Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- After falling to NCAA Division II's No. 25-ranked Southern Arkansas in Friday's morning match, the UT Tyler men's tennis team outlasted MSU Denver for a 4-3 win in a match that lasted over 6 hours to close out a grueling day.
 
The Patriots picked up the doubles point against Southern Arkansas, but after losing the doubles point against MSU Denver, UT Tyler had to win 4 of the 6 singles matches. That's exactly what they did, picking up the win to improve to 2-4 on the season heading into a Saturday afternoon matchup against Southwest Baptist (Mo.).
 
 
#25 Southern Arkansas 4, UT Tyler 1
 
Although Southern Arkansas won by a 4-1 margin, it took three sets in all four singles matches after the Patriots claimed the doubles point with victories at No. 1 and No. 3 in the doubles lineup. The Muleriders won the opening set in 3 of the top 4 spots in the singles lineup, and all four of those matches went three sets as the Patriots challenged the No. 25-ranked Muleriders throughout the singles lineup.
 
Doubles
No. 1 Jan Lucca Marquardt/Gonzalo Fernandez Gil (UTT) def. Sander Jans/Sofiane Bah (SAU) 7-5
No. 2 Yuri Gondouin/Marko Nikoliuk (SAU) def. Moritz Mayer/Egor Shestakov (UTT) 6-4
No. 3 Michael Apple/Jorge Sala Frigeri (UTT) def. Ole Lukas Valkyser/Gabriel Breitenmoser (SAU) 6-2
 
Singles
No. 1 Yuri Gondouin (SAU) def. Jan Lucca Marquardt (UTT) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
No. 2 Sander Jans (SAU) def. Egor Shestakov (UTT) 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 Marko Nikoliuk (SAU) def. Gonzalo Fernandez Gil (UTT) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
No. 4 Ole Lukas Valkyser (SAU) def. Jorge Sala Frigeri (UTT) 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
No. 5 Gabriel Breitenmoser (SAU) vs. Moritz Mayer (UTT) 6-3, 0-1 (unfinished)
No. 6 Jonas Dixon (UTT) vs. Sofiane Bah (SAU) 3-3 (unfinished)
 
 
UT Tyler 4, MSU Denver 3
 
UT Tyler turned the tables on MSU Denver after the Roadrunners claimed the doubles point. The Patriots won 4 of the singles matches, claiming victories at No. 1, No. 2, No. 5, and No. 6, including a trio of 3-set victories to conclude a long day of action. Egor Shestakov claimed his win at No. 2 in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3, but Jan Lucca Marquardt bounced back from a 3-set singles defeat against Southern Arkansas with a 3-set win at the No. 1 singles position. Moritz Mayer and Jonas Dixon also claimed 3-set victories to secure the team win for the Patriots.
 
Doubles
No. 1 Mateo Besada/Daniel Llorente (MSU) def. Jan Lucca Marquardt/Gonzalo Fernandez Gil (UTT) 6-4
No. 2 Moritz Mayer/Egor Shestakov (UTT) vs. Billy McDermott/Alejandro Martinez-Morilla (MSU) 6-6 (unfinished)
No. 3 Jack McDermott/Jeanloup Auzias (MSU) def. Michael Apple/Jorge Sala Frigeri (UTT) 7-6 (7-4)
 
Singles
No. 1 Jan Lucca Marquardt (UTT) def. Daniel Llorente (MSU) 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1
No. 2 Egor Shestakov (UTT) def. Jack McDermott (MSU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 Mateo Besada (MSU) def. Gonzalo Fernandez Gil (UTT) 7-6 (8-6), 2-6, 6-3
No. 4 Alejandro Martinez-Morilla (MSU) def. Jorge Sala Frigeri (UTT) 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 Moritz Mayer (UTT) def. David Kijak (MSU) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
No. 6 Jonas Dixon (UTT) def. Billy McDermott (MSU) 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 6-3