For the second-straight year, the LeTourneau University men's tennis team defeated UT Dallas, 6-3 on Saturday afternoon in Richardson.
 
The YellowJackets (2-1) started the afternoon with wins at No. 1 doubles – Kendall Beggs and Morgan Weaver and No. 3 doubles – Sindre Bondal Johnsgaard and Robbie Bundy. Johnsgaard and Bundy have won their first three matches of the spring for LeTourneau. The duo were victorious over Grant Norris and Adrian Lie, 8-4 and Beggs and Weaver defeated Hrudhay Ravala and Shan Anwar, 8-4.
 
"I'm really happy and proud of my teammates," said Johnsgaard. "We fought hard and everyone played a lot better than last weekend. I enjoyed seeing my teammates succeed on the court."
 
LeTourneau quickly picked up a pair of wins at No. 4 singles by Michael McLaughlin, 6-1, 6-4 and at No. 5 singles by Ty Grove, 6-0, 6-3. Needing just one more singles victory, Johnsgaard won his fourth straight match of the spring with a 6-1, 6-4 at No. 2 singles to secure the match for LETU. LeTourneau added another win at No. 3 singles when Morgan Weaver was victorious, 6-1, 7-6 (6-3).

"I am very proud of the team," said LETU head coach Suzanne Merritt. "They have been working hard and it showed today in the match. UT Dallas is always a competitive team and we knew we had to be prepared to battle and stay in each point. It's early in the season and I believe we are seeing areas we will continue to improve as we go into conference matches."

LETU will remain on the road for its next two matches as they will face Texas Lutheran (Fri, Feb. 27 at 3 p.m.) and Schreiner (Sat., Feb. 28 at 11 a.m.).