Box Score WACO, Texas – The UT Arlington men's tennis team found success at the ITA Texas Regional Championships hosted by Baylor University this past weekend as two players defeated ranked opponents, and a third found his way to the consolation bracket semifinal match.
 
In doubles play, Eduard Simo and Ricardo Alban won their first match 8-7(5) over Adam Oscislawski and AJ Valenty (RICE) to advance to the Round of 32. However, Simo and Alban fell to Xavier Lawrence and Jorge Juarez (Prairie View A&M) 8-4.
 
Alejandro Hayen and Alan Sau Franco advanced to the Sweet 16 of the doubles draw with wins over Thomas Rodrigues and William Mottet (Corpus Christi) and Christopher Frantzen and Rahul Dhokia (Baylor).  In their third match, they were matched up against No. 17 Yua Ito and Christian Sigsgaard (Texas), but fell 8-2 to the nationally ranked team.
 
In the singles draw, Angel Diaz made an impressive run to the quarterfinals, taking down a handful of Power Five foes along the way.  After winning his first match 6-1, 6-4, Diaz was pitted against the No. 6 seed in the tournament and No. 39 national ranked Parker Wynn (Texas Tech).  Diaz handled Wynn in straight sets 6-3, 6-0.  He advanced to play Guido Marson (Texas A&M).  Diaz once again came on top 6-4, 6-2.  After fighting his way to the quarterfinals, Diaz fell in a tough 6-3, 7-5 battle to Austin Abbrat (Texas A&M) to end his run.
 
Miguel Cabrera also came out on top against a nationally ranked foe early in the tournament.  After defeating Brock Lauer (Lamar) 6-3, 6-0, Cabrera faced off against the No. 2 seed in the tournament and No. 14 nationally ranked Matias Soto (Baylor).  Cabrera gutted out a 7-5, 7-6(3) win over Soto. Cabrera would fall in the next round to SMU's Ethan Leon 6-2, 7-5.
 
After losing his initial match, Hayen regained himself and won four matches in the consolation bracket, including a 6-4, 6-2 win over Eshan Talluri (Texas) to push him to the quarterfinals.  A walkover win over Tomas Vaise (SMU) pushed Hayen to the semifinals, but Thomas Rodrigues (Corpus Christi) proved to be too much on the final day of the tournament, defeating Hayen 6-3, 6-4.
 
With Diaz advancing to the quarterfinals, he now has a chance to become an At-Large selection for the ITA National Fall Championships held in Newport Beach, California from November 6 through 10.
 
The Mavericks still have one more tournament to play this fall – the Ralston/Nuefeld Coaches Challenge hosted by SMU.  The Challenge will take place over three days, beginning November 1.
 
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