Mar. 29, 1997

Texas Tech Squeaks by Southwestern Louisiana

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The Texas Tech men's tennis team defeated Southwestern Lousiana 4-3 Saturday in the consolation semifinals of the UC-Santa Barbara Invitational Collegiate Tennis Classic.

Texas Tech improved to 7-9 on the season with the victory. Petar Danolic won in the No. 2 singles spot, and was followed up by Adam Baranowski and Ryan Shupe's wins.

That evened the match at 3-3 through singles action.

The Red Raiders captured the doubles point to claim the match.

Texas Tech 4, Southwestern Louisiana 3
Singles
#1 Rafael Fontez, USL def. Steve Wood, Texas Tech 6-4, 6-3
#2 Petar Danolic, Texas Tech def. Ricardo Diniz, USL 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
#3 Adam Baranowski, Texas Tech def. David Rodriguez, USL 6-0, 6-1
#4 Michael Jordan, USL def. Tylir Jimenez, Texas Tech 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
#5 Ryan Shupe, Texas Tech def. Garris Keating 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
#6 Ray Rigamonti, USL def. Doug Lacy, Texas Tech 6-1, 6-4

Doubles
#1 Jimenez/Shupe, Texas Tech def. Diniz/Fontez, USL 8-4
#2 Lacy/Danolic, Texas Tech def. Harris/Subirats, USL 8-6