MIDLAND, Texas – It was a perfect day in singles as The University of Texas Permian Basin men's tennis team (1-0 Lone Star Conference, 9-1) beat Texas A&M Texarkana (4-6) and Sul Ross State (0-2), Friday at Bush Tennis Center.

In singles play, UTPB did not lose a single set.  The Falcons were especially strong against Sul Ross losing only eight total games.

UT Permian Basin Head Coach Alex Hunt
"The boys took care of business today. Ever since the last point finished today, we have been focused on tomorrow. Seward County is going to be tough. Our men have a challenge ahead of them and I'm excited to see how they compete. Should be fun." 

TEXAS A&M TEXARKANA – W, 7-0

SINGLES
#1 – Vitaliy Horovoy (UTPB) def. Mauricio Trevino (TAMT) – 6-3, 6-2
#2 – Takumi Katsuda (UTPB) def. Andrew Otzenberger (TAMT) – 6-2, 6-4
#3 – Grzegorz Rudnicki (UTPB) def. Felipe de la Carrera (TAMT) – 6-3, 6-1
#4 – Jonas Krahofer (UTPB) def. Sebastian Ramanos (TAMT) – 6-3, 6-4
#5 – Lucas Nitzschke (UTPB) def. Iker Alonso (TAMT) – 6-3, 7-5
#6 – Angus Howard (UTPB) def. Marc Gonzalez (TAMT) – 6-4, 6-4

DOUBLES
#1 – Otzenberger / Trevino (TAMT) def. Horovoy / Howard (UTPB) – 7-6
#2 – Krahofer / Rudnicki (UTPB) def. de la Carrera / Ramanos (TAMT) – 6-0
#3 – Katsuda / Nitzschke (UTPB) def. Alonso / Gonzalez (TAMT) – 6-2

SUL ROSS STATE – W, 7-0

SINGLES
#1 – Grzegorz Rudnicki (UTPB) def. Devin Winter (SRS) – 6-1, 6-0
#2 – Jonas Krahofer (UTPB) def. Joseph Rangel (SRS) – 6-0, 6-0
#3 – Lucas Nitzschke (UTPB) def. Cameron Ball (SRS) –  6-0, 6-0
#4 – Angus Howard (UTPB) def. Jackson Taylor (SRS) – 6-3, 6-2
#5 – Roberto Garcia-Arrabal (UTPB) def. Justin Corbett (SRS) – 6-0, 6-1
#6 – Sebastian Garcia (UTPB) def. Ethan Flori (SRS) – 6-0, 6-1

DOUBLES
#1 – Horovoy / Howard (UTPB) def. Rangel / Winter (SRS) – 6-1
#2 – Krahofer / Rudnicki (UTPB) def. Ball / Taylor (SRS) –  6-0
#3 – R. Garcia-Arrabal / S. Garcia (UTPB) def. Corbett / Flori (SRS) –  6-4

UT Permian Basin remains home, Saturday, Mar. 2 playing Seward County CC.  The match, which is at Bush Tennis Center, is scheduled to start at 9:00 a.m.

-UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PERMIAN BASIN-