WACO, Texas – Seventh-seeded St. Thomas opened the Southern Collegiate Athletic Men’s Tennis Championship with an impressive 4-1 opening round victory over No. 11 Schreiner Thursday night at Hawkins Tennis Center on the campus of Baylor University. Official Website l Postmatch Interview | Photo Album
The Celts evened their overall mark to 7-7 and will take on second-seeded Southwestern in the quarterfinals. The Mountaineers concluded their season with a 2-14 record.
After the match was moved to the indoor courts at Baylor, the format was changed to starting with singles play and the Celts would clinch the match without the need for doubles competition.
St. Thomas jumped out to a 3-0 lead as Pooya Tork (No. 3), Raja Pandya (No. 2) and Sawyer White (No. 4) each earned wins, including a come-from-behind 5-7, 6-0, 6-2 win by Pandya at No. 2 singles. Schreiner's Darren Nava kept the Mountaineers alive with a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory at No. 1 singles, but the Celts' Wilson Salazar Jr., clinched the match with a 6-0, 6-0 straight set sweep at the No. 5 line.
UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS 4, SCHREINER UNIVERSITY 1
April 24, 2025 at Waco, Texas (Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Darren Nava (SCH) def. Steven Kuang (UST) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
| 2. Raja Pandya (UST) def. Ryan Morales (SCH) 5-7, 6-0, 6-2 |
| 3. Pooya Tork (UST) def. Cole Reed (SCH) 6-4, 6-4 |
| 4. Sawyer White (UST) def. Ernesto Gonzalez (SCH) 6-0, 6-0 |
| 5. Wilson Salazar Jr. (UST) def. Andrew Reyes (SCH) 6-0, 6-0 |
| 6. Michael Haranczyk (UST) vs. Quince Lawler (SCH) 6-1, 3-2, unfinished |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Raja Pandya/Sawyer White (UST) vs. Cole Reed/Andrew Reyes (SCH) unfinished |
| 2. Wilson Salazar Jr./Pooya Tork (UST) vs. Ernesto Gonzalez/Ryan Morales (SCH) unfinished |
| 3. Steven Kuang/Hunter Kimball-Cook (UST) vs. Darren Nava/Mason Thomas (SCH) unfinished |
| Match Notes |
| Order of finish: Singles (3,2,4,1,5) |
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St. Thomas advances to meet second-seeded Southwestern University in the quarterfinals in a match that will begin at 12:30 pm CT. The win marks the fourth time in the last five years the Celts have won their first SCAC tournament match - and the third time they have defeated Schreiner in that match (2022 and 2023).
