Edinburg, Texas - Abilene Christian (12-4) held on for a 4-3 win over Texas-Pan American (5-4) tonight.

Abilene Christian jumped to a 3-0 lead before the Broncs put up a valiant comeback. Wins from Jeremy Salvo (Jr./Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada/Centennial Secondary) at Number 1 Singles, Tom Mangelschots (Sr./Limburg, Belgium/KA 2 HS) at Number 4 Singles and Rehman Esmail (So./Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada/North Carolina State) at Number 6 Singles tied the match at 3-3. It came down to Number 3 Singles where George Carstens beat Gary Bianco (Fr./Annecy, France/Lycee Berthollet) 6-4, 0-6, 10-8.

"I'm very pleased with the way we fought back." Said assistant coach Kati Gyulai. "We put up a strong effort today. I know we will carry this effort over into the rest of our matches and continue to get stronger."

Texas-Pan American is back at the Orville Cox Tennis Stadium, Saturday, March 13 taking on Texas Southern. The match is scheduled to start at 10:00 a.m.

SINGLES
#1 Jeremy Salvo (UTPA) def. Casper Steenkamp (ACU) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
#2 Jason Ray (ACU) def. Nik Porter (UTPA) 6-3, 6-3
#3 George Carstens (ACU) def. Oliver Steil (UTPA) 6-4, 0-6, 10-8
#4 Tom Mangelschots (UTPA) def. Clayton Morgan (ACU) 6-2, 6-4
#5 Evan Puglia (ACU) def. Gary Bianco (UTPA) 6-3, 7-5
#6 Rehman Esmail (UTPA) def. Jason Purser (ACU) 6-3, 6-2

DOUBLES
#1 Ray/Steenkamp (ACU) def. Salvo/Steil (UTPA) 9-8
#2 Carstens/Puglia (ACU) def. Mangelschots/Porter (UTPA) 9-7
#3 Kevin Beedy/Purser (ACU) def. Bianco/Esmail (UTPA) 8-5