Both Binkley and Rutherford claimed opening round victories in singles matches, but fell to Jonah Kane-West and Hubert Chodkiewicz of Texas, respectively, in the following round.,”Senior Brett Binkley, junior Steven Shao and sophomore Mark Rutherford traveled to Austin, Texas this past weekend to represent Marquette at the Texas Invitational.

Both Binkley and Rutherford claimed opening round victories in singles matches, but fell to Jonah Kane-West and Hubert Chodkiewicz of Texas, respectively, in the following round.

Shao, who earned a first-round bye, downed Brent Werbeck of Boise State in the round of 32, but was defeated Saturday morning by No. 1 seed Dimitar Kutrovsky, ending his bid to reach the quarterfinals

In doubles matches, Binkley and Rutherford defeated Bret Berryman and Shaun Bussert of Ball State on Friday but fell to the Texas tandem of Kutrovsky and Josh Zavala on Saturday.

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