ODESSA, Texas – It was a strong showing as The University of Texas Permian Basin men's tennis team (1-0 Lone Star Conference, 7-1) beat Western New Mexico (0-1 LSC, 4-3) 7-0, Friday morning at Pat Wikse Tennis Center.

UT Permian Basin Head Coach Alex Hunt
"The intensity was great on each court. Men took care of business. It was a stellar start to our LSC competition." 

WESTERN NEW MEXICO

SINGLES
#1 – Vitaliy Horovoy (UTPB) def. Alexandre Frigout (WNM) – 6-1, 6-2
#2 – Jonathan Vega (UTPB) def. Romaine Malhomme (WNM) – 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 (TB)
#3 – Grzegorz Rudnicki (UTPB) def. Javier Romero (WNM) – 6-0, 6-0
#4 – Jonas Krahofer (UTPB) def. Brendan Lock (WNM) – 6-2, 6-4
#5 – Lucas Nitzschke (UTPB) def. Mohjit Grewal (WNM) – 6-4, 1-6, 10-2 (TB)
#6 – Angus Howard (UTPB) def. Lorenzo Orellano (WNM) – 6-2, 6-3

DOUBLES
#1 – Horovoy / Vega (UTPB) def. Grewal / Lock (WNM) – 6-2
#2 – Krahofer / Rudnicki (UTPB) def. Frigout / Malhomme (WNM) – 6-3
#3 – Takumi Katsuda / Nitzschke (UTPB) def. Orellano / Romero (WNM) – 6-2

UT Permian Basin remains home, Friday, Mar. 1 playing Texas A&M Texarkana and Sul Ross State.  The matches, which are at Bush Tennis Center, are scheduled to start at 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., respectively.

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