For Immediate Release: Saturday, January 25, 2003
Contact: Dave Geringer, Sports Information Director

BRONCS SPLIT OPENERS

COLLEGE STATION, TX-The University of Texas-Pan American's men's tennis team split a pair of matches on their first day of action in the 2003 season.

The Broncs defeated Trinity, 5-2, then lost to 13th-ranked Texas A&M, 6-0.

The Broncs won two of the three doubles matches in tie-breakers against Trinity, earning the doubles point. Sophomore Filip Koziell (Calgary, AB/Bishop Carroll HS) and junior Tom Mangleschots (Limburg, Belgium/KA 2 HS) won their singles matches in supertiebreakers to help carry Texas-Pan American to the win.

"We played well in the first match, Trinity is one of the best Division III teams in the nation," said UTPA Head Coach Todd Chapman. "We won pressure matches at one and two doubles. It was a good test for the first match of the year. We played a little better against Texas A&M, but they have a good team. We played with a lot of heart, but we didn't capitalize on some of our opportunities. Overall, we saw some good things out of our guys, and it was a good opening weekend."

The Broncs return to action when they visit New Mexico State in two weeks.

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UTPA RESULTS-UTPA 5, TRINITY 2

DOUBLES

1-Filip Koziell and Jeremy Salvo, UTPA, defeated Ryan Scott and Sean Fifield, 9-8
2-Tom Mangelschots and Oliver Steil, UTPA, defeated Stefan Parker and Adam Rubenstein, 9-8
3-Jordan Taillon and Nick Kaloudis, Trinity, defeated Nik Porter and D.J. Zhanel, 8-5

SINGLES

1-Koziell, UTPA, defeated Parker, 6-3, 3-6, (10-4)
2-Mangelschots, UTPA, defeated Scott, 6-1, 3-6, (10-8)
3-Rubenstein, Trinity, defeated Matt Gower, 6-4, 2-6, (10-5)
4-Taillon, Trinity, defeated Salvo, 6-3, 6-3
5-Steil, UTPA, defeated Parker, 6-0, 6-0
6-Porter, UTPA, defeated Jeremy Stone, 6-2, 6-1

TEXAS A&M 6, UTPA 0

SINGLES

1-Lester Cook, Texas A&M, defeated Filip Koziell, 6-2, 6-4
2-Ante Matijedic, Texas A&M, defeated Tom Mangelschots, 6-2, 6-1
3-Khaled El-Dorry, Texas A&M, defeated Matt Gower, 6-3, 6-1
4-Matt Loucks, Texas A&M, defeated Jeremy Salvo, 6-4, 6-1
5-John Nallon, Texas A&M, defeated Oliver Steil, 7-5, 6-2
6-Cameron Finner, Texas A&M, defeated Nik Porter, 3-6, 6-4, (10-8)