ALLEN, Texas -- The LeTourneau men's tennis team took all three doubles and then won five of the six flights in singles to cruise to a 6-1 victory over Howard Payne to open the spring season on Saturday in Allen.

LeTourneau (1-0) won for a third straight time and the 17th in the last 19 meetings overall against Howard Payne (0-5).

The YellowJackets took care of business in the doubles portion to go ahead 1-0. The No. 1 tandem of Andrew Reiman and Fernando Vazquez eased past Noah Baiani and Gabriel Keeney-McCollough by a 6-1 final. Zach Farris and Timothy Black were 6-3 winners over Luke Flemming and Riley Harker at No. 2, while Hayden Harry and Diego Maldonado won 6-2 over Parker Hoel and Eli Hall at No. 3.

Vazquez gave LeTourneau a 2-0 match lead with his 6-0, 6-0 win over Hall at the No. 3 flight in singles. Farris made quick work of Keeney-McCollough 6-1, 6-2 at the top flight. Reiman then clinched the match with his 6-0, 6-2 win over Harker at the No. 2 spot.

Maldonado won 6-2, 6-1 over Baiani at No. 5 before Harry earned his second win of the day with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Hoel at No. 6.

The season-opening win marks the sixth time in the last seven years LeTourneau has won its first match of the season.

UP NEXT

LeTourneau opens SCAC play next Friday at Austin College (5:30 p.m.).

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