3 Soto def. Rio: 6-3, 6-3
#4 Lah def. Simo: 6-0, 6-0
#5 Frantzen def. Cabrera: 6-3, 7-6 (7-2)
#6 Bendeck def. Hayen: 6-1, 6-1
Order of Finish: 6, 4, 2, 3, 5, 1
 
UTA will have a week break from competitive action before returning to action at Rice next Friday, Jan. 25.