DALLAS – The UTSA men’s tennis team concluded competition at the Ralston/Neufeld Coaches Challenge at the Styslinger / Altec Tennis Complex on Sunday.
The freshman tandem of Joel Hansson and Gabriel Jalouneix found success, reaching the semifinals of the doubles bracket after earning a 7-5 win over a BYU pair in the round of 16 and a 7-5 victory over a Tulsa duo in the quarterfinals. Jalouneix and Hansson were then defeated, 7-6 (7-1), by an SMU pair.
Junior Dmitri Goubin and sophomore Victor Rocha couldn’t overcome a UIW tandem in the round of 16, losing 7-5. They bounced back with a 7-6 (7-3) win over a Harvard pair in the consolation bracket, but lost 6-4 to a UT Arlington team.
Goubin went 3-1 in singles, earning a 6-3, 4-6, (11-9) win over BYU’s Hardy Owen before besting UT Arlington’s Seifelden Mostafa Samiih, 6-4, 7-6 (7-1), (11-9). He wrapped things up with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 victory over Ian Uraga of UIW. His lone loss came at the hands of Tulsa’s Dani Szabo, 7-5, 6-2.
Jalouneix beat Luis Andres Flores Avila, 6-3, 6-4, before losing 7-5, 6-0 to Yubel Ubrii of BYU and 2-6, 6-3 (10-8) to Ruben Fernandez Ruiz.
Rocha picked up a 6-2, 6-2 victory against Caden Hasler of BYU, ahead of a 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 defeat at the hands of Noah McDonald from SMU. He couldn’t overcome Ariel Alvardoo Frutos Alonso, 4-6, 6-3, (12-10) in a match that came down to the wire.
Hansson was bested by BYU’s Otto Schreiner, 6-3, 6-1, but earned a 2-6, 6-4, (10-5) win against Dani Szabo from Tulsa to round things out.
This wraps up Fall competition; outside of junior Enzo Vargas, who will be in action on Thursday, Nov. 5, competing at ITA Conference Masters in Rome, Georgia, at the Rome Tennis Center.
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