· Match results
SAN ANTONIO — The UTSA men’s tennis team dropped its regular-season finale, 4-3, against UT Arlington on Sunday.
The Roadrunners dropped to 11-9 overall and 3-2 in league play, while the Mavericks clinched the Southalnd Conference Regular Season Championship and improved to 8-10 (3-1 SLC).
UTSA served up the doubles point with wins at Nos. 2 and 3 to take the early 1-0 lead.
Senior Rodrigo Morgado and sophomore Pedro Zanotelli fell to Dmitry Minkin and Mindaugas Celedinas, 8-1, at the No. 1 spot. However, the Roadrunners held their court to secure the point. Junior Daniel Moreiras and freshman Martin Ayala picked up a 9-8 triumph against Brieuc Hamon and Yauheni Yakauleu at No. 2, while junior Max Stratmann and freshman Tyler Brown clinched the point with their team-leading 10th doubles win of the season.
UTA, however, rallied to win four of the six singles matches to win the league title.
Brown put the Birds in front by two when he dispatched of Hamon in straight sets (7-5, 6-0) at No. 3. The Mavericks cut the deficit in half after David Subirats defeated Moreiras, 7-5, 6-4, at the No. 5 position. Senior Jorge Delgado pushed the advantage back to two when the El Paso native rallied for a hard-fought, three-set victory against Jason Lateko.
The Mavericks evened the match at three with wins at Nos. 2 and 4, leaving the final point to the winner of the top spot.
Morgado and Minkin split the first two sets and the Balneario Camboriu, Brazil, native grabbed an early 2-1 lead to start the third set. However, Minkin battled back to secure the match with a 6-4 win.
UTSA will enter next weekend's Southland Conference Tournament as the No. 2 seed and will face either Nicholls or Texas-Pan American at noon on Saturday, April 24.
