Patriots Sweep Comets After Rain Delays

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St. Mary’s

4/24/2026 | 10 a.m.

Apr. 24 (Fri) / 10 a.m.

 St. Mary’s

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RICHARDSON, TEXAS – UT Tyler men’s and women’s tennis delivered big victories on Wednesday, with the women winning 6-1 and the men winning 7-0.
 
The two teams were originally due to square off on Tuesday, but rain throughout the day forced the match back 24 hours. From there, more rain on Wednesday morning forced a further delay until later in the afternoon.
 
WOMEN’S MATCH: #26 UT Tyler 6 | UT Dallas 1
 
UT Tyler delivered a stout effort throughout the match, coasting to a big win against the Comets. They would start by sweeping all three doubles matches, with the pairs of Maria Antonio Ortega / Paula Castellanos and Claudia Di Leonardo / Carla Rodier delivering 6-1 wins in lines #2 and #3. Yona Bancarel and Natalia Gorzny added another win in the #1 line, this time in a score of 6-3.
 
In singles, Bancarel and Gorzny put the Patriots on the doorstep of the win in lines #1 and #2. Bancarel dropped just two games in her match, winning 6-0, 6-2. Gorzny would follow in line #2, also dropping just two games overall in wins of 6-1, 6-1.
 
The winning point quickly followed as Rodier delivered the knockout blow in the #4 line. She won her match in straight sets in scores of 6-3, 6-3.
 
The Patriots tacked it on down the stretch, with Di Leonardo coming back from a 2-6 first set to take a 6-2 second set and eventually a 1-0 (10-7) tiebreaker. Castellanos followed in nearly the same format, splitting her first two sets 6-2, 2-6 before taking the tiebreaker 1-0 (10-8) to post the sixth and final win of the match for UT Tyler.
 
MEN’S MATCH: #6 UT Tyler 7 | UT Dallas 0
 
Like the Patriots women, the men got hot early and kept that momentum up as they swept each match of the day.
 
Samuel Antwi / Trevor Short in line #3 started the proceedings with a 6-0 win in line #3, and Malo Poulesquen / Job Japelj added another quick win in line #2 at 6-3.
 
The final doubles match was a close battle, but the Patriots pair of Carel Wessel and Daniil Felker took a 7-6 (7-5) win to cap off the sweep in doubles and give them a 1-0 lead.
 
In singles, Felker put together a blistering effort for the first Patriots point. He gave up just one game in two sets, winning 6-0, 6-1.
 
Right behind him was Antwi, who kept up the Patriots strong efforts with a straight sets win of 6-2, 6-4 to put the Patriots on the doorstep of the win.
 
Malo Poulesquen in line #2 would provide that winning point, taking yet another straight sets win. He won 6-1 in the first set, and then followed that up with a 7-6 (7-3) win in a tiebreaker to put the Patriots up 4-0 and secure the win.
 
The Patriots poured it on, with Wessel taking a straight sets win of 6-2, 6-2 in line #1, and the Martin Despodov and Short each taking straight sets wins in scores of 6-1, 6-0 and 6-0, 6-1 to put the exclamation point on a 7-0 win.
 
UT Tyler will now set their sights on their final matchup of the regular season on Friday. They will place host to St. Mary’s on Friday at the Summers Tennis Center.
 
The women will begin at 10 a.m., and the men will play at 1:30 p.m. The men’s match will also double as Senior Day, and the Patriots will celebrate Daniil Felker, Jordi Garcia Portell, and Carel Wessel.