MARSHALL, Texas – Opening up the 2024 spring season with a shutout, East Texas Baptist University won, 9-0, over the University of Dallas. It is the fourth straight year that ETBU has opened the season with a win.
 
The match started with an 8-0 win at doubles match number three with Carson Crow and Ian Williams. Moritz Harmann and Drew Van Wyk then won the number two doubles, 8-2, to go up 2-0. Slade Austin and Kayden Lengacher finished off doubles at number one with an 8-4 vicotry.
 
 
Hartmann earned the fourth point for ETBU in a 6-0, 6-0 win at number four followed by Van Wyk winning at number five, 6-1, 6-2, making it 5-0. Williams gave ETBU their sixth point at number three, 6-3, 6-2,  and Lengacher won at number two, 6-4, 6-4. Erick Van Zyl took the number one match in a tiebreaker, 6-2, 7-6 (2), and Crow finished the match with a 6-1, 6-0 win at number six.
 
ETBU takes on McMurry University on Friday afternoon in their second match of the day.