Men's tennis splits first day of HEB Tournament of Champions

Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi men's tennis team split a pair of matches on the first day of the HEB Tournament of Champions at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Complex on Friday.
- This year marks the 53rd HEB Tournament of Champions, the longest running college tournament in the nation.
- The Islanders fell to Tennessee Tech, 4-2, in the first session but rebounded to pick up a 4-1 win over New Mexico State in the nightcap.
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi moves to 11-4 on the year and 4-1 at home.
- Carlos Pedrosa Cuevas and Okkie Kellerman each picked up singles victories over Tennessee Tech.
- Thomas Rodrigues Lopes, Kyohei Yamanaka and Thibault Frumholz all won their singles matches against New Mexico State.
- William Mottet closed out the match with a 6-2, 7-5 straight set win. Due to time constraints, the match against the Aggies only featured singles matched.

Men's Match One Results
Doubles
1. VICENTE, Carlos/GARCIA, Gonzalo (TTU) def. William Mottet/Thomas Rodrigues Lopes (AMCC) 6-4
2. Okkie Kellerman/Francois Kellerman (AMCC) vs. KUBOTA, Riku/ALBIN, Wenceslao (TTU) unfinished
3. TOSETTO, Rafael/SILVA, Lucca (TTU) def. Thibault Frumholz/Carlos Pedrosa Cuevas (AMCC) 6-2

Singles
1. TOSETTO, Rafael (TTU) def. William Mottet (AMCC) 8-7, 7-6
2. GRUBERT, Elias (TTU) def. Thomas Rodrigues Lopes (AMCC) 6-1, 1-6, 8-6
3. Carlos Pedrosa Cuevas (AMCC) def. VICENTE, Carlos (TTU) 7-6, 7-5
4. Okkie Kellerman (AMCC) def. GARCIA, Gonzalo (TTU) 6-4, 5-7, 6-0
5. ALBIN, Wenceslao (TTU) def. Thibault Frumholz (AMCC) 6-4, 6-4
6. Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC) vs. SILVA, Lucca (TTU) unfinished

Men's Match Two Results
Singles
1. William Mottet (AMCC) def. de Haan, Stijn (NMSU) 6-2, 7-5
2. Carlos Pedrosa Cuevas (AMCC) vs. Menard, Louis (NMSU) unfinished
3. Thomas Rodrigues Lopes (AMCC) def. Simecek, Martin (NMSU) 7-6, 6-0
4. Benitez, Mauri (NMSU) def. Okkie Kellerman (AMCC) 6-3, 6-3
5. Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC) def. Asmar, Enrique (NMSU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Thibault Frumholz (AMCC) def. Buitrago, Nicolas (NMSU) 7-5, 6-3

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.

Up Next
- Day two of the HEB Tournament of Champions will begin at noon on Saturday. The Islanders will take on DePaul University at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.

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