ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Florida - The 13th-seeded University of Texas Permian Basin men's tennis team saw their season end against Columbus State, 4-0, in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen on Tuesday in Altamonte Springs, Florida. The Falcons finished the season as the regular season Lone Star Conference Champions and won 20 matches.
 
The No. 4 seed Cougars took the contest on court one doubles, 6-2. Takumi Katsuda and Lucas Nitzschke bounced back for the Falcons and won on court three, 7-5, to tie up doubles. In the end, the Cougars came out on top with a 6-4 victory on two for the point.
 
The Cougars took singles matches on courts four, six, and two, in that order, to secure the match and end UTPB's historic season.
 
No. 4 Columbus State 4, No. 13 UTPB 0
 
Singles Competition
1. Vitaliy Horovoy (UTPB) vs. Justin Welz (CSU), 4-6, 2-1, unf.
2. Thomas Cardona (CSU) def. Takumi Katsuda (UTPB), 6-2, 6-4
3. Jonathan Vega (UTPB) vs. Camilo Cano (CSU), 6-1, 2-6, unf.
4. Daniel Hammond (CSU) def. Grzegorz Rudnicki (UTPB), 6-2, 6-0
5. Jonas Krahofer (UTPB) vs. Elias Peter (CSU), 2-6, 0-5
6. Andreas Sandrone (CSU) def. Lucas Nitzschke (UTPB), 6-2, 6-3
 
Doubles Competition
1. Thomas Cardona/Felix Steen (CSU) def. Jonas Krahofer/Grzegorz Rudnicki (UTPB), 6-2
2. Camilo Cano/Justin Welz (CSU) def. Vitaliy Horovoy/Jonathan Vega (UTPB), 6-4
3. Takumi Katsuda/Lucas Nitzschke (UTPB) def. Elias Peter/Andreas Sandrone (CSU), 7-5