Men's Tennis Wins in Dominant Fashion

SAN ANTONIO — After dropping back-to-back matches by one point, the St. Mary's University Men's Tennis team bounced back with a 7-0 sweep over the Saint Mary Spires on Friday afternoon.
 
Sophomore Graidyn Bowe (San Antonio), playing his first match of the spring, paired with junior Alvaro Soler (Alicante, Spain) at number one doubles to get the day going for the Gold and Blue (2-3) with a 6-1 win. On court two, sophomores Aaron Ben Anton (Remseck, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) and Bernhard Hauer (Vienna, Austria) also only dropped one game in a 6-1 decision. Freshman Louis Hein (Hamburg, Germany) and senior Ryan Koth (Boerne, Texas) won their first match of the season, 6-2, for the doubles sweep.
 
Four singles players won via the double bagel at ladder spots three through six as senior Jake Faryniarz (San Antonio), senior Oskar Irdoja (Tallinn, Estonia), junior Daniel Matheu Baldor (Madrid, Spain) and freshman Leonardo Fabbri (Faenza, Italy) all played without dropping a game.
 
Soler won six of the seven games in each set at number one singles and senior Nicolas Llosa (Lima, Peru) won 6-1, 6-2 at number two.
 
The Rattlers head north for Spring Break, facing UT Dallas on Saturday and Hawaii Pacific on Sunday on the UTD Campus.