ARLINGTON, Texas – After falling behind early in their Lone Star Conference semifinal match with the 2-seed UT Tyler, the Aggie men's tennis team could not complete the comeback, falling 4-2.  
 
Tomas Almeida and Thomas Cardona won their fifth straight match and 17th of the season at one doubles to give CU a leg up, but UT Tyler answered with a 6-3 win over Joao Duleba and Marek Slojewski at three.
 
The doubles point came down to the match at two where Kristian Kubik and Carlos Vidal battled to a 6-all tie. The two teams traded points in the tiebreak until the Pats duo of Joaquin Bianchi and Egor Shestakov pulled ahead and won 7-5 to give their team a 1-0 lead. 
 
Cameron evened up the match to start singles play as Duleba won 6-4, 6-2 at six, but the Patriots responded with two wins at four and five to get to 3-1. 
 
Almeida got the Black and Gold to within one with a 6-3, 7-5 win at one, but Carlos Vidal could not finish off his opponent at three as he went from winning the first set 6-2 to losing the next two 6-2, 6-3 to allow UT Tyler to clinch the match, 4-2. 
 
Additionally, Cardona dropped his first set 7-5 at two and was down 6-5 in the second before the match was ended. 
 
No. 40 Cameron is now 13-8 this spring as they await when, where, and who they will play in the South Central Regional Tournament, which will take place either Monday, May 9, or Tuesday, May 10. They are currently ranked No. 3 in the region rankings. The selection show will be Sunday, May 1, night on ncaa.com. 
 
UT Tyler advances to the LSC Championship final Saturday afternoon against the No. 1 seed Midwestern State.