LONGVIEW, Texas - Getting their first chance to face outside competition during the spring 2019 season, the LeTourneau University men's tennis team would drop a 7-2 decision to the University of Texas-Dallas at the Davis Tennis Courts in Longview, Texas on Monday, February 17th. 

LeTourneau is now 0-1 on the season while the Comets improved to 2-0 overall. 

Tightly contested doubles action would see Paulo Cressio and Nathan Schmidt battle throughout before ultimately falling 8-6 at number two doubles while Christian Farris and Jimmie Henson would face a similar situation in an 8-5 defeat at number one doubles. The YellowJackets would manage to snag a win at number three doubles as Zac Crowley-Kurth and Bobby Clark would grab a come-from-behind 8-6 victory after trailing 6-2 early on in the match. 

Singles play proved to be just as competitive between LETU and UTD as Henson would fall 7-5, 6-0 at number one singles and Crowley-Kurth 6-2, 6-1 at number three singles. In number five singles, James Estrada would drop a 6-2, 6-1 decision as the Comets would go on to win at number six singles with Jeffrey Golladay falling 6-3, 6-3. The number two and number four singles matches would come down to third set tiebreakers as Schmidt earned a 3-6, 7-5, 10-8 victory at number four singles and Farris falling 6-3, 3-6, 10-8 at number two singles. 

LeTourneau will be back in action next Friday, February 22nd with a 2 p.m. home match against Dallas Baptist University. The Patriots have been in action since February 1st and sport a 5-3 overall record ahead of two more matches prior to taking on LETU.