Men's Tennis Splits Opening Two Matches at HEB Invitational

Friday, February 18

Corpus Christi, Texas

12 p.m.

Troy University

DePaul

Men's Tennis Splits Opening Two Matches at HEB Invitational

2/19/2022 7:27:00 AM | Tennis (M)

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 DePaul Box Score UTSA Box Score

By: Troy Athletics Communications

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Troy split its opening two matches of the HEB Invitational Friday at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center. The Trojans knocked off DePaul 4-0 in the opening round match before dropping a thriller, 4-3, to UTSA in the semifinals.

Carles Anton continued his dominant spring, improving to 9-2 in singles, winning both his singles matches on the day. Troy took home the doubles point in the opening match thanks to a thrilling tiebreak victory from Anton and Pelayo Antuna on court three and followed with three singles wins.

In the semifinal match against the Roadrunners, who are a top 50 team in the country, the Trojans won three singles matches, and two of their three losses on the singles courts came in three sets.

The Trojans take on East Tennessee State, which ranks among the nation's top 70 teams, Saturday at 9 a.m. in the third place match.

Troy 4, DePaul 0

Singles
1. Antuna, Pelayo (TROY) vs. Vito Tonejc (DPU) 6-3, 3-6, unfinished
2. Anton, Carles (TROY) def. Marino Jakic (DPU) 6-3, 6-3
3. Martens, Noah (TROY) def. Tripp Tuff (DPU) 6-1, 6-4
4. Simkin, Nicolas (TROY) def. Lars Peder Minsaas (DPU) 6-1, 6-4
5. Bernard, Manuel (TROY) vs. Leon Huck (DPU) 3-6, 6-6, unfinished
6. Llinares, Vito (TROY) vs. Matteo Iaquinto (DPU) 6-4, 4-3, unfinished

Doubles
1. Vito Tonejc/Marino Jakic (DPU) def. Llinares, Vito/Martens, Noah (TROY) 6-3
2. Simkin, Nicolas/Tasker, Christopher (TROY) def. Lars Peder Minsaas/Jona Gitschel (DPU) 6-3
3. Antuna, Pelayo/Anton, Carles (TROY) def. Tripp Tuff/Matteo Iaquinto (DPU) 7-6 (7-5)

UTSA 4, Troy 3

Singles
1. Joao Ceolin (UTSA) def. Antuna, Pelayo (TROY) 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-3
2. Anton, Carles (TROY) def. Javier Gonzalez (UTSA) 6-7 (2-7), 6-4, 6-2
3. Sebastian Rodriguez (UTSA) def. Martens, Noah (TROY) 0-6, 6-3, 6-3
4. Tiago Torres (UTSA) def. Simkin, Nicolas (TROY) 6-2, 7-6 (8-6)
5. Bernard, Manuel (TROY) def. Danijal Muminovic (UTSA) 6-3, 6-3
6. Llinares, Vito (TROY) def. Maxim Groysman (UTSA) 6-4, 7-5

Doubles
1. Joao Ceolin/Javier Gonzalez (UTSA) def. Llinares, Vito/Martens, Noah (TROY) 6-4
2. Sebastian Rodriguez/Tiago Torres (UTSA) vs. Tasker, Christopher/Simkin, Nicolas (TROY) 5-4, unfinished
3. Garrett Skelly/Maxim Groysman (UTSA) def. Antuna, Pelayo/Anton, Carles (TROY) 6-2