The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
UAB Falls in First Conference USA Showcase Match
4/5/2019 3:28:00 PM | Men's Tennis
BIRMINGHAM - The UAB men's tennis team fell, 4-1, to UTSA in its opening match of the Conference USA Showcase in Houston, Texas on Friday afternoon.
The Blazers got out to a 1-0 advantage by winning the doubles point, but UTSA won on four singles courts to take the match.
UAB's No. 50-ranked doubles team of Roman Postolka and Michal Lusovsky defeated the Roadrunners' Joao Ceolin and Juri Reckow, 6-3, before Tom el Safadi and Giovani Pasini overcame Kai Breitbach and Alan Sanson, 6-4.
The Blazers fell to 8-10 on the campaign, but have an immediate opportunity to get back in the win column as they take on Rice on Saturday and Southern Miss on Sunday.
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