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Nebraska men’s tennis defeated Texas Tech, 4-3, on Friday, Jan. 30 at the Mcleod Tennis Center in Lubbock, Texas. With the win, NU improved to 5-0 this spring.
In doubles play, the Huskers battled it out to take the doubles point from the Red Raiders (1-2). Leo Linquet/Joan Torres Espinosa (NEB) defeated Sebastian Abboud/Thomas VanDen Dooren (TTU), 6-2. At No. 1 doubles, Matt Shearer/Nikolay Sysoev (NEB) fell to Thiago Guglieri/Niksa Arsic (TTU), 4-6 to even the doubles matches.
At No. 3 doubles, Jeri Lassila/Colson Wells (NEB) battled it out to take the match vs. Felipe Pagnacco/Ludovico Vaccari (TTU), 6-4 and secure the doubles point for the Huskers. Nebraska led 1-0 going into singles play.
In singles play, Nebraska continued to fight going back-and-forth. Sysoev dropped his match on court one 3-6, 2-6 to Arsic to tie the overall match up 1-1.
Immediately after the conclusion of that match Wells answered right back taking his match 6-3, 6-2 in Nebraska’s favor vs. VanDen Dooren. But Texas Tech would have an answer winning back-to-back matches on court five and six. On court five, Niels Van der Sijs dropped his match 6-7 [5-7], 2-6 against Abboud. Espinosa dropped his match on court six vs. Guglieri, 6-4, 6-7 [5-7] to give Texas Tech the 3-2 lead.
Linquet and Lassila stood alone on court two and three, seeing who would take the overall match with Texas Tech up 3-2 on Nebraska. Lassila was the first to finish his match beating Pagnacco in three sets, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 to continue his undefeated spring season streak and bring the Huskers back tied with the Red Raiders, 3-3.
The spotlight stuck with Linquet as he was the last match left on court two. Once again the senior came up clutch, winning his match 6-2, 6-7 [5-7], 7-5 against Vaccari and walking it off for Nebraska as the Huskers defeated Texas Tech on the road, 4-3.
UP NEXT:
Nebraska will come back home to take on Air Force (1-0) on Sunday, Feb 1 at 10 a.m. (CT) at the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center in Lincoln. The Huskers are now looking at a four match homestand.
Home duals will be hosted at the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center, where parking and admission are free. Concessions will be available with no outside food or drink allowed.
Live stats and stream will be available on huskers.com, as well as updates on Twitter/X @HuskerMTennis