SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The No. 72 Texas Tech Red Raiders opened their weekend in California with a win over the UNC Wilmington Seahawks on Friday afternoon by a come-from-behind, 4-3 score.

Texas Tech (9-4) started doubles with a win on court one as Niksa Arsic and Sebastian Abboud took down the UNCW (2-7) duo Brady Hussey and Alex de Gabriele, 6-2. Shortly after, both remaining Red Raider duos fell on courts two and three in tiebreaker sets to give the Seahawks a 1-0 lead headed into singles.

In singles play, the Red Raiders started out strong with back-to-back wins by Arsic and Felipe Pagnacco. Arsic began singles with a win over Lukas Steffen with decisive sets, 6-3, 6-4, on court one. Pagnacco quickly followed on court four over Seahawk de Gabriele in two sets, 6-4, 6-2, to give the Red Raiders their first lead of the match.

Thiago Guglieri took down UNCW Hussey, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3, on court five to give the Red Raiders a 3-1 advantage. Tyler Stewart fell to Oscar Baumgartner, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, on court three, and then Ludovico Vaccari was defeated at court two by Jordi Domench, 3-6, 7-5, 4-6, to tie up the match. Clinching the match for the Red Raiders was Abboud who went into a third-set battle with Alexander Thompson, winning it, 6-4, 6-7, 6-2, to give the Red Raiders a 4-3 victory.

Up next, the Texas Tech Red Raiders battle the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos at 2 p.m. CT on Saturday.

RESULTS

#72 Texas Tech 4, UNCW 3

Singles


Niksa Arsic def. Lukas Steffen, 6-3, 6-4
Jordi Domench def. Ludovico Vaccari, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
Oscar Baumgartner def. Tyler Stewart, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Felipe Pagnacco def. Alex de Gabriele, 6-4, 6-2
Thiago Guglieri def. Brady Hussey, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
Sebastian Abboud def. Alexander Thompson, 6-4, 6-7, 6-2

 
Doubles


Sebastian Abboud/Thiago Guglieri def. Brady Hussey/Alex de Gabriele, 6-2
William Dean/Jordi Domenech def. Niksa Arsic/Tyler Stewart, 7-6
Lukas Steffen/Oscar Baumgartner def. Felipe Pagnacco/Thomas Van Den Dooren, 7-6

 
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2), Singles (1,4,3,5,2,6)

 

Texas Tech Men’s Tennis


19 NCAA Tournament Appearances
10 NCAA Singles Championship Participants
13 NCAA Doubles Championship Participants
Seven All-Americans
2016 Big 12 Champions
53 Academic All-Big 12 Selections
Career-high ITA End of Year Team Ranking of No. 11
Eight Top-25 ITA End of Year Team Rankings