ABILENE, Texas – Hardin-Simmons' men's tennis team split a pair of matches on Saturday, beating Dallas Baptist 6-3 in the morning and falling 9-0 to UT Tyler in the afternoon.
The Cowboys won two of the three doubles matches.
Alex Hunt and
Andrew Eurek won 8-4 at No. 1 doubles and
B.J. Farmakis and
Michael Boyd rolled 8-1 at No. 3 to give HSU a 2-1 edge heading to singles.
In singles play, Hunt won 6-1 6-2 at No. 1 and
Ben Gutierrez won 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 at No. 3. Boyd and
Chandler Livingston each won straight set matches at No. 5 and No. 6 respectively.
Against UT Tyler, Hunt lost 6-4, 6-3 at No. 1 singles and he and
Andrew Eurek lost 9-8 at No. 1 doubles. Eurek also had a close singles match losing 7-5, 6-3.
HSU is 2-2 on the season. UT-Tyler and DBU are both 2-1 on the year. HSU hosts Concordia and Howard Payne next Saturday in its next action.
Hardin-Simmons 6, Dallas Baptist 3
Singles
1. Alex Hunt (HSU) def. Cannon Jones, 6-1, 6-2
2. Nick Gilmore (DBU) def. Griffin Weinkam, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
3. Ben Gutierrez (HSU) def. Riley Smith, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1
4. Jordan Jackson (DBU) def. B.J. Farmakis, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
5. Michael Boyd (HSU) def. Isaac Childs, 6-2, 6-3
6. Chandler Livingston (HSU) def. Jacob Delao, 6-1, 6-4
Doubles
1. Hunt/A. Eurek (HSU) def. Jones/Gilmore, 8-4
2. Smith/Childs (DBU) def. Livingston/Weinkam, 9-7
3. Farmakis/Boyd (HSU) def. Jackson/Delao, 8-1
UT Tyler 9, Hardin-Simmons 0
Singles
1. Arthur Fagundes (UTT) def. Hunt, 6-4, 6-3
2. Vinicio Hadlich (UTT) def. Gutierrez, 6-1, 6-2
3. Daniel Rodriguez (UTT) def. Boyd, 6-3, 6-3
4. Pablo Gomez (UTT) def. Livingston, 6-2, 6-0
5. Jose McIntyre (UTT) def. A. Eurek, 7-5, 6-3
6. Ryan Elwood (UTT) def. Cameron Vose, 6-0, 6-3
Doubles
1. Fagundes/Hadlich (UTT) def. Hunt/A. Eurek, 9-8 (7-5)
2. Joey Fischer/Gomez (UTT) def. Livingston/Boyd, 8-2
3. Gabriel Hidalgo/McIntyre (UTT) def. Matthew Eurek/Jordan Davis, 8-4
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