Maverick Advance to SBC Semifinals with Upset of #3 Louisiana

Thursday, April 14

Peachtree City, GA

1 pm

University of Texas Arlington

Louisiana

Box Score (PDF)

4/14/2022 4:23:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

By: Ian Applegate (@Ian_Applegate)

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. – The UT Arlington men's tennis team upset the third-seeded Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns in the Sun Belt Conference Quarterfinals on Thursday afternoon, 4-2, to advance to the semifinals of the tournament.

The Mavericks came from behind in doubles competition to take an early 1-0 advantage over the Cajuns. Louisiana jumped out early as Kacper Dworak and Alejandro Sanchez Gonzalez (LA) defeated Anton Shepp and Miguel Cabrera (UTA) to begin doubles play, 6-3. Maks Lukman and Daichi Akiyoshi even the score with a 6-4 win on court three.

With the doubles point tied, Solano Caffarena and Alan Sau Franco were trailing 4-5, but the Maverick tandem was able to win three straight points to win their match 7-5 and clinch the doubles victory for UTA.

The Cajuns even the match quickly, taking line six over Daichi Akiyoshi in straight sets 6-2, 6-1. Louisiana followed up with a win on court five over Maks Lukman to take the lead in the match, winning 6-3, 6-2 over the freshman.

Sau Franco evened the match back at two points with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Alejandro Sanchez Gonzalez on court one for his 20^th win of the season.

The Mavericks moved quickly to wrap up the match, as Solano Caffarena took court four to put the Mavericks one point away from completing the upset.

Anton Shepp used a three-set match to clinch the victory for the Mavericks. After taking set one 6-3, he fell 2-6, but bounced back with a 6-3 win in set three to help the Mavericks advance.

With the win, UTA will move on to the SBC Semifinals where they will play #2 South Alabama tomorrow (April 15) at 1 p.m.

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