Men's Tennis Blanks Patriots

SAN ANTONIO — The St. Mary's University Men's Tennis team rebounded from a heart-breaking loss against #20 UT Tyler on Friday to sweep all seven points against DBU on Saturday.
 
"We didn't let yesterday's tough defeat against Tyler slow us down," said Director of Tennis Bill Macom. "Doubles play was aggressive and that rolled into all the singles matches. Our team chemistry is on a roll right now and our upperclassmen are showing some great leadership on the courts. Everyone is doing a great job implementing their practice sessions into their matches."
 
The local combination of seniors Jake Faryniarz (San Antonio) and Ryan Koth (Boerne) improved to 2-1 on the season and 2-0 in the spring with their 6-1 win on court one to start the Rattlers (3-7, 1-3 Lone Star Conference) off on the right foot. 
 
The European tandem of senior Oskar Irdoja (Tallinn, Estonia) and junior Alvaro Soler (Alicante, Spain) were on court two and posted a 6-3 victory to clinch the first point of the afternoon.
 
Freshman Louis Hein (Hamburg, Germany) and senior Nicolas Llosa (Lima, Peru) completed the doubles win with a 6-4 victory at line three.
 
All six singles matches were won in straight sets by the Rattlers, including a double bagel victory for Llosa on court five. Irdoja also only dropped one game to improve to a perfect 4-0 in Lone Star Conference play.
 
The Rattlers take a break from Lone Star competition, hosting the Alumni Reunion match on Sunday, April 7 at 10 a.m. before hosting UAFS on the following Friday for Senior Day.