CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The UT Arlington men's tennis team (4-5) picked up their second consecutive 4-0 victory after defeating New Mexico State (6-9) in the opening day of the 61st annual H-E-B Tournament of Champions hosted by Texas A&M – Corpus Christi on Friday evening inside the indoor courts at the Corpus Christi Athletic Club.
 
Although temperatures were in the 30s down on the island, the Mavericks were on fire indoors, taking the doubles point then taking the singles points on Courts 2, 4 and 6 to earn the 4-0 sweep, the Mavs second straight 4-0 sweep and fourth overall of the young season.
 
The duo of Meethre Barot and Pedro Sasso kicked things off for the Mavs with a 6-0 win on Court 1 in doubles action. The team of Mattia Ricci and Andres Medus secured the doubles point for the Mavs on Court 3, defeating the team of Lance Urlaub and Roko Stipetic in a 6-4 battle.
 
In singles action, Daniel Pérez-Caraballo made it 2-0 for the Mavs after a 6-3, 7-6 win on Court 6. Medus secured a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 win on Court 2 to make it 3-0 in favor of the Mavs. Ricci secured the 4-0 sweep for the Mavs after a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 win on Court 4.
 
The Mavs move their all-time record to 13-5 and have now won four straight against the Aggies after tonight's victory.
 
UTA returns to action next Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 11 a.m. when they welcome Texas A&M – Corpus Christi to the UTA Tennis Center.

61st Annual H-E-B Tournament of Champions hosted by Texas A&M – Corpus Christi
UTA 4, NMSU 0
Singles
1. Meethre Barot (UTA) vs. Itay Feigin (NMSU) no result 
2. Andres Medus (UTA) def. Tobias Wallin (NMSU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 
3. Pedro Sasso (UTA) vs. Matias Rojas (NMSU) no result 
4. Mattia Ricci (UTA) def. Holland Snell (NMSU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
5. Yazid Lahjomri (UTA) vs. Lance Urlaub (NMSU) no result 
6. Daniel Pérez-Caraballo (UTA) def. Roko Stipetic (NMSU) 6-3, 7-6


Doubles 
1. Meethre Barot / Pedro Sasso (UTA) def. Tobias Wallin / Gustavo Campos (NMSU) 6-0 
2. Itay Feigin / Holland Snell (NMSU) def. Yazid Lahjomri / Daniel Pérez-Caraballo (UTA) 6-1 
3. Andres Medus / Mattia Ricci (UTA) def. Lance Urlaub / Roko Stipetic (NMSU) 6-4
   
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