Box Score

HOUSTON (SMU) – After earning the doubles point for the 12^th time this season, the Mustangs wrapped up the regular season with a 5-2 win at Rice on Sunday at the George R. Brown Tennis Center. SMU enters the American Athletic Conference Championship next week with a 9-17 record.

Tomas Vaise and Jan-Simon Vrbsky outlasted the Owls at No. 1 doubles, earning their 11^th win as a pair with a 6-4 decision. Charles Nettlefold and Roberto Rosales won their second consecutive match at No. 2, 6-3.

SMU surrendered just two points in singles and earned wins from the bottom three positions in the lineup. Nettlefold won his fourth straight match, a 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 4, while Eladio Fabregas sailed to a straight set victory (6-3, 6-4) at No. 6.

Vaise clinched the match at No. 1 after falling in his first set to Eric Rutledge. He took the final two sets to earn a 0-6, 6-3, 6-3 win, his 11^th of the spring, and clinch the match for the Mustangs.

Rosales played through his match at No. 5, fighting through two set tiebreaks to muscle out a straight set win. He earned his ninth victory of the season with a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (8) win.

The Mustangs will return to the court on Thursday, April 19, for the first round of the American Athletic Conference Championship at the SMU Tennis Complex. Seeding will be announced in the days prior.

SMU 5, Rice 2
April 15, 2018 at George R. Brown Tennis Center
Doubles

1. Jan-Simon Vrbsky / Tomas Vaise (SMU) def. Eric Rutledge / Sumit Sarkar (Rice) 6-4
2. Charles Nettlefold / Roberto Rosales (SMU) def. Mohamed Abdel-Aziz / Conrad Russell (Rice) 6-3
3. Jacob Eskeland / Daniel Warren (Rice) def. Eladio Fabregas / Gardiner Perotti (SMU) 6-3

Singles

1. Tomas Vaise (SMU) def. Eric Rutledge (Rice) 0-6, 6-3, 6-3
2. Sumit Sarkar (Rice) def. Jan-Simon Vrbsky (SMU) 6-3, 6-1
3. Mohamed Abdel-Aziz (Rice) def. Gardiner Perotti (SMU) 6-4, 6-0
4. Charles Nettlefold (SMU) def. Conrad Russell (Rice) 6-3, 6-1
5. Roberto Rosales (SMU) def. Jacob Eskeland (Rice) 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (10-8)
6. Eladio Fabregas (SMU) def. Daniel Warren (Rice) 6-3, 6-4