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Team made history on Saturday, February 23rd, by winning their first-ever program 

match with a 9-0 win over 

Sul Ross State. This was not 

the only match for the Tigers 

over the weekend; the team 

also traveled on a tour to Schreiner and also Texas Lutheran. ETBU fell to Schreiner 

earlier that day by a score of 

5-4.

In the Schreiner matchup, ETBU took a 2-1 lead in doubles over Schreiner , 

winning the #1 and #2 doubles matches. Tyler Tolopka 

and Jeremy Rhodes won the 

#1 doubles easily by a score 

of 8-4. Terry Affolter and 

Weston Godsey won 8-6 in 

the #2 doubles match.

When singles came 

around, Tolopka was able to 

put away the opposition 6-4, 

6-0 in #1 singles and Affolter 

won #3 singles, 6-1, 6-0. At 

#5, Luke Phillips fought hard, 

but ultimately fell 6-4, 7-6 

and dropped the tiebreaker 

10-8, changing the momentum in the favor of Schreiner In the historical win over 

Sul Ross State, Tolopka, Affolter, Godsey, Phillips, Asante Williams, and Nicholas Larzabal all won their 

singles matches. Williams 

and Larazbal picked up wins 

by default from Sul Ross’s 

inability to suit a full roster. Tolopka won #1 singles, 

6-3, 6-3, and was followed 

by Affolter’s win, 6-3, 6-1.

Godsey won #3 singles, 6-0, 

6-1 and then Phillips took #4 

singles, 6-0, 6-3.