‘Cats split to open Tournament of Champions

CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS – The ACU men's tennis team opened TAMUCC's Tournament of Champions on Friday, falling 4-1 to Louisiana before bouncing back with a 4-2 win over the host school. 
 
INSIDE THE MATCHES:

• Host: Texas A&M – Corpus Christi
• Site: Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center
• Location: Corpus Christi, Texas 

 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Daniel Morozov and Savan Chhabra teamed up to win a 7-5 tiebreaker and take the top doubles flight, while Jose Mariga Rastrojo and Mihaly Deli won 7-5 on Court 2 to give the Wildcats the doubles point. 
• At the time the Ragin' Cajuns clinched singles, Dario Kmet was in the third set on Court 2 and Morozov had just picked up a 6-4 victory to pull even in the top flight. 
• ACU shifted their focus to the Islanders, with the same two doubles tandems again giving the Purple and White an early advantage. 
• Morozov made it a 2-0 lead for ACU with a 6-3, 6-0 win on Court 1, but the home team pulled even with back-to-back wins in the third and fourth flights. 
• Kmet battled to a 6-4, 7-6 victory on Court 2 to put the 'Cats on the brink, and Oswaldo Cano finished it off with a 6-3, 7-6 win on Court 6. 

 
UP NEXT: 

• The Wildcats wrap up the weekend with a non-conference match against conference opponent New Mexico State, which is set to begin at 9:00 a.m.