Men's Tennis falters against Elon, 4-2

Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi men's tennis team dropped its second consecutive match against Elon on Saturday afternoon, falling by a 4-2 margin to the Phoenix at the George R. Brown Tennis Center in Houston, Texas.
- The Islander men drop to 7-3 overall on the season.
- Elon's men improve to a 5-1 overall record.

Results
Doubles
1. Mottet/Rodrigues (AMCC) def. Sarrasague/Foote (ELON); 6-3
2. O. Kellerman/Frumholz (AMCC) vs. Ponce/Frankle (ELON); 5-4, unf.
3. Pedrosa/Yamanaka (AMCC) def. Paccini/Bonetta; 6-4

Singles
1. Felipe Sarrasague (ELON) def. William Mottet (AMCC); 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
2. Mario Paccini (ELON) def. Thomas Rodrigues Lopes (AMCC); 6-3, 6-3
3. Carlos Pedrosa Cuevas (AMCC) def. Felipe Osses-Konig (ELON); 7-6 (8-6), 6-4
4. Kyle Frankel (ELON) def. Thibault Frumholz (AMCC); 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 6-2
5. Okkie Kellerman (AMCC) vs. Camilo Ponce (ELON); 4-6, 6-0, 6-6 (0-3), unf.
6. Jacob Bicknell (ELON) vs. Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC); 6-2, 7-6 (8-6)


History of Success
- As a program, the Islanders have reached 10 NCAA Tournaments in program history and captured 22 Southland titles in the last 12 years. The men are seeking the program's eighth NCAA Tournament appearance. The women have won the past three Southland Conference titles.

From the Coach
"We battled really hard today. For four hours, this match was dead even. We really had our chances to win today with all these third sets. I give Elon a lot of credit. We were tough today but they were just a little bit tougher."
- Steve Moore, Islanders Head Tennis Coach

Up Next
- The Islander men shift their focus to next weekend's Louisiana-Lafayette Invitational, battling Northern Arizona and the host Ragin' Cajuns on Friday, Feb. 15 before tackling Eastern Washington on Saturday, Feb. 16.

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