RICHARDSON, Texas – McMurry University bounced back from its only loss of the season to defeat UT-Dallas 7-2 Thursday night. The men's team took five of six matches on the singles court and took two of three matches on the doubles court to move to 5-1 on the season.

The Comets took only the No. 6 match on the singles court when Wayne Chang defeated McMurry freshman Preston Steblein in three sets. Then, in a tough doubles competition across the board, Bryan Rainwater and Chris Bumann took their first loss of the season to a division III opponent as the Comets' Sebastien Leitz and Jeff Trinh beat McMurry's top pair 9-7. McMurry won the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles match by scores of 8-6 and 8-5 respectively.

Bumann, Daniel Olivares, Rainwater, Chris Breaux and Adam Ewing won singles matches in the No. 1-No. 5 courts respectively in singles play.

In women's action, UT-Dallas defeated McMurry 6-3 despite the visitors taking two of three on the doubles court. However, the Comets dominated singles play by taking the top five singles matches.

Rachel Smith won her match on the No. 6 slot on the singles court, 6-1, 6-0. Hilary Stone & Chelsea Miller teamed up for an 8-3 win on the No. 2 doubles court while Gavee Olsen and Lacey Krusmark won 8-4 on the No. 3 doubles court.

McMurry will be busy as the teams play seven matches over the next six days including three matches in Sherman Friday and Saturday followed by four matches in Orlando, Fla. Monday thru Wednesday.