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EMMITSBURG, Md. \u2013\u00a0The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) men’s tennis team opened their three-match road swing this weekend with a dominant 4-0 victory over the Mount St. Mary’s University (Mount) Mountaineers Saturday at the Mount St. Mary’s Tennis Courts. Singles (6, 5, 4)\u00a0\u00a0 Support UTRGV Men’s Tennis<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Become a Fan on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Follow us on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Follow us on Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Follow us on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n Read Full Article
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\nThe bottom of the lineup shined for the Vaqueros, starting in doubles as the duo of junior Will Roberts<\/a> and sophomore Loic Young Kriegel<\/a> picked up their first win as a team, defeating the duo of Luke Papyoanou and Alexi Roy 6-2 on court two.
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\nMeanwhile, on court three, the duo of junior Paolo Bonaguro<\/a> and sophomore Tsz Him “Michael” Chan picked up a 6-4 win over Alessio Guarino and Ryan Wagner to secure the doubles point for the Vaqueros and extend their doubles win streak to four.
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\nThe Vaqueros rolled in singles play as they only needed three matches to go final to earn the win.
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\nThe scoring started on court six, where Bonaguro dominated, not dropping a single game to Andrew Allen, winning 6-0, 6-0. Shortly after, Chan wrapped up his match on court five, a 6-1, 6-0 drubbing against Joshua Johnson.
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\nThe clincher was Roberts, who concluded his match two minutes after Chan, in another dominating performance, defeating\u00a0Papyoanou 6-1, 6-0 to lift the Vaqueros to victory.
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\nDue to a limited number of courts, the matches on courts one, two, and three did not begin competition.
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\nThe Vaqueros will continue their road trip through the Washington metropolitan area, as they will visit George Mason on Monday at 9 a.m. before playing a second match that afternoon at Morgan State, which is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.
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\nResults
\nDoubles (2, 3)\u00a0
\n1. Ivo Isqueiro<\/a>\/Sam Whitehead<\/a> (UTRGV) vs. Stefanos Pournaropoulos\/Nikos Makris (Mount), 6-6 uf.
\n2. Will Roberts<\/a>\/Loic Young Kriegel<\/a> (UTRGV) def. Luke Papyoanou\/Alexi Roy (Mount), 6-2
\n3. Paolo Bonaguro<\/a>\/Tsz Him “Michael” Chan (UTRGV) def. Alessio Guarino\/Ryan Wagner (Mount), 6-4<\/p>\n
\n4. Will Roberts<\/a> (UTRGV) def. Luke Papyoanou (Mount), 6-1, 6-0
\n5. Tsz Him Chan (UTRGV) def. Joshua Johnson (Mount), 6-1, 6-0
\n6. Paolo Bonaguro<\/a> (UTRGV) def. Andrew Allen (Mount), 6-0, 6-0<\/p>\n
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