Box Score TYLER, Texas -- UT Tyler kept its perfect Lone Star Conference record intact with a 6-1 win over DBU on Thursday, clinching at least a share of the conference men's tennis championship with a chance to claim the title outright on Saturday.
The Patriots claimed the doubles points with a tiebreaker victory at No. 2 doubles, where
Gonzalo Fernandez Gil and
Jorge Sala Frigeri posted a 7-6 (7-2) win after the teams split the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles matches. DBU posted a 6-2 win at No. 1 doubles, which UT Tyler answered with a 6-2 win at No. 3 from
Egor Shestakov and
Moritz Mayer.
UT Tyler won 5 of 6 singles matches to secure the win, collecting all 5 points by virtue of straight-set victories. DBU's lone singles win came on a third-set super tiebreaker at No. 3 singles.
Egor Shestakov and
Jan Lucca Marquardt led the way with victories in the top two positions of the singles lineup, as Shestakov posted a 6-4, 6-4 win while Marquardt notched a 6-2, 6-1 win at the No. 2 spot.
Yudai Watanabe (No. 4) and
Jorge Sala Frigeri (No. 5) did not lose a game until the second set of their singles matches, as Watanabe secured a 6-0. 6-2 win while Sala finished with a 6-0, 6-3 win.
Jonas Dixon registered the final team point for UT Tyler with a 7-5, 6-3 win at No. 6 singles.
With the victory, UT Tyler improved to 9-7 overall and 6-0 in LSC play, while DBU fell to 10-8 overall and 2-4 in the LSC.
The Patriots' 2021 season wraps up at home on Saturday with a matchup against Midwestern State.
UT Tyler 6, DBU 1
Doubles
No. 1 Gabe Garrido/Josh Williams (DBU) def.
Jan Lucca Marquardt/
Michael Apple (UTT) 6-2
No. 2
Gonzalo Fernandez Gil/
Jorge Sala Frigeri (UTT) def. Grant McKenzie/Aaron Capone (DBU) 7-6 (7-2)
No. 3
Egor Shestakov/
Moritz Mayer (UTT) def. Hunter Terrell/Joshua Ramos (DBU) 6-2
Singles
No. 1
Egor Shestakov (UTT) def. Grant McKenzie (DBU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 2
Jan Lucca Marquardt (UTT) def. Aaron Capone (DBU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 Gabe Garrido (DBU) def.
Gonzalo Fernandez Gil (UTT) 2-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-7)
No. 4
Yudai Watanabe (UTT) def. Hunter Terrell (DBU) 6-0, 6-2
No. 5
Jorge Sala Frigeri (UTT) def. Josh Williams (DBU) 6-0, 6-3
No. 6
Jonas Dixon (UTT) def. Joshua Ramos (DBU) 7-5, 6-3