Complete Results

MOBILE, Ala. – University of South Alabama junior Daniel Leitner (Niederfischbach, Germany) and sophomore Gerhard Gruindelingh (Pretoria, South Africa) accounted for three points in the men's tennis team's 4-2 victory over Texas-San Antonio on Saturday at the Bruce David Lubel Memorial Tennis Courts.

The Jaguars, ranked No. 75, improved to 16-7 in their spring campaign, while the Roadrunners dropped to 9-16 overall.

Leitner and Gruindelingh picked up the only doubles win for South Alabama with an 8-3 victory over Yannick Junger and Boburjon Kamiljanov at No. 2. Leitner later faced Junger at the No. 1 spot and won 6-3, 6-4 to give the Jags a 3-1 lead. Gruindelingh secured the match for USA when he rallied back to defeat Diogo Casa 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 at No. 4.

"Daniel took the lead right from the beginning," said USA head coach Nick Brochu. "His opponent tried to make a comeback, but Daniel stayed so solid. I think he won the match just by being so consistent and winning the right points. He is very tough mentally and physically.

"Even though Gerhard was not playing at the top of his game, he came back and fought to pull out the win, and that was nice to see. It's great to see guys that really have a lot of heart raise their level, even when things aren't going their way."

South Alabama took the first three singles matches in straight sets. Sophomore Juan Troglia (Mendoza, Argentina) dropped Kolby Kilgo 6-2, 6-1 on the No. 5 court and senior Shayann Vaezzadeh (Bavent, France) downed Harley Pearson 6-1, 6-0 in the No. 6 flight.

After Leitner's win, Tomas Stillman claimed the only singles point for UTSA when he topped junior Manuel Belda (Posadas, Misiones, Argentina) 6-4, 6-4 at the No. 2 spot. Gruindelingh followed with the final point for the Jags.

In doubles action, No. 47 Joel Rubio and Stillman snapped a three-match losing streak with an 8-5 win over Belda and Troglia at No. 1. Casa and Fabian Brand clinched the doubles point for the Roadrunners when they edged Vaezzadeh and freshman Tuki Jacobs (Windhoek, Namibia) 8-7 (7-4) on the No. 3 court.

"I thought we played good doubles, but Texas-San Antonio really stepped up and played great doubles," said Brochu. "We were winning early in the match and I really thought we had the doubles point."

The Jaguars are back in action Sunday at noon as they host UAB in their final home match of the season.

"We need to refresh mentally and get ready for tomorrow," said Brochu. "UAB beat us last year and tomorrow will have to be a big performance from us. We are the favorites, but what's on paper doesn't mean anything. We're looking forward to tomorrow."
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