AUSTIN – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men’s tennis team showed great fight but fell, 7-0, to the #1 Texas Longhorns Wednesday at the Texas Tennis Center.
Texas (3-0) claimed the 1-0 advantage after a pair of 6-0 wins on the first and second doubles courts. UTRGV’s No. 3 duo of sophomore Will Roberts and freshman Eduardo Menezes played hard, going back-and-forth with the Longhorns to a 4-4 tie. When the Texas duo took the 5-4 lead, Roberts/Menezes was sharp with the match on the line, holding strong against the serve to even things up again at 5-5. The Vaqueros stopped Texas on six break points in the match, but the Longhorns took the 7-5 win.
Texas secured the team victory with singles wins on the first, fourth and third courts. UTRGV was competing against the #2 ranked singles player, Sebastian Gorzny, on Court 1 and the #20 ranked singles player, Jonah Braswell, in the third spot…