Jan. 31, 2014

SMU Season Stats

DALLAS (SMU) - SMU took the doubles point and won four of six singles matches to defeat the UTSA Roadrunners, 5-2, in its home opener at the Bent Tree Country Club on Friday afternoon.

The Mustangs improved to 3-2 with the win, while UTSA fell to 0-3. SMU picked up the doubles point to get on the board first, winning at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions. Arturs Kazijevs and Mischa Nowicki won 6-3 at No. 1, while Alex Sanders and Nate Lammons won 6-2 in the second spot.

SMU rattled off three straight set wins to clinch the match victory, taking victories at positions 4-6, with two coming from freshmen. Nowicki won 6-2; 6-3, over Kolby Kilgo at No. 4, Arkidjas Slobodkins won 6-2; 6-0, over Eric Buchalter at No. 5 and Julio Olaya defeated Boburjon Kamiljanov 6-3; 6-2, at No. 6.

"Our younger guys are really coming through for us," SMU Head Coach Carl Neufeld said. "It was great to win the doubles point. That was a good team, and we played a tough match. We had to play really well to beat them. We work on a lot of little things individually to get better and there's a lot of things we're improving on weekly. Today was an example of a match where we were much better today than a week ago."

Sanders collected SMU's fifth point with a win at No. 2 singles, defeating Yannick Junger 6-5; 3-6; 6-5 (4).

With his win, Slobodkins improved to 4-1 overall and 2-0 at the fifth position. Olaya is now 2-0 at No. 6 singles, improving his overall record to 6-6, including the fall season.

The Mustangs will travel to College Station, Texas, for a visit with ninth-ranked Texas A&M on Sunday at noon.

Tennis Match Results
UTSA vs SMU
Jan 31, 2014 at Dallas, Texas

SMU 5, UTSA 2

Singles competition
1. Diogo Casa (UTSA) def. #73 Arturs Kazijevs (SMU) 6-5, 6-2
2. Alex Sanders (SMU) def. Yannick Junger (UTSA) 6-5, 3-6, 6-5 (4)
3. Joel Rubio (UTSA) def. Nate Lammons (SMU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-5 (3)
4. Mischa Nowicki (SMU) def. Kolby Kilgo (UTSA) 6-2, 6-3
5. Arkidjas Slobodkins (SMU) def. Eric Buchalter (UTSA) 6-2, 6-0
6. Julio Olaya (SMU) def. Boburjon Kamiljanov (UTSA) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Arturs Kazijevs/Mischa Nowicki (SMU) def. Boburjon Kamiljanov/Joel Rubio (UTSA) 6-3
2. Nate Lammons/Alex Sanders (SMU) def. Kolby Kilgo/Yannick Junger (UTSA) 6-2
3. Diogo Casa/Fabian Brand (UTSA) def. Tony Russell/Arkidjas Slobodkins (SMU) 6-3