ABILENE, Texas - Abilene Christian's men's tennis team Friday lost both ends of an indoor doubleheader at the Teague Events Center, falling to the nation's No. 1 ranked junior college Tyler, 5-2, and the No. 8 D-III program from Trinity, 4-3.
The Wildcats won the doubles point in each match, but had trouble continuing their success onto the singles courts, where they lost nine of 12 matches. Two of ACU's wins were at No. 6 singles by sophomore
Marco Bensley, who defeated Tyler's Dillon Eizember, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 and Trinity' Charlie Curtis, 6-5, 6-2.
Sophomore
Jason Proctor claimed the Wildcats' only other singles' point after he defeated Trinity's Nicolas Moreno at No. 4, 6-5, 6-3.
Proctor and teammate
Michael Morris went 2-0 at No. 3 doubles today, as did the No. 2 team of
Guilherme Gesser and
Nico Agritelley. ACU's No. 1 doubles team of Borja Cortés and
Nicklas Wingord went 1-1 as they followed a 6-2 loss to Tyler's Mate Cutura/James Martell with a 6-4 win against Trinity's Moreno and Paxton Deuel.
The Wildcats will look to rebound Saturday when they play host to a doubleheader featuring Texas-Permian Basin (12 p.m.) and McMurry (6:30 p.m.).
Tyler Junior College 5, Abilene Christian 2
Jan 31, 2014 at Abilene, Texas (Teague Events Center)
Singles competition
1. Mate Cutura (TJC) def. Borja Cortés (ACU) 6-3, 6-3
2. Vaughn Hunter (TJC) def.
Nicklas Wingord (ACU) 6-4, 6-4
3. James Martell (TJC) def.
Guilherme Gesser (ACU) 6-4, 6-3
4. Ryan Hudelson (TJC) def.
Jason Proctor (ACU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Trey Seymour (TJC) def.
Nico Agritelley (ACU) 6-1, 6-4
6.
Marco Bensley (ACU) def. Dillon Eizember (TJC) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Mate Cutura/James Martell (TJC) def.
Nicklas Wingord/Borja Cortés (ACU) 6-2
2.
Guilherme Gesser/
Nico Agritelley (ACU) def. Ryan Hudelson/Vaughn Hunter (TJC) 6-4
3.
Jason Proctor/
Michael Morris (ACU) def. Trey Seymour/Dillon Eizember (TJC) 7-5
Trinity University 4, Abilene Christian 3
Jan 31, 2014 at Abilene, Texas (Teague Events Center)
Singles competition
1. Paxton Deuel (TU) def. Borja Cortés (ACU) 2-6, 6-5, 6-3
2. Aaron Skinner (TU) def.
Nicklas Wingord (ACU) 6-3, 6-4
3. Greg Haugen (TU) def.
Guilherme Gesser (ACU) 6-2, 6-1
4.
Jason Proctor (ACU) def. Nicolas Moreno (TU) 6-5, 6-3
5. Jordan Mayer (TU) def.
Nico Agritelley (ACU) 6-4, 7-6
6.
Marco Bensley (ACU) def. Charlie Curtis (TU) 6-5, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Borja Cortés/
Nicklas Wingord (ACU) def. Paxton Deuel/Nicolas Moreno (TU) 6-4
2.
Guilherme Gesser/
Nico Agritelley (ACU) def. Jordan Mayer/Clayton Niess (TU) 6-5
3.
Jason Proctor/
Michael Morris (ACU) def. Greg Haugen/Aaron Skinner (TU) 6-4
