Box Score
Abilene Christian swept all three doubles matches and then took three out of six singles matches to drop Incarnate Word in the Lone Star Conference opener for the Cardinals.
The Wildcats entered the contest as the 13th best team in division II.
Three cardinals were able to extend their matches into three sets before falling. Leury Arias fell to Hans Hach (4-6, 6-3, 6-4), Brandon Davis fell to Jake Hendrie (4-6, 6-2, 6-2) and David Ballenger fell to John Strahl (5-7, 76. 10-7).
Incarnate Word got singles competition wins coming from Chris Lawson, Luke Troutmann
The Cardinals return to the courts on Monday for a conference matchup against East Central Oklahoma at 10:00 a.m.