ARLINGTON– The UT Arlington men's tennis team beat Texas A&M Corpus Christi 4-2 on Friday after having lost to the Islanders 1-6 last month.

Maks Lukman and Alan Sau Franco won the first doubles match on Court 1, 6-3. Habib Stambouli and Ricardo Alban dropped the next match 2-6 on Court 3, but Miguel Cabrera and Anton Shepp pulled through and clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win on Court 2.

The Mavericks started off the singles with two losses on Courts 3 and 6. Miguel Cabrera lost 1-6, 2-6 at the No. 3 spot, followed by Habib Stambouli with a 3-6, 0-6 loss at No. 6. Alan Sau Franco was the first to earn a singles point, with a 7-5, 6-3 win on Court 2. Maks Lukman came back on Court 5 to earn the second, winning 1-6, 6-1, 7-5.

With the Mavericks leading 3-2, it came down to Anton Shepp or Daichi Akiyoshi to clinch the match. Shepp secured the victory for the Mavericks on Court 1 with a tough 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 win.

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The Mavs will take on Wichita State on Sunday at noon at the UTA Tennis Center.
 
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