texas tech men's tennis

Tim Siegel, the man who's been at the helm of the Texas Tech men's tennis program for 23 years, announced his retirement on Thursday, July 9, 2015.

Junior Felipe Soares became the second Red Raider to be named All-American in both men’s singles and doubles tennis in the same season.

Juniors Felipe Soares and Hugo Dojas tied for the highest finish in the NCAA tennis Championships in program history as they finished second,

The No. 24 Texas Tech men’s tennis team defeated Louisiana 6-1 on Sunday in the final non-conference match of the season at the McLeod Tennis Center.

Both Texas Tech’s men’s and women’s tennis teams are nationally ranked and will be in action this weekend, March 13-15.

“After several discussions with the athletic administration and my family, I feel the decision to retire was premature,” said Siegel. “What I realized is I still have a tremendous amount of passion to coach, teach, and develop student athletes.”

Dias, one of the top junior players in South America, will join Texas Tech in January. He joins a squad that is coming off of its sixth straight NCAA appearance, and 12th overall under Tech head coach Tim Siegel.

The team of Raony Carvalho and Gonzalo Escobar took on the team of Chase Buchanan and Blaz Rola of Ohio State for the NCAA Men’s Doubles Championship at the University of Georgia Monday afternoon.

40th-ranked Escobar, an Ecuadorian native, took the first set 6-4 over No. 5-ranked Henrique Cunha, but Cunha won the second and third set to advance to the Elite Eight of the Championships.

The next home game for the Red Raiders will be on March 10th, as they face off against Louisville at 1 p.m. at the McLeod Tennis Center.