PIRATES SWEPT IN WEEKEND TENNIS ACTION

LONGVIEW, Texas - The men's tennis team faced some of the top talent at the DIII level in the state of Texas as they took on UT-Tyler and LeTourneau University. SU fell 9-0 to UTT and 6-0 to LeTU.

In Saturday's match-up with UT-Tyler the Pirates were close in most of their matches but were unable to pull off a win. In singles competition Alex Lam fell 6-3, 6-2 to #18 Ashlock in flight one and Alexander Reinsch was defeated in flight two singles by Chavez 6-0, 6-2. Wright beat Charles Prince in flight three 6-1, 6-1 while D'Art Bebel had the best singles showing of the day, narrowly falling to Maddox in flight four 7-6 (7-2), 6-4.

Rounding out singles competitions was Andy Clarage who fell to Fenter 6-1, 6-3 in flight five and Andrew Olsson's 6-0, 6-2 loss in flight six to Kreines.

The duo of Prince and Lam were barely defeated in #1 doubles action as they fell 9-7 to Ashlock/Reznik. Bebel/Reinsch lost to #9 Fenter/Kreines 8-3 and Riley Bunnell/Olsson dropped their match-up to Chavez/Gonzalez 8-2 to round out doubles action.

Sunday the tough competition continued for the Pirates as they faced #10 LeTourneau. Lam and Prince were once again in the fold for the win but eventually fell to Robbins/Cantu 9-7. Reinsch/Bebel were bested in their doubles match-up with Haney/Sinard 8-1 and Clarage/Olsson fell to de la Fuente/Guerra 8-0.

As singles matches got underway LeTourneau continued to press as Southwestern was only able to win six games of the first three singles matches with the final three being unfinshed due to weather.

The Pirates remain on the road for a pair of dual meets at the end of the week. They face Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, TX on Thursday and then travel to Abilene, TX on Friday to take on McMurry University.