Saints Defeat Collin to Remain Undefeated
PLANO, Texas – The No. 3 Seward County men's tennis team kept their undefeated streak intact on Thursday with a matchup against Collin College, defeating the Cougars 7-2. The win pushed them to 6-0 on the season.
Duro Opacic and Tim Lamare put the Saints on top first with a win in the number one doubles spot over Akinori Wada and former Saint Claudio Quinones, 8-2. Hugo Lobo and Benji Finet took the number two doubles spot over James Corns and Abi Venkatachalam 8-4. The Cougars took the number three spot as Zach Frisbie and Thompson Tong took down Carlo Izurieta and Diego Freire 8-3.
In singles play, Lamare gave Seward their first win, defeating Corns 6-2, 6-2. Jafer Infante won the the No. 6 spot over Daniel Barrios 6-3, 6-1 before Frank Soulert gave the Saints the deciding point in the No. 5 spot. He took down Conner Golden 7-5, 6-0. Izurieta defeated Quinones 6-2, 2-6, 10-8 in the No. 4 spot. Opacic won the No. 1 singles over Wada 6-1, 6-3. Lobo was the final match of the day to finish, losing to Venkatachalam 6-1, 1-6, 6-10.
Seward has two matches tomorrow, facing Jacksonville and McPherson in Midlothian, Texas.