Rodrigues takes second at ITA Texas Regional

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- Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi senior Thomas Rodrigues Lopes advanced to the consolation championship match at the ITA Texas Regional on Monday.
- Rodrigues beat UTA's Alejandro Hayen in the semifinals to advance to the championship match, 6-3, 6-4.
- In the title showdown, Rodrigues fell, 6-2, 6-2, to SMU's Jan-Simon Vrbsky to finish off a successfull weekend for the Islanders.
- William Mottet fell to Vrbsky in the consolation semifinals after winning four matches in the back draw to make the final four.
- The event was hosted by Baylor University in Waco, Texas.
- The ITA Texas Regional features all the NCAA Division I programs in the state of Texas and is considered to be one of the toughest sites in the nation.

Singles - Main Draw
R1: William Mottet (AMCC), bye
R1: Javier Rodriguez (UTSA) def. Pascal Lorieul (AMCC), 6-2, 5-7, 10-1
R1: Oliver Valentisson (UIW) def. Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC), 4-6, 6-0, 10-4
R1: Reed Collier (TTU) def. Thomas Rodrigues Lopes (AMCC), 7-6 (3), 7-5
R2: Sebastian Rodriguez (UTSA) def. Mottet (AMCC), 1-6, 6-3, 6-3

Singles - Consolation Draw
R1: Mottet (AMCC) def. Axel Vila Antuna (Lamar), 6-2, 6-3
R1: Rahul Dhokia (BU) def. Lorieul (AMCC), 6-3, 6-4
R1: Yamanaka (AMCC) def. Blaise Fagan (SMU), 6-1, 6-2
R1: Rodrigues (AMCC) def. Niko Moceanu (ACU), no score available
R2: Rodrigues (AMCC) def. Barnaby Smith (TAMU), W.O.
R2: Eshan Talluri (UT) def. Yamanaka (AMCC), 4-6, 7-6 (4), 10-4
R2: Mottet (AMCC) def. Daichi Akiyoshi (UTA), 6-2, 6-3
R3: Mottet (AMCC) vs. Roberto Rosales (SMU), 6-1, 6-3
R3: Rodrigues (AMCC) def. Riley Tran (ACU), 6-2, 6-4
R4: Mottet (AMCC) def. Jackson Fine (ACU), 6-2, 6-0
R4: Rodrigues (AMCC) def. Jonathan Sheehy (ACU), 6-4, 2-6, 10/6
Semis: Jan-Simon Vrbsky (SMU) def. Mottet (AMCC), 7-6 (2), 1-6, 10/6
Semis: Rodrigues (AMCC) def. Alejandro Hayen (UTA), 6-3, 6-4
Championship: Jan-Simon Vrbsky (SMU) def. Rodrigues (AMCC), 6-2, 6-2

Doubles
R1: Hayen/Sau Franco (UTA) def. Mottet/Rodrigues (AMCC), 8-3
R1:Fine/Sheehy (ACU) def. Yamanaka/Lorieul (AMCC), 8-3

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