University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Texas Tech
Men Fall to No. 18 Texas Tech at HEB
3/5/2010 4:39:00 PM | Men's Tennis
The Ragin' Cajuns men's tennis team fell to No. 18 Texas Tech in the early game of the 46th Annual HEB Invitational, hosted by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Friday morning.
The Cajuns (2-8) fell 4-0 to the Red Raiders (10-1) as the match was stopped after the clinching point. The Cajuns lost all three doubles matches, putting them down 1-0 to start singles.
The Cajuns lost at the No.2 spot with Javier Pulgar falling to Gonzalo Escobar 6-4, 6-3. At the No. 5 spot, Vitor Manzini defeated Neil Schneider 6-4, 6-2. At the No. 6 Raphael Pfister knocked off Robert Voss 6-1, 6-2.
The Cajuns will play the losers of Western Michigan and South Alabama this afternoon.
#18 Texas Tech 4, Louisiana 0
Singles competition
1. Raony Carvalho (TTU) vs. Murray, Carlin (UL) 6-1, 3-6, 3-2, unfinished
2. Gonzalo Escobar (TTU) def. Pulgar, Javier (UL) 6-4, 6-3
3. Rafael Garcia (TTU) vs. Krzyszkowski, Tomasz (UL) 4-6, 4-5, unfinished
4. Andre Stabile (TTU) vs. Mandl, Yanick (UL) 7-6, 3-2, unfinished
5. Vitor Manzini (TTU) def. Schneider, Neil (UL) 6-4, 6-2
6. Raphael Pfister (TTU) def. Voss, Robert (UL) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Raony Carvalho/Rafael Garcia (TTU) def. Murray, Carlin/Mandl, Yanick (UL) 8-4
2. Gonzalo Escobar/Andre Stabile (TTU) vs. Pulgar, Javier/Schneider, Neil (UL) 7-4, unfinished
3. David Pace/Vitor Manzini (TTU) def. Voss, Robert/Krzyszkowski, Tomasz (UL) 8-0
Match Notes:
Louisiana 2-8
Texas Tech 10-1; National ranking #18
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (6,5,2)
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