Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 SHREVEPORT, LA – After dropping their first match of the day to Millsaps College by a final of 7-2, the LeTourneau University men's tennis team would earn a 9-0 victory over host Centenary College to split a pair of matches in Shreveport, Louisiana on Sunday, February 24th.
 
Four matches into the 2019 season, LeTourneau now sits at 2-2 overall while the Majors improved to 4-0 going into a match against Austin College this afternoon. The Gents dropped both of their Sunday matches to fall to 0-3 overall on the season.
 
Against Millsaps, tiebreakers would be the undoing of the YellowJackets in doubles action as the double's duo of Jimmie Henson and Christian Farris as well as the number three doubles team of Bobby Clark and Jeffrey Golladay would fall 8-7 after a tiebreaker would determine the matches. Henson and Farris would go to extra points before falling in their tiebreaker 11-9 while Clark and Golladay fell 8-6 in their match tiebreak. The Majors would also go on to take an 8-5 decision at number two doubles over Paulo Cressio and Nathan Schmidt to hold a 3-0 lead going to singles action.
 
Singles play saw Millsaps pick up a quick point as Henson would retire from his number one singles match due to injury after dropping the first set 6-1 before seeing Farris get LeTourneau on the board with a 7-5, 6-0 victory at number two singles. The match would be clinched by Millsaps as Cressio would fall 6-4, 6-2 at number three singles and Golladay dropping a 6-0, 6-1 decision at number five singles. Schmidt would manage to earn a come-from-behind victory at number four singles by taking a 3-6, 6-4, 11-9 victory for secure a second point for the YellowJackets before a 6-4, 7-5 defeat for Clark at number six singles ended the match.
 
LeTourneau wouldn't have much time to recoup as their match against Centenary would start less than an hour after their match with the Majors, but determination would take over for the YellowJackets as LETU would go on to drop just two games in doubles action on their way to a 3-0 lead. Farris would team up with Schmidt at number one doubles for an 8-2 victory while Clark and Golladay (number two doubles) as well as Cressio and Cameron Wall (number three doubles) both managed to win their matches by a score of 8-0.
 
With momentum in their favor, LETU didn't take any chances in singles play as Schmidt (6-0, 6-0) and Clark (6-1, 6-0) picked up two quick points to secure the match with wins at number two and number three singles before Farris would pick up his second singles victory of the day with a 6-2, 6-1 win at number one singles. Cressio would earn his first singles win of the season with a 6-0, 6-0 win at number five singles and would be followed up by a 6-0, 6-0 win at number four singles for Golladay and 6-0, 6-1 win at number six singles by junior Dale Wallace.
 
A five-match road trip will continue next weekend beginning on Friday, March 1st when the YellowJackets travel to Brownwood, Texas to take on Howard Payne in non-conference action. First serve is slated for 2 p.m. as LETU will be going for their third win in three years over HPU.
 
#1 Doubles – Christian Farris/Nathan Schmidt defeated Kevin Le/Max Wamsley 8-2
#2 Doubles – Bobby Clark/Jeffrey Golladay defeated Nathan Lim/Tobias Therkelsen 8-0
#3 Doubles – Paulo Cressio/Cameron Wall defeated Divine Martin/Pius Lau 8-0
Order of Finish – 2, 3, 1
#1 Singles – Christian Farris defeated Kevin Le 6-2, 6-1
#2 Singles – Nathan Schmidt defeated Nathan Lim 6-0, 6-0
# 3 Singles – Bobby Clark defeated Max Wamsley 6-1, 6-0
#4 Singles – Jeffrey Golladay defeated Tobias Therkelsen 6-0, 6-0
#5 Singles – Paulo Cressio defeated Divine Martin 6-0, 6-0
#6 Singles – Dale Wallace defeated Miguel Vazquez 6-0, 6-1
Order of Finish – 2, 3, 1, 5, 4, 6