Texas Lutheran Rallies to Defeat St. Thomas to Extend Winning Streak to Five

HOUSTON, Texas -- Texas Lutheran Men's Tennis rallied to defeat St. Thomas, 6-3, Saturday afternoon to extend their win streak to five matches. With the win, TLU improves to 2-0 in SCAC play as they continue their longest win streak since the 2018 season. Texas Lutheran currently sits in a tie for first place in the SCAC with a 6-6 record and 2-0 record in the SCAC, the six wins mark the most in a single season since 2018's 9-11 season.

Texas Lutheran trailed 2-1 after doubles competition with the team of Jackson Leslie (New Braunfels/New Braunfels) and Xavier Cristan (Corpus Christi/Flour Bluff) winning 8-1 to help the Bulldogs avoid being swept in doubles competition. The win is their fourth win of the season together.

Trailing 2-1 entering singles competition, the Bulldogs would rally to win five out of six singles matches to steal the road conference match.

Leslie, Eric Moninger (New Braunfels/New Braunfels), Logan Randall (Idalou/Idalou), Cashton Herrera (New Braunfels/New Braunfels), and Kadon Sullins (Kyle/Lehman) would all win their singles matches. Moninger and Herrera would require decisive third sets. The win marked the team-leading eighth singles win of the season for Herrera and the fifth straight singles win for Herrera and Leslie.

Up next, Texas Lutheran continues SCAC conference play as they travel to University of Dallas on Saturday, Apr. 6. First serve is set for 1 PM.

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