WACO, Texas - The No. 70 Texas A&M -
Corpus Christi men's tennis team lost a hard-fought 4-1 final
against No. 5 Baylor on Friday in the first round of the NCAA
Championships. The loss ends the season for the Southland
Conference Champions.
They finish the year at 15-10 overall after
winning both the Southland Conference regular season and tournament
championships.
After a battle in doubles, the Islanders were
able to pick-up a point in singles as Gergo Weidinger beat the No.
98 player in the country Dennis Lengsfeld.
In doubles, Laurent Montoisy and Weidinger
lost an 8-4 match at No. 1 doubles while Matt Westmoreland and
Andrew Maingot lost an 8-3 final at the No. 3 position. The match
at No. 2 with James Langford and Aurelien Tave were trailing 7-5
when the point was clinched.
In singles, a huge effort from Weidinger gave
the Islanders their only point of the day. After winning the first
set 6-3, he dominated his nationally-ranked opponent 6-1 in the
second for a 6-3, 6-1 win at No. 5 singles.
Montoisy won his first set at No. 1 singles
before losing the second and it was tied in the third at 6-3, 1-6,
1-1 when the match was clinched.
The first singles match to finish was No. 4 as
Westmoreland lost a 6-2, 6-2 match to put Baylor up 2-0. Right
after Weidinger's win put the score at 2-1 Baylor, Langford lost
6-4, 6-1 at No. 2 and Nathan Robinson lost 6-0, 6-2 at No. 6 to
finish the match.
In addition to Montoisy's match going
unfinished, Tave was at 3-6, 4-4 when play was stopped.
The Islanders finish a season that saw them
return to the NCAA Tournament and win both the regular season and
tournament titles for the Southland Conference Championships.
Tennis Match Results
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs
Baylor
5/13/2011 at Waco, Texas
#5 Baylor 4, #70 Texas A&M-Corpus
Christi 1
Singles competition:
1. #19 John Peers (BU) vs. Laurent Montoisy
(AMCC) 3-6, 6-1, 1-1, unfinished
2. Jordan Rux (BU) def. James Langford (AMCC)
6-4, 6-1
3. #102 Roberto Maytin (BU) vs. Aurelien Tave
(AMCC) 6-3, 4-4, unfinished
4. #97 Kike Grangeiro (BU) def. Matt
Westmoreland (AMCC) 6-2, 6-2
5. Gergo Weidinger (AMCC) def. #98 Dennis
Lengsfeld (BU) 6-3, 6-1
6. Julian Bley (BU) def. Nathan Robinson
(AMCC) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles competition:
1. #5 Roberto Maytin/John Peers (BU) def.
Laurent Montoisy/Gergo Weidinger (AMCC) 8-4
2. Julian Bley/Kike Grangeiro (BU) vs. James
Langford/Aurelien Tave (AMCC) 7-5, unfinished
3. Robert Verzaal/Jordan Rux (BU) def. Andrew
Maingot/Matt Westmoreland (AMCC) 8-3
Match Notes:
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 15-10; National
ranking #70
Baylor 20-4; National ranking #5
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles
(4,5,2,6)
NCAA Championship First Round Match
Baylor is the No. 5 national seed in the
tournament.
