Men's Tennis Closes Out Spring Break Trip
TEXARKANA, Texas — The Doane University men's tennis team battled through several tight matches but fell 7-0 to Texas A&M–Texarkana on Wednesday afternoon in a nonconference contest.
The Eagles claimed the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3, while the Tigers secured one victory in doubles play. The pairing of Andre Hartman and Jaime Asiain Banzo earned Doane's lone doubles win, defeating Alvaro Tormo Lopez and Lawson Swain 6-3 at No. 2 doubles. Texas A&M–Texarkana took the other two matches, including a 6-4 decision over Diego Infante and Elliot Dassel at No. 1 and a 6-2 result against Mats Vervloet and Miles Mollring at No. 3.
Singles play featured several competitive battles for the Tigers, highlighted by a close match at No. 1. Mats Vervloet pushed Sebastian Romanos to the brink in the opening set before falling in a tiebreak, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3).
At No. 5 singles, Andre Hartman opened strong by taking the first set against Jose Rodrigues 7-6 (7-2). Rodrigues rebounded to win the second set 6-2 and claimed the match with a 10-2 decision in the match tiebreak.
Texas A&M–Texarkana secured straight-set wins in the remaining singles matches. Marc Gonzalez Molina defeated Diego Infante 6-2, 6-0 at No. 2, while Fedir Zalievskyi topped Jaime Asiain Banzo 6-4, 6-1 at No. 3. Matias Penaranda earned a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Elliot Dassel at No. 4, and Fabio Veiga closed the sweep with a 6-2, 6-2 win against Miles Mollring at No. 6.
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