April 21, 2007

Results

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The UT Arlington men's tennis team could not rally from an 0-2 deficit, dropping a 4-2 decision to host Texas-San Antonio in the semifinals of the 2007 Southland Conference Men's Tennis Championship here Saturday.

UTA, the defending SLC tournament champion, ends the season 10-9. UTSA (12-10) will advance to meet the top-seed Texas A&M-Corpus Christi tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. in the championship match and automatic NCAA Tournament berth.

UTSA's Adam Becker gave the Roadrunners the decisive point, breaking Gonzalo Bienzabos early in the third set and holding on for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory.

UTSA gathered the momentum early by jumping out quickly in the doubles play with victories at No. 1 and No. 3 position.

In singles, UTAs Daniel Omana came down with severe cramps in his legs midway through the first set and was no match for Robin Fernandez, 7-6, 6-2.

Alberto Agis overpowered Nenad Maric at No. 3 singles, winning the first set 6-3 and jumping out to a 3-0 lead in set two before winning 6-2.

UTSA got a win from Andre Moreira at the No. 4 spot, 7-6, 6-1 over Javier Herrera.

The SLC Newcomer of the Year, UTA's Dimtry Minkin, defeated Nate Avila 6-4, 6- to cut the deficit to 3-2 before Becker's win.

Southland Conference Tennis Championship
Semifinals, April 21, 2007, San Antonio, Texas
No. 3-seed Texas-San Antonio 4, No. 2-seed UT Arlington 2
Doubles
No. 1 - Adam Becker/Rodrigo Morgado, UTSA, def. Daniel Omana/Gonzalo Bienzabos, 8-5
No. 2 - Diego Mattar/Javier Herrera, UTA and Robin Fernandes/Nenad Maric, tied at 6-6, unfinished
No. 3 - Nate Avila/Andre Moriera, UTSA def. Alberto Agis/Dmitry Minkin, 8-6

Singles
No. 1 - Mattar, UTA and Morgado, 3-6, 6-3, unfinished
No. 2 - Fernandes def. Omana, 7-6, 6-2
No. 3 - Agis def. Maric, 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 - Moreira def. Herrera, 7-6, 6-1
No. 5 - Minkin def. Avila, 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 - Becker def. Bienzabos, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2