MARSHALL, Texas - Back home for a weekend series of matches, the East Texas Baptist University men's tennis team will have two regional matches. A Friday match-up with Austin College will be followed by a Saturday match with Howard Payne University.
Below is the information about the matches.
▶️G5 #ETBU🐯🆚 Austin College🦘
🗓️ Friday, March 19, 2021 |🕰️ 3:00 PM
🏟 Marshall, Texas
🔢All-Time Series: AC 2-0
*Last AC Win: Feb. 18, 2017 (7-2)
▶️G6 #ETBU🐯🆚 Howard Payne 🐝
🗓️ Saturday, March 19, 2021 |🕰️9:00 AM
🏟 Marshall, Texas
🔢All-Time Series: ETBU 5-1
*Last ETBU Win: Feb. 26, 2021 (9-0)
*Last HPU Win: Mar. 2, 2013 (5-4)
ETBU
* 1-3 overall after a 6-3 loss to Concordia University (TX)
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John Herr and
Joseph Salinas won 8-7 at No. 1 Doubles
* Herr added a 6-2, 6-2 No. 2 Singles win.
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Adam Morris and
Christian Dubec won No. 3 Doubles 8-3.
* Lost 5-4 to Schreiner University.
* Herr and Salinas won No.1 doubles 8-7 (10-3)
* Salinas (No. 1 6-3, 7-6 (4)), Morris (No. 3, 6-1, 0-6, 11-9) and
Dalton Barron (No. 6, 6-3, 7-5) each won a single match.
* Herr is 3-1 in singles play this season while he and Salinas lead all ETBU players with three doubles wins.
* Last faced AC in 2017 losing 7-2. Salinas won both a doubles match (No. 3, 8-5) and a singles match (6-3, 0-6, 11-9).
* Shutout HPU, 9-0, earlier in February.
* Have won five straight meetings against HPU.
* Salinas/Herr (No. 1; 8-0), Dubec/
Noah Smistad (No. 2; 8-4),
Randal Lemmon/Morris (No. 3 8-3) took the doubles matches.
* Salinas (No. 1; 6-4, 6-1), Herr (No. 2; 6-2 6-0), Smistad (No. 4; 6-2, 6-2), and Lemmon (No. 5; 6-1, 6-2) went 2-0 on the day with singles wins.
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Abraham Silva (No. 3, 6-1, 6-0) and Barron (No. 6; 6-1, 6-4) recorded singles victories.
AC
* 3-2 overall after a 7-2 win over Mary Hardin-Baylor.
* Won six singles matches after falling behind 2-1 to UMHB.
* 2-0 all-time against ETBU with the last win coming in 2017.
HPU
* 0-10 overall after a 9-0 loss to ETBU.
* Lost 6-3 to the University of the Southwest (N.M)
