Men's Tennis Wins Third Straight

Sunday, March 13

Beaumont, TX

12 PM

University of Texas Arlington

Lamar

Box Score (PDF)

Photo by: Ellman Photography

3/13/2022 4:04:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

By: Ian Applegate (@Ian_Applegate)

BEAUMONT – The UT Arlington men's tennis team (11-6) won their third straight match on Sunday, defeating Lamar 5-2 in Beaumont.

The Cardinals took an early lead, taking the doubles point over the Mavericks. Alan Sau Franco and Maks Lukman fell on line two 6-3 before Miguel Cabrera and Anton Shepp evened doubles with a 6-4 win at line one. It come down to court three, but Daichi Akiyoshi and Ricardo Alban were unable to get the win, falling in a 7-6 (7-5) battle.

Lamar continued with their momentum into singles action, taking the first match at line two 6-4, 6-1. That was the last points for the Cardinals, however, as the Mavericks found their groove in singles. Solano Caffarena was the first to win, taking line six 6-0, 6-4.

On the court next to him, Ricardo Alban evened the match with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 win on court five. Alan Sau Franco followed with a three-set win on line one (6-3, 5-7, 6-2). Anton Shepp clinched the match for the Mavericks with a three-set win of his own, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3).

The afternoon ended with Miguel Cabrera winning the fifth point of the match with a 7-6, 4-6, 10-6 win on court four.

UP NEXT
The Mavericks will host SBC foe Louisiana at the UTA Tennis Center next Friday (March 18) for a noon match with the Cajuns.

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