March 27, 2008

SAN ANTONIO, Texas ---- The Samford men's tennis team had its six-match win streak snapped Thursday afternoon as it fell to UT-San Antonio in the first match of a five-match road swing. The Roadrunners defeated the Bulldogs by a score of 4-3. Samford is now 8-5 while UTSA moves to 6-10.

Samford's Hank Grant and Sam Huffman won the only doubles match for the Bulldogs at the No. 2 spot. The duo defeated Robin Fernandez and Rodrigo Morgado, 8-3. Renan Silveira and Jordan Delass fell at the No. 1 court, 8-3, while Richard Walsh and Brian Dushock fell, 8-6, in the No. 3 position.

Silveira, Dushock and Walsh won singles matches at the No. 2, No. 5, and No. 6 courts, respectively. Silveira defeated Fernandez in three sets (3-6, 7-6, 6-4) for a come-from-behind win. Dushock beat Maxx Stratmann, 6-4, 6-2, while Walsh downed Hermann Moran, 6-0, 6-1.

The Bulldogs will take on New Mexico State Friday at 11 a.m., in San Antonio at the UTSA Tennis Center.

UTSA 4, Samford 3

Doubles
1. Becker/Moreira (UTSA) def. Delass/Silveira (SAM), 8-3
2. Grant/Huffman (SAM) def. Fernandes/Morgado (UTSA), 8-3
3. Stratmann/Moreriras (UTSA) def. Walsh/Dushock (SAM), 8-6

Singles
1. Rodrigo Morgado (UTSA) def. Jordan Delass (SAM), 6-2, 6-3
2. Renan Silveira (SAM) def. Robin Fernández (UTSA), 3-6, 7-6, 6-4
3. Adam Becker (UTSA) def. Hank Grant (SAM), 7-5, 6-2
4. Daniel Moreiras (UTSA) def. Sam Huffman (SAM), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
5. Brian Dushock (SAM) def. Max Stratmann (UTSA), 6-4, 6-2
6. Richard Walsh (SAM) def. Hermann Moran (UTSA), 6-0, 6-1