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SAN ANTONIO — No. 45 Portland won the opening doubles point, but 67th-ranked UTSA stormed back to sweep all six singles contests en route to a 6-1 victory on Sunday at the UTSA Tennis Center.
The Roadrunners (5-6) handed the Pilots (7-1) their first loss and knocked off their second ranked opponent of the spring.
"It was huge for us to come from behind after dropping the doubles point," second-year head coach Jeff Kader said. "It was encouraging to see how the guys responded in singles play. We had a strong showing in all of the singles matches and the guys were fired up."
Junior Tyler Brown provided the clinching point following his straight-sets triumph against Alex Ferrero at second singles.
Junior Martin Ayala, freshmen Joel Rubio and David Kelleher and senior Daniel Moser also netted straight-sets wins at Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6 singles, respectively.
Meanwhile, sophomore Yannick Junger staved off a late push from Stefan Micov to win in three sets at the top spot.
UTSA will return to the courts on Tuesday, March 6, when it hosts Middle Tennessee at 2:30 p.m.
#67 UTSA 6, #45 Portland 1
Doubles
1. Ferrero/Hu Kwo (UP) def. Junger/Zanotelli (UTSA) 8-4
2. Ayala/Brown (UTSA) def. Hernandez/Micov (UP) 8-6
3. Coelho/Guay (UP) def. Rubio/Kilgo (UTSA) 8-5
Singles
1. Yannick Junger (UTSA) def. Stefan Micov (UP) 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (11-9)
2. Tyler Brown (UTSA) def. Alex Ferrero (UP) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
3. Martin Ayala (UTSA) def. Geoff Hernandez (UP) 6-4, 6-1
4. Joel Rubio (UTSA) def. Michel Hu Kwo (UP) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
5. David Kelleher (UTSA) def. Justin Guay (UP) 6-3, 6-1
6. Daniel Moser (UTSA) def. Daniel Coelho (UP) 6-4, 7-5