Box Score Richardson, Texas – The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor men's tennis team fell behind in doubles before fighting back to tie the match in singles, but the Cru fell in a three-set battle in the final match in a 5-4 loss to U.T. Dallas Friday evening in Richardson.
The Cru's lone doubles win came from the team of
Julian Dunmore and
Daniel Riner at #3. UMHB evened the match with singles wins from
Scott Wilding at #1,
Brendan Thompson at #2 and Dunmore at #4. But UTD rallied to win #3, #5 and #6 to close out the victory.
The loss drops UMHB to 5-4 overall and 1-1 in American Southwest Conference play with the loss. The Comets improve to 8-3 overall and 3-0 in ASC play with the victory. The Cru men will return to action with an ASC West Division match at Howard Payne on Saturday.
| Singles competition |
| 1. Scott Wilding (UMHB-MEN) def. Christian Duarte (UTD) 7-5, 7-6 (7-2) |
| 2. Brendan Thompson (UMHB-MEN) def. Mario Jelev (UTD) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 |
| 3. Alberto Hernandez (UTD) def. Cole Weiss (UMHB-MEN) 6-4, 6-1 |
| 4. Julian Dunmore (UMHB-MEN) def. Ryan Morton (UTD) 7-5, 6-2 |
| 5. Eric Chen (UTD) def. Brian Martin (UMHB-MEN) 7-5, 6-0 |
| 6. Giovanni Zamboni (UTD) def. Daniel Riner (UMHB-MEN) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 |
