CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's tennis returned to the road today, traveling to San Antonio for their second match of the season against UTSA. The Islanders came out of the gates running, picking up the doubles point to start the match. Ultimately, the Roadrunners recovered in singles play, turning things around to earn a 4-2 victory over the Islanders.
"Give credit to a very good and well coached UTSA team," said Coach Steve Moore. "They outfought us today, and deserved to win. We have not been outfought often this year, but we were today. We have to be honest, acknowledge that, and be ready to battle even harder next time. We will learn from this and grow stronger."
FINAL STATS
UTSA 4, TAMU-CC 2
Singles: Order of Finish – 6,3,5,1,2
1. Kai Breitbach (UTSA) def. Francois Kellerman (AMCC) 7-6, 6-3
2. Juri Reckow (UTSA) def. William Mottet (AMCC) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
3. Gabriel Bugiga (UTSA) def. Thomas Rodrigues (AMCC) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
4. Joao Ceolin (UTSA) vs. Carlos Pedrosa (AMCC) 7-5, 4-4, unfinished
5. Javier Gonzalez (UTSA) def. Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC) 6-1, 7-5
6. Okkie Kellerman (AMCC) def. Igor Cantanhede (UTSA) 6-4, 6-1
Doubles: Order of Finish – 1,2
1. Francois Kellerman/Okkie Kellerman (AMCC) def. Juri Reckow/Javier Gonzalez (UTSA) 6-1
2. William Mottet/Thomas Rodrigues (AMCC) def. Igor Cantanhede/Joao Ceolin (UTSA) 6-2
3. Gabriel Bugiga/Kai Breitbach (UTSA) vs. Biyik Akinshemoyin/Lars Bijsterbosch (AMCC) 4-3, unfinished
WHAT'S NEXT
Following today's match, the Islanders look ahead to a near two-week break from play. The men return to action Tuesday, March 20th at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center for a match against UT-Arlington. Approaching conference play, the Islanders look to get back on track with a victory over the Mavericks!
