LeTourneau men's tennis won in convincing fashion on Friday as they took a 9-0 victory over Howard Payne in Brownwood. It is the fourth win of the season for the YellowJackets as they improve to 4-5 in the 2017 campaign.
Ty Grove and
Christian Farris starting things off with an 8-3 victory in No. 1 doubles. The senior/freshman duo is now 6-3 in doubles play.
Jimmie Henson and
Daniel Lopez won their No. 2 doubles match 8-4 over HPU's Barrett and Lambert. The Henson/Lopez duo is now 3-2 on the season when paired up together.
Helping to sweep doubles play, the duo of senior
Curtis Martin and
Zac Crowley-Kurth earned an 8-2 victory at No. 3 doubles. Martin and Crowley-Kurth have played together twice this season and are 2-0 in doubles play.
LeTourneau led 3-0 after doubles and they would keep that momentum rolling into singles play as no match was tightly contested.
Ty Grove started things out at No. 1 singles winning his match over Edgar Torres 6-1,6-2. The senior from Lincoln, Nebraska bounced back after losing his last three matches and improves to 4-5 in his nine matches at the No. 1 position.
Jimmie Henson defeated Drew Lambert at No. 2 singles 6-1, 6-0 and earned his fifth victory of the season for the YellowJackets.
Christian Farris had the closest match of singles play but he still managed a 6-3, 6-3 win over Howard Payne's Gabe Benitez at the No. 3 position.
Daniel Lopez defeated Ryan Barrett 6-0, 6-1 in No. 4 singles and moves to 3-3 on the season with the victory. This is the third consecutive win for the freshman out of Bishop High School.
Curtis Martin lost just one game in his match with Noah Marlin as he took the 6-1, 6-0 win. The Iowa Park native is now 2-2 on the season in singles play and 2-0 at the No. 5 position.
Senior
Kevin Warren improves to 5-2 on the season at the No. 6 position as he took a 6-1, 6-1 victory over HPU's Andrew Stevenson.
The YellowJackets will look to continue their stellar play on Saturday with a dual against Mary Hardin-Baylor. First serve is set for 2 p.m. in Belton.
