SEATTLE - The UT Arlington men's tennis team (14-7, 5-0 WAC) clinched the WAC Regular Season championship with a 6-1 win over Seattle at the Amy Yee Tennis Center on Sunday. This is the first regular season championship the Mavericks have won since 2010, when they took the Southland Conference title.
 
The doubles point came down to a few points, with the Mavericks securing the early lead heading into singles play. They finish conference play undefeated in doubles play, taking the point in every WAC match.
 
Anton Shepp and Solano Caffarena took care of business on Court 1, taking down Clement Hamel and Veselin Kiselkov. The 6-2 victory put them at 12-4 overall, going 4-1 in conference matches.
 
Court 2 came down to a tiebreaker, with Santiago Giamichelle and Dante Teramo finishing victorious. The pair defeated Michael Frank and Julian Worn 7-6 (1), allowing the Redhawks only one point in the tiebreaker. Giamichelle and Teramo finish conference play with a 4-1 record and an 11-5 overall record.
 
Lachlan Robertson and Joan Torres Espinosa fell in a close match on Court 3 to give the Redhawks one doubles win. Yu-Han Hsieh and Filip Stipic won the match by one break of serve 7-5. Robertson and Espinosa finish conference play with a 3-2 record.
 
The Mavericks carried the doubles momentum into singles play, dropping only one match to the Redhawks.
 
Shepp continued his impressive season with another straight set win on Court 1. In his fifth WAC win, he took the first set 6-3 over Stipic. The second set came down to a break, with Shepp finishing victorious 7-5, moving to 14-6 overall.
 
Giamichelle took Court 2 in straight sets, defeating Kiselkov to finish conference play undefeated. After taking the first set 6-3, Giamichelle edged out the second by a break 6-4, moving to 12-5 on the season.
 
In a deciding set, Caffarena took down Worn on Court 3, earning his tenth win of the season and finishing WAC play undefeated. Worn came out strong and took the first set 6-3 before Caffarena retaliated to take the second 6-2. In a decisive third set, Caffarena finished off the match 6-1 to secure the win.
 
Robertson dropped a close match on Court 4 to Frank, losing in the deciding set tiebreaker. Frank took the first set with a close 7-6 victory. Robertson responded by closing out the second set with a tight 7-5 victory. The tiebreaker came down to three points, with Frank taking the match 10-7. Robertson ends conference play with a 4-1 record and a 13-5 overall record.
 
Espinosa earned his second WAC win on Court 5, taking out Hsieh in straight sets. The first came down to a break, with Espinosa finishing with the 6-4 win. He allowed Hsieh only one game in the second, winning the set and match 6-1 to move back into the winning column at 10-9 overall.
 
Teramo closed out his match on Court 6 in straight sets over Dario Ristovski to finish conference play undefeated and move his overall record to 13-4. Both sets came down to one break, with Teramo winning the first 6-4 and the second 7-5.
 
The Mavericks are set to head into the WAC tournament in their final stretch of the season. The tournament is set to begin on April 27 at the Arlington Tennis Center.
 
UTA 6, SU 1
Singles

1. Anton Shepp (UTA) def. Filip Stipic (SU) 6-3, 7-5
2. Santiago Giamichelle (UTA) def. Veselin Kiselkov (SU) 6-3, 6-4
3. Solano Caffarena (UTA) def. Julian Worn (SU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
4. Michael Frank (SU) def. Lachlan Robertson (UTA) 7-6, 5-7, 10-7
5. Joan Torres Espinosa (UTA) def. Yu-Han Hsieh (SU) 6-4, 6-1
6. Dante Teramo (UTA) def. Dario Ristovski (SU) 6-4, 7-5

Doubles

1. Anton Shepp/Solano Caffarena (UTA) def. Clement Hamel/Veselin Kiselkov (SU) 6-2
2. Santiago Giamichelle/Dante Teramo (UTA) def. Michael Frank/Julian Worn (SU) 7-6 (1)
3. Yu-Han Hsieh/Filip Stipic (SU) def. Lachlan Robertson/Joan Torres Espinosa (UTA) 7-5

 
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