Flushing, N.Y.—The journey of men’s tennis duo Bart Van Leijsen and Hayden Sabatka in the 2015 USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships came to an end this morning after they suffered a tough loss to Texas Tech’s Hugo Dojas and Felipe Soares.
The Lobos came out strong and won the first set 4-6. In the second, they fell short 2-6. The Lobos battled Texas Tech in the third set and it went into a tiebreaker. Here, the Lobos held on, but not enough to pull out a win; they fell 11-9.
“Bart and Hayden played a great tournament,” said head coach Bart Scott. “They have nothing to be ashamed of. They left it all out there and that’s all you want to see as a coach. We were down match points and fought back, and then we were two points away from victory. Credit to Texas Tech, they played the big points late in the match a few percentage points better than we did. We wish them luck in the finals.”
The Lobos look forward to the Spring season that begins January.
Lobos Suffer Tiebreaker Loss in Semis
