University of Texas Pan American - El Bronco Yearbook (Edinburg, TX)

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A Winning Fall Following a disastrous '74 Spring, which saw four veteran PAU netters leave in mid-semes- ter to join the professional cir- cuit-thus leaving only a team of six-the Broncs became 10 strong by Fall '74. As a result of a heavy recruiting program, Coach Dennis Conner added nine new players to his Fall '74 squad. Even though the expanded squad was young feight freshmenj, overall team strength was evidenced by their winning more than 20 trophies in Fall competition. The Bronc netters completely dominated the St. Edward's Collegiate Invi- tational by winning the singles, doubles and team champion- ship, plus the Broncs had dou- bles wins in the Laredo Interna- tional Invitational and the McAllen Holiday Festival Tour- naments. Singles runner-up awards were won in the Corpus Christi Thanksgiving tourna- ment and the McAllen Holiday Festival. Doubles runner-up awards were won in the Rebel Days tournament of Harlingen and the McAllen Holiday Festi- val. Another Bronc tennis honor was won by team captain Ricardo Eynaudi who was selected to represent his home country of Chile in the Interna- tional Sunshine Cup matches in Miami during the Christmas break. Having completed the most suc- cessful Fall season in Bronc ten- nis history, the PAU interna- tional squad was looking for- ward to its unusually tough Spring '75 schedule which pitted players against such national tennis posers as Alabama, Ten- nessee, Rice, Oklahoma and oth- ers in the Bronc's 500-seat Orville I. Cox Tennis Stadium.

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,,,,.....---I I .::,,,, , .Uni 1- siaq 1 J' L. ' -mf --er -- 3222? na- . ..I-trac. 'Qu-3 'it ' .,, XM., a. A freshman from Cork, Ireland, Sean Sorensen was national junior champion of Ireland when he opted forthe Broncs. b. Carlos Carrales, a freshman from McAllen, has been aiming for the Broncs' top six lineup. c. The No. 2 junior player in Canada, Rob Bettauer, won the doubles competition for the Broncs at the St. 'Edward's Collegiate Invitational Tournament. d. The Broncs Spring '75 competition included the following: Jesus Cruz, Ricky Garcia, Paco Ceron, Car- los Eynaudi, Antonio Hartmann, Coach Dennis Con- ner, Carlos Carrales, Ricardo Eynaudi, Rob Bettauer, Sean Sorensen, Mark Waterhouse, Rob Hubbard. e. Ricardo Eynaudi and Antonio Hartmann are both Pan Am sophomores from Santiago, Chile. Eynaudi was team captain for the Broncs. In Chile, Eynaudi was ranked No. 2 and Hartmann was ranked No. 3 of that nation's junior players. f. PAU was designated the host institute for the 91st Annual NCAA Tennis Tournament scheduled for June in Corpus Christi. Members of the Love Set - selected to serve as official hostesses-were Kathy Payne, Jeanette Lopez, Patty Vallejo, Suzanne Dube, Jane Cross, Susan Bentsen, Georgia Lenig. These PAU girls were selected in the fall to serve in various capac- ities with the 1975 Bronc netters. As enthusiastic pro- moters of PAU tennis, the Love Set program was initi- ated three years ago and has been copied by other col- legiate tennis teams. Most importantly the Love Set s i Q 'J ' I S -....-. 1131.4-,-4 girls serve as umpires for the individual Bronc home matches during the spring. They also are the official PAU intercollegiate tournament hostesses each Febru- ary. g. Bronc freshman Rob Hubbard is the No. 1 Junior Davis Cup player. ' h. A freshman with the Broncs was Ricky Garcia from McAllen. Sports