SALT LAKE CITY— The Utah Utes men's tennis team will return home to George S. Eccles Tennis Center where they will take on #66 Texas Tech on Sunday, March 29.
MATCH INFORMATION
Utah (4-13, 0-4 Big 12) vs. #66 Texas Tech (11-7, 1-2 Big 12)
DATE | TIME: Sunday, March 29 | 11 a.m. MT
LOCATION: Salt Lake City, Utah. | George S. Eccles Tennis Center
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SCOUTING THE RED RAIDERS
Texas Tech is coming off a 12-12 overall record in the 2025 season. Texas Tech went 2-8 in conference matches last season. The Red Raiders see a returner in fifth year Sebastian Abboud, who had an overall singles record of 15-7. Abboud was 7-5 in doubles play last season. Texas Tech is currently 11-7 in its official 2026 season.
THE UTES
The Utah men's tennis program returns seniors Max Relic and Dante Teramo. The Utes also welcome back junior Emmett Potter. Utah has one sophomore returning to the squad in Charles Frey. The Utes welcome five newcomers with two transfers in Lorenzo Esquici and Simeon Terziev and three new true freshmen in AJ Deem, Oliver Mesicek, and Balthazar Huss.
NEWCOMER MAKING WAVES
The new sophomore transfer Simeon Terziev is making waves in his first season as a Ute. Terziev has a 7-2 overall singles record. Simeon is undefeated when playing in the No. 5 spot. Terzive holds a 4-1 record when at the No. 3 spot and a 2-1 record when at the No. 4 spot.
LAST TIME OUT
The Utah men's tennis team fell 4-2, to a #26 ranked Arizona State tennis team. Utah started the match strong by clinching the doubles points. ASU took the first two matches in singles play. Utah responded with a singles win by Dante Teramo. Utah battled the remaining matches into three sets, but fell in both allowing ASU to claim the victory.
HEAD COACH ROELAND BRATEANU
The Utah men's tennis team welcomed back Roeland Brateanu for his twelfth season as head coach. Brateanu coached the team to a historic 2022-2023 season, earning their first Pac-12 Regular Season Title. Prior to that season, Brateanu led the team to an 18-0 record in the 2021 season and finished ranked in No. 50 in the Oracle/ITA finale ranking. Brateanu currently holds an overall record of 187-119 at Utah.
NEXT UP
The Utes will travel to Waco where they will take on #8 ranked Baylor on Thursday, April 2nd. The Utah tennis team will stay in Texas to play TCU on Saturday, April 4th.
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