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Carlos Olvera

Men's Tennis

CARDINALS START OFF SEASON STRONG

Men's Results | Women's Results

Both the men and women's tennis teams had convincing wins on the court in their season opener against Our Lady of the Lake University.

Alex Adams
Women - UIW 9 – OLLU 0


The women won all of their matches posting a perfect 9-0 score against cross-town opponent Our Lady of the Lake University. OLLU failed to score more than 2 points in any single match.

Three of the nine matches finished without the other team registering a point. Both Alex Adams and Casey Bulls had 6-0, 6-0 victories in singles competition.

Full Women's Results

 

Men – UIW 7 – OLLU 2

The men also got of to a hot start winning all three of their doubles matches. Carlos Olvera and Aiden Deleon got a little bit of a scare but held out for the 9-7 tiebreaking win.

The most exciting match of the afternoon came in the singles match between UIW's Leury Arias and OLLU's Luis Rovera. Arias dropped the first set 6-7 but came back in the second with a solid 6-2 win. The match went to a 10-point tiebreaker where Arias fell just short 8-10.  Arias and Rovera were teammates at Laredo Community College until they both transferred to their respective schools.

Next up for the tennis teams with be home matches against cross-town rival St. Mary's University. The men will play February 11 at 1:00pm. The women will match up on the 18th at 1:00pm.

Full Men's Results


Records:

Women (1-0)

Men (1-0)

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