DALLAS -- For the second weekend in a row, the University of the Incarnate Word men's tennis team had a highly impressive showing in doubles play, this time at the Ralston/Neufeld Coaches Challenge, hosted by SMU.
After opening Friday action with a 7-5 win over Dmitri Goubin and Victor Alvares De Castro Rocha of UTSA, the Cardinal duo of
Alejandro Hernandez and
Marcel Miralles were dominant against a power conference foe.
Hernandez and Miralles easily handled Caden Hasler and Hardy Owen of BYU, earning a 6-2 victory.Â
Advancing to Saturday, Hernandez and Miralles were eliminated with a 6-3 loss to Alvaro Ariel Frutos Alonso and Ruben Fernandez Ruiz of Tulsa.
Hernandez, the defending Southland Conference Player of the Year, is off to a great start again, as he and teammate
Alejandro Flores won
a doubles championship at the SLC Individual Championships last weekend.
Santiago Flyckt and
Ian Uraga also took part in doubles action, going 0-2 against power conference opponents Friday.
The duo lost 7-6 to Ikas Deo adn Meethre Barot of SMU then fell 6-2 to Texas Tech's Miguel Angel Machado and Joseph Patton.
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