Men’s Tennis Falls to Louisiana-Monroe 4-1 at Southland Conference Tournament

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The University of Texas-Pan American men’s tennis team fell to Louisiana-Monroe 4-1, this afternoon in the opening round match-up at the Southland Conference Tournament held at the UTSA Campus in San Antonio.

Freshman Tom Mangelschots registered the lone victory for the Broncs at the No. 6 singles by defeating Doug Breaux, 6-3, 6-4. The Broncs close their season with a 13-15 overall record and 3-4 in their first season in the Southland Conference.

The No. 1 seed Texas-Arlington (10-0) will take on Southeastern Louisiana at 9 a.m. on Saturday, while host Texas-San Antonio (9-1) will face vs. Louisiana-Monroe in the other semi-final match-up starting at 1 p.m.  The winner of Saturday’s Championship final will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tennis Championship, for the first time in conference history for the men.

No. 5 Louisiana-Monroe def. No.4 Texas-Pan American 4-1
Doubles
No. 1 Bart Dabrowski/Robert Bailey, ULM, def. Matt Gower/Kareem Abdullah, UTPA, 8-6
No. 3 Jaime Pombo/Fred Blaise, ULM, def. Alex Cequea/Pierre Cantu, UTPA, 8-6

Singles
No. 1 Bailey, ULM, def. Gower, UTPA, 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 Blaise, ULM, def. Abdullah, UTPA, 7-6(2), 6-1
No. 5 Pombo, ULM, def. Brandon Meiners, UTPA, 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 Tom Mangelschots, UTPA, def. Doug Breaux, ULM, 6-3, 6-4