GEORGETOWN, TX (05.05.22) - The UT Dallas men's tennis team opened the 2022 ASC Men's Tennis Championship Tournament Thursday morning with a quick 5-0 win over McMurry in the opening round.

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The Comets (8-6) rolled through doubles play and then added two brisk straight-set victories in singles action to earn their spot in the ASC semifinals on Friday. UTD will next play Hardin-Simmons at 10:30 a.m. Friday at East View High School.

Ritvik Ganesan and Ryan Au Yeung were the first two Comets to claim victory in doubles against the War Hawks with an 8-1 win over Ty Edwards and Jason Cabe. Top-flighted Ashwin Vaithianathan and John Edwards added an 8-4 win at No. 1 over Chase Daniell and Reid Smith to give UTD a 2-0 advantage. Mario Dominguez and Carlos De Leon capped the doubles sweep for the Comets with an 8-4 win over Connor Hogan and Trent Lewis at No. 3.

Noah Sam was the first Comet singles play to wrap up his match, claiming a 6-0, 6-0, win over McMurry's Edwards at No. 5. Ganesan then locked down the match with a 6-0, 6-0, win over Hogan at No. 3.

At the conclusion of the duel, Vaithianathan (No. 1), Edwards (No. 2), De Leon (No. 4) and Au Yeung (No. 6) were all up a set in their respective singles matches.

The Comets are making their sixth consecutive appearance in the ASC semifinals.