Men's Tennis Drops Exhibition at UTRGV

EDINBURG, Texas – In an exhibition match to kick off the spring portion of the 2022-23 St. Mary's Men's Tennis season, the Rattlers dropped a 6-1 decision at UT Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday.
 
Junior Jake Faryniarz (San Antonio) gutted out the lone win for the team at No. 6 singles. After falling in the first set 6-3, Faryniarz flipped the script, losing only two games the remainder of the day for the 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 win. No other Rattler was able to win more than six games against the Division I opponent.
 
Avlaro Soler (Alicante, Spain), Ryan Koth (Boerne, Texas) and Sebastian Azcui (La Paz, Bolivia) all won six games each at #2, #3 and #5 singles, respectively. Soler and Koth both fell 6-2, 6-4, while Azcui inverted the scores for the 6-4, 6-2 loss.
 
The Rattlers open the regular season on Friday, Feb. 3 against Southeastern Oklahoma State at Angelo State at 9 a.m.
 
Doubles

1. Emilien Burnel/Sam Whitehead (UTRGV) def. Daniel Matheu Baldor/Alvaro Soler, 6-2
2. Christopher Lawrance/Karlo Krolo (UTRGV) def. Ryan Koth/Jake Faryniarz, 6-3
3. Agustin Salazar/Te Kani Williams (UTRGV) def. Nicolas Llosa/Sebastian Azcui, 6-3

Singles

1. Emilien Burnel (UTRGV) def. Daniel Matheu Baldor, 6-4, 6-0
2. Karlo Krolo (UTRGV) def. Alvaro Soler, 6-2, 6-4
3. Sam Whitehead (UTRGV) def. Ryan Koth, 6-2, 6-4
4. Te Kani Williams (UTRGV) def. Aaron Ben Anton, 6-4, 6-0
5. Agustin Salazar (UTRGV) def. Sebastian Azcui, 6-4, 6-2
6. Jake Faryniarz (StMU) def. Christopher Lawrance, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2