Wildcat MTEN blanks UTRGV at home

Saturday, January 18

Abilene, Texas

12 p.m.

Abilene Christian

UT RIo Grande Valley

Photo by: Glenn Losoya

1/19/2020 1:47:00 PM | Men's Tennis

ABILENE - Abilene Christian men's tennis won its home season opener 7-0 vs. regional rival UTRGV Saturday on the indoor courts of the Teague Special Events Center in improving to 1-2 on the season. They continue play Monday with a 3 p.m. dual at Texas Tech.

The Wildcats dropped only one set to the Vaqueros, who won their previous meeting, 4-3, back in March of 2015. Senior and nationally ranked Jonathan Sheehy lost his first set, 6-7, to Carlo Izurieta at the No. 1 line, before storming back to claim sets two and three by scores of 6-0 and 6-1.

The remaining five Wildcats all won in straight sets and ACU's three doubles tandems won by respective scores of 6-0, 6-1 and 6-4.

Abilene Christian 7, UT Rio Grande Valley 0
Jan 18, 2020 at Abilene, TX (Teague Events Center)

Singles competition
1. Jonathan Sheehy (ACU) def. Izurieta, Carlo (UTRGV) 6-7, 6-0, 6-1
2. Dimitrios Azoidis (ACU) def. de Felipe Garcia, S. (UTRGV) 6-3, 6-3
3. Jackson Fine (ACU) def. Williams, Te Kani (UTRGV) 6-0, 6-3
4. Nikolas Moceanu (ACU) def. Mello, Alberto (UTRGV) 6-4, 6-4
5. Riley Tran (ACU) def. Kohrs, Zane (UTRGV) 7-6, 7-5
6. Savan Chhabra (ACU) def. Schmit, Mateo (UTRGV) 6-0, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Jonathan Sheehy/Jackson Fine (ACU) def. Williams, Te Kani/de Felipe Garcia, S. (UTRGV) 6-0
2. Dimitrios Azoidis/Riley Tran (ACU) def. Izurieta, Carlo/Mello, Alberto (UTRGV) 6-1
3. Akinori Wada/Nikolas Moceanu (ACU) def. Kohrs, Zane/Schmit, Mateo (UTRGV) 6-4

Match Notes
UT Rio Grande Valley 0-1
Abilene Christian 1-2
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (3,2,1,4,6,5)