No. 38 Texas Defeats CU Men's Tennis, 6-1 - University of Colorado Athletics

AUSTIN, Texas ? The University of Colorado men’s tennis team fought hard and gave No. 38 Texas all it could handle losing, 6-1, Sunday afternoon in a Big 12 Conference match. The Longhorns notched their first conference win in four attempts and improve to 9-6 overall, while the Buffaloes drop to 8-11 overall and 1-3 in conference play.

At No. 1 singles, it wasn’t business as usual for Callum Beale, the No. 36^th ranked player from Texas. CU sophomore Jan Zelezny rebounded after dropping the first set, 6-3, to upset Beale 7-6, 6-4. Zelezny snapped a personal six match losing skid for his first win since March 11, rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the final set to continue Beale’s losing streak to four matches.

CU playing the underdog role entering the match made the afternoon play interesting at the No. 4 and No. 5 positions forcing the Longhorns to win in the decisive third set. At No. 5, Marek Dvorak won his opening set 6-4 over Milan Mihailovic, however fell 6-1, 6-3 in the next two.

At No. 4, Marcos Digliodo, who had won five of his last six matches, rallied in his second set after dropping the opening set, 6-1. He evened the match at one with a 6-2 decision, but subsequently fell in the decisive third, 6-3 to No. 65 Roger Gubser.

Texas would take the No. 2, No. 3, and No. 6 singles slots in straight sets. The Longhorns added the doubles point sweeping all three slots.

Colorado, ranked No. 52 nationally is 2-3 on its current road trip, returns to the state of Texas for a pair of matches next week at Texas A&M (April 15) and Texas Christian (April 17).

The Buffaloes return home to close out the dual conference regular season against Oklahoma (April 23) and Texas Tech (April 24).

No. 38 Texas 6, No. 52 Colorado 1

Texas (9-6, 1-3), CU (8-11, 1-3)

April 10, Austin, Texas

Singles

1) Jan Zelezny (CU) def. (36) Callum Beale 3-6, 7-6, 6-4

2) (87) Travis Helgeson (Texas) def. Marko Bundalo 7-6, 6-3

3) Milan Mihailovic (Texas) def. Peter Bjork 6-3, 6-4

4) (65) Roger Gubser (Texas) def. Marcos Digliodo 6-1, 2-6, 6-3

5) Luis Diaz Barriga (Texas) def. Marek Dvorak 4-6, 6-1, 6-3

6) Hubert Chodkiewicz (Texas) def. Chad Tsuda 7-6, 6-1

Doubles