CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The UTSA men's tennis team dropped a 4-0 decision at Denver on Sunday in a match played that was played indoors at Lifetime Fitness.
The Pioneers (4-5) snagged an early one-point advantage by coming up with victories in a pair of doubles contests.
Pedro Del Valle and Sean Huynh combined for a 6-3 triumph over Fabian Brand and Takeru Watanabe at No. 3, and Alex Gasson and Yannik James secured the 1-0 lead with a 6-4 decision against Christian Carrillo and Juri Reckow at the top of the lineup.
In singles, James swept Kai Breitbach, 6-3, 6-2, at No. 1 to give the home team a 2-0 lead.
Gasson pushed the advantage to three when he downed Axel Cronje by a 6-2, 6-2 count at the third spot.
Huynh then clinched the victory when he defeated Carrillo, 6-2, 6-4, at No. 6.
The Roadrunners (2-7) will return to action next weekend when they travel to Corpus Christi for the three-day H-E-B Tournament of Champions. The event is scheduled to begin on Friday, March 3.
Denver 4, UTSA 0
Doubles
1. Gasson/James (DU) def. Carrillo/Reckow (UTSA) 6-4
2. Rocha/Ruder-Hook (DU) vs. Cantanhede/Poestinger (UTSA) 5-4, unfinished
3. Del Valle/Huynh (DU) def. Brand/Watanabe (UTSA) 6-3
Singles
1. Yannik James (DU) def. Kai Breitbach (UTSA) 6-3, 6-2
2. Diogo Rocha (DU) vs. Juri Reckow (UTSA) 3-6, 6-0, 1-0, unfinished
3. Alex Gasson (DU) def. Axel Cronje (UTSA) 6-2, 6-2
4. Takeru Watanabe (UTSA) vs. Jesse Ruder-Hook (DU) 7-6, unfinished
5. Pedro Del Valle (DU) vs. Patrick Poestinger (UTSA) 7-6, 2-2, unfinished
6. Sean Huynh (DU) def. Christian Carrillo (UTSA) 6-2, 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (1,3,6)