Men's Tennis Shuts Out Second-Straight Foe

SAN ANTONIO – The St. Mary's Men's Tennis team hasn't allowed an opponent to score a single point through two matches this spring, defeating Jacksonville College 7-0 on Friday evening amidst windy conditions at Rohrbach Tennis Stadium.

"It was good to get everyone a match today at home with a nice sized crowd," said Director of Tennis Bill Macom. "The guys had good energy and I got to see some thingns that I didn't pick up on in our practices."
 
In doubles action Jake Faryniarz (San Antonio) and Nicolas Llosa (Lima, Peru) gave the Rattlers an early leg up, winning 6-2 at No. 2 doubles and the third-ladder team of Sebastian Azcui (La Paz, Bolivia) and Bernhard Hauer (Vienna, Austria) won 6-3 for the first team point.
 
The Spanish tandem of Daniel Matheu Baldor (Madrid) and Alvaro Soler (Alicante) completed the doubles sweep by winning the final two games for the 6-4 win.
 
Baldor shut out Edoardo Brustia 6-0 in the first set and was up 2-1 when Brustia unfortunately had to retire. Soler dropped one game in the first set for his only game loss of the day in a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 2 singles.
 
At #6 singles, Llosa pitched the shutout for the team's clinching fourth point, 6-0, 6-0. Junior Ryan Koth (New Braunfels, Texas) collected the fifth point with his 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 4.
 
In his first match with the Rattlers Aaron Ben Anton (Remseck, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) posted a straight-set victory at #5, 6-3, 6-1 and junior Oskar Irdoja (Tallinn, Estonia) dropped his first set 6-4 but fought back to win set two 6-1 and the third set 10-4 in the international tiebreaker.
 
The Rattlers don't get much of a rest as they host Our Lady of the Lake on Saturday at 12:30 p.m.