ABILENE – Abilene Christian plays an important regular-season finale at 11 a.m. Sunday, hosting UT Rio Grande Valley.
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The Wildcats are 9-11 overall and 1-2 in the Western Athletic Conference.
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UTRGV at ACU | 11 a.m. | Sunday | Eager Tennis Pavilion | Live Stream
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ON THE LINE: Abilene Christian is 1-2 in the WAC and UTRGV is winless. Seattle has one win and hosts Texas-Arlington on Sunday. ACU clinches a first-round bye in next week's WAC Tournament with a win on Sunday. A loss could put them into the play-in round on Thursday.
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LAST MATCH: ACU lost consecutive WAC matches for the first time in its three years in the league, losing 5-2 at Grand Canyon.
Daniel Morozov and
Cesar Barranquero won at No. 1 doubles, 6-2, and
Jose Maria Rastrojo and
Merse Deli won at No. 3 doubles.
Martin Delnido won at No. 6 singles in straight sets for the lone ACU singles win.
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STREAK: ACU freshman
Martin Delnido has won six consecutive matches and is 3-0 against the WAC.
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FROSH FORCE: Freshmen
Martin Delnido and
Dennis Dutine lead the Wildcats with eight singles wins this spring and classmate
Merse Deli is right behind them at seven. Deli also has a dozen doubles wins.
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SENIOR SALUTE: ACU recognizes its seniors on Sunday.
Dario Kmet,
Mihaly Deli and
Jose Maria Rastrojo are in their senior seasons.
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HISTORY WITH UTRGV: The Wildcats are 4-1 in the series with the Vaqueros, including a 5-2 win in Edinburg last season. This is just the second time UTRGV has played men's tennis at ACU. The 2020 Wildcats won 7-0.
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SCOUTING THE VAQUEROS: UTRGV is 10-13 overall and 0-3 in the WAC after a 5-2 loss at UT Arlington on Friday. Emilien Burnel is 12-9 at No. 1 singles, including a win on Friday over No. 88 Joan Torres Espinosa of UTA.
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