LONGVIEW, Texas - Playing at home for the first time in nearly two weeks, the LeTourneau University men's tennis team would be unable to shake off the rust in a 9-0 home defeat to Concordia University at the Davis Tennis Courts in Longview, Texas on Friday, March 22nd.
LETU now sits at 6-6 overall on the year while the Tornadoes improved to 4-1 on the season.
All three doubles matches would be closely contested as number one doubles would go to a tiebreaker in an 8-7 (7-4) loss for
Jimmie Henson and
Christian Farris while
Bobby Clark and
Nathan Schmidt would fall 8-6 at number two doubles.
James Estrada and
Zac Crowley-Kurth would team up at number three doubles but be unable to pull out a win in an 8-5 loss.
Singles play proved to be equally competitive as Henson would fall 6-4, 6-4 at number one singles while Farris dropped a 7-5, 6-1 decision at number two singles. Playing at number three singles, Schmidt would fall by scores of 6-3, 6-2 while Clark would push the number four singles match to a first-set tiebreak in a 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 defeat. The other two singles matches would see Crowley-Kurth fall 6-1, 6-4 while
Jeffrey Golladay dropped a 6-3, 6-2 number six singles decision.
What's Next?
LETU will head back out on the road to take on Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas on Sunday, March 24th at 11 a.m.