LUBBOCK -- The ACU men ran into a buzzsaw Saturday afternoon as the 23rd-ranked Wildcats dropped a 7-0 decision to 43rd-ranked Texas Tech at the McLeod Tennis Center.
The Wildcats are now 2-3 on the season and will play at New Mexico at 3 p.m. Sunday.
The Red Raiders (5-1) dominated every set in singles, losing only seven games again, while three players (Gonzalo Escobar, Rafael Garcia, and Raphael Pfister) claimed straight-set victories without losing a single game.
Tech had already won the match when doubles play started (the match started with the six doubles matches), but ACU's only highlight of the day came at No. 1 doubles when
Luke Hawk and
John Strahl knocked off the nation's 19th-ranked doubles tandem, Raony Carvalho and Rafael Garcia, 9-8.
TEXAS TECH 7, ABILENE CHRISTIAN 0
McLeod Tennis Center – Lubbock, Texas
Singles
1. #25 Raony Carvalho (TTU) def.
Eldad Campbell (ACU) 6-1, 6-1
2. #40 Gonzalo Escobar (TTU) def.
Luke Hawk (ACU) 6-0, 6-0
3. Rafael Garcia (TTU) def.
John Strahl (ACU) 6-0, 6-0
4. Andre Stabile (TTU) def.
Brett Proctor (ACU) 6-1, 6-2
5. Vitor Manzini (TTU) def.
Jared Hope (ACU) 6-2, 6-0
6. Raphael Pfister (TTU) def.
Cody McCarty (ACU) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
1.
Luke Hawk/
John Strahl (ACU) def. #19 Raony Carvalho/Rafael Garcia (TTU) 9-8
2. #35 Andre Stabile/Gonzalo Escobar (TTU) def.
Eldad Campbell/
Brett Proctor (ACU) 8-3
3. Vitor Manzini/David Pace (TTU) def.
Jared Hope/
Karl Bein (ACU) 8-6
