Men's Tennis Ready to Face Nicholls State on Friday

BEAUMONT -- The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs men's tennis team faces off against the Nicholls State University Colonels in neutral match on Friday at 2 p.m.

Last Time Out
The Broncs (3-9) snapped their seven-match losing streak with a 4-0 win over the University of Missouri-Kansas City Kangaroos on March 1.

The Broncs jumped out to the early lead with a pair of doubles victories. Mauricio Fosado and Juan Cruz Soria defeated the Kangaroos' (3-9) team of Andrey Smirnov and Daniel De Zamacona 8-4 at doubles No. 3. Alejandro Sanoja and Sebastien Job then clinched the doubles point with an 8-4 victory over Vinh Pham and Conner Edwards at No. 2 doubles.

In singles, Job kept the momentum going for the Broncs with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Smirnov at No. 3 singles. Sanoja followed with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Edwards at No. 6 singles and then Soria clinched the match for the Broncs as he beat Mike Psarros 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1 singles.

The rest of the singles matches went unfinished once the match was clinched.

Scouting the Colonels
The Colonels are 7-6 on the season and are coming off of a 4-0 loss to Southern Methodist University.

Nico Mertens leads the Colonels with a 9-2 record in singles competition while playing primarily at No. 2 singles. He has also teamed up with Partha Adavelly for a 7-4 doubles record while playing primarily at No. 1 doubles.

Sam Meessen and Lukas Clemens each have six wins in singles competitions while Clemens has teamed up with Bernard Wezeman for a 6-6 doubles record.

Meessen has teamed with Evan Karatzas for a 4-2 doubles record while picking up three of their wins at No. 3 doubles.
The Series
The Broncs are 6-4 against the Colonels all-time in a series that dates back to 2005. These two teams faced each other last season with the Colonels picking up the 6-1 win over the Broncs on Feb. 5, 2013 at the Orville Cox Tennis Center. The Broncs last beat Colonels on March 13, 2012 when they won 4-3 in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
Globetrotters
The Broncs have eight student-athletes representing six countries including, Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, India, Mexico and the United States. Sanoja is from the Rio Grande Valley as he calls Mission home.

Next Up
The Broncs are back in action on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. when they face Rice University in Beaumont.