Men's Tennis Drops First Match of Season

SAN ANTONIO – Playing its second match in less than 24 hours, the St. Mary's Men's Tennis team dropped a 4-3 decision to cross town foe, Our Lady of the Lake.
 
Juniors Jake Faryniarz (San Antonio) and Nicolas Llosa (Lima, Peru) dropped only one game at #2 doubles, winning 6-1 and the #3 duo of freshman Aaron Ben Anton (Remseck, Baden-Wurttmberg, Germany) and senior Sebasian Azcui (La Paz, Bolivia) won 6-2 at #3 to earn the doubles point for the Gold & Blue (5-1).
 
"We played some solid doubles today," said Director of Tennis Bill Macom. "We just couldn't seem to carry that momentum into all the singles courts."
 
Faryniarz kicked off singles action with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 6.
 
The Saints won the next three matches at No. 1, 2 and 4 to take the lead at 3-2. Llosa tied the match with his 7-6, 6-1 win at No. 5 singles, but junior Oskar Irdoja (Tallinn, Estonia) couldn't pull off the comeback, falling in three sets.
 
"We struggled to convert many of the deuce points in singles," Macom continued. "However, this is why we schedule a good team like OLLU before conference matches to give us some time to fix things."
 
The next match for the Rattlers is the Lone Star Conference opener at Lubbock Christian on Friday, Feb. 24 at 12 p.m.