ABILENE, Texas – The University of Texas Permian Basin men's tennis team beat Hardin-Simmons (0-2) 8-1 and McMurry (0-1) 9-0, Saturday at Seidel-Swagerty Tennis Center.

Sophomore Jonas Krahofer and freshman Lucas Nitzschke had strong play in singles.  Krahofer lost only three games while Nitschke lost just four games in the two matches.

HARDIN-SIMMONS

SINGLES
#1 – Takumi Katsuda (UTPB) def. Justus Petersilie (HS) – 6-4, 6-1
#2 – Jonathan Vega (UTPB) def. Luke Cantu (HS) – 6-1, 6-3
#3 – Grzegorz Rudnicki (UTPB) def. Brandon Curiel (HS) – 6-0, 6-0
#4 – Lucas Nitzschke (UTPB) def. Zach Fowler (HS) – 6-0, 6-2
#5 – Jonas Krahofer (UTPB) def. Jordan Oberbillig (HS) – 6-0, 6-1
#6 – Angus Howard (UTPB) def. Jose Torrez (HS) – 7-5, 6-3

DOUBLES
#1 – Krahofer / Rudnicki (UTPB) def. Cantu / Petersilie (HS) – 8-5
#2 – Fowler / Torrez (HS) def. Katsuda / Nitzschke (UTPB) 8-5
#3 – Howard / Vega (UTPB) def. Curiel / Jameson Sorrell (HS) – 8-3

MCMURRY

SINGLES
#1 – Jonathan Vega (UTPB) def. Nicolas Villalovos (MCM) – 6-1, 6-0
#2 – Lucas Nitzschke (UTPB) def. Eh Kuh Soe (MCM) – 6-0, 6-0
#3 – Jonas Krahofer (UTPB) def. Mason Bagwell (MCM) – 6-0, 6-1
#4 – Angus Howard (UTPB) def. Eli Frosch (MCM) – 6-1, 6-0
#5 – Roberto Garcia-Arrabal (UTPB) Jack Greenwald (MCM) – 6-1, 6-1
#6 – Sebastian Garcia (UTPB) def. Angel Flores (MCM) – 6-4, 6-3

DOUBLES
#1 – Krahofer / Grzegorz Rudnicki (UTPB) def. Kuh Soe / Villalovos (MCM) – 8-4
#2 – Howard / Vega (UTPB) def. Bagwell / Frosch (MCM) – 8-0
#3 – R. Garcia / Nitzschke (UTPB) def. Flores / Greenwald (MCM) – 8-0

UT Permian Basin keeps to the road, Friday, Feb. 9, playing Southwestern.  The match is scheduled to start at 3:00 p.m.

-UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PERMIAN BASIN-