San Antonio, Texas - Texas-San Antonio (1-1, 6-9) ruined the Southland Conference opener for Texas-Pan American (0-1, 6-5) with a 5-2 win today. The Broncs are back in action against De Paul on April 3. The match, which will be in San Antonio, is scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m.
Texas-Pan American picked up single wins from Gary Bianco (Fr./Annecy, France/Lycee Berthollett) at Number 4 and Oliver Steil (So./Brunssum, The Netherlands/AF North International School) at Number 5. Tom Mangelschots (Sr./Limburg, Belgium/KA 2 HS) and Nik Porter (So./Tunbridge Wells, England/Bennett Memorial School) beat Hetori Chaves and Ricardo Gasca, 8-6 to win Number 2 Doubles.
SINGLES
#1 Dennis Andrade (UTSA) def. Jeremy Salvo (UTPA) 6-4, 7-6 (7-0)
#2 Ricardo Almeida (UTSA) def. Nik Porter (UTPA) 6-4, 6-1
#3 Jonas Hoglund (UTSA) def. Tom Mangelschots (UTPA) 6-3, 6-4
#4 Gary Bianco (UTPA) def. Hetori Chaves (UTSA) 6-4, 7-5
#5 Oliver Steil (UTPA) def. Joe Olfindo (UTSA) 6-3, 7-5
#6 Todd Hoy (UTSA) def. Rehman Esmail (UTPA) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
DOUBLES
#1 Andrade/Almeida (UTSA) def. Salvo/Steil (UTPA) 8-6
#2 Mangelschots/Porter (UTPA) def. Chaves/Grasca (UTSA) 8-6
#3 Hoy/Olfindo (UTSA) def. Bianco/Esmail (UTPA) 8-6