Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi men's and women's tennis teams split a Wednesday doubleheader with UTSA at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center on Wednesday.
- The Islander women won, 6-1, to improve to 6-2 while the Roadrunner women fell to 6-8.
- In the afternoon session, the men fell, 4-2, and are now 15-5 on the season. UTSA improved to 9-2 with the win.
- The women were led by
Carolina Bulatovic,
Mariya Shumeika and
Camille Townsend who all picked up singles and doubles victories for the Islanders.
- The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men got singles wins from
William Mottet at the No. 1 position and from
Okkie Kellerman at No. 5 singles.
Women's Results
Doubles
1. Bulatovic/Shumeika (AMCC) def. Starr/Kato (UTSA), 6-4
2. Tiwari/Omoworare (UTSA) def. Kato/Kageyama (AMCC), 6-3
3. Townsend/Maldonado (AMCC) def. Cabrera/Cabrique (UTSA), 6-2
Singles
1.
Carolina Bulatovic (AMCC) def. Jasmin Starr (UTSA), 6-3, 7-5
2.
Kei Kato (AMCC) def. Laura Cabrera (UTSA), 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
3.
Camille Townsend (AMCC) def. Kylee Kato (UTSA), 6-2, 3-6, 7-6
4.
Mariya Shumeika (AMCC) def. Mariah Plauth (UTSA), 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
5.
Myu Kageyama (AMCC) def. Sophie Omoworare (UTSA), 6-4, 7-5
6. Catalina Cabrique (UTSA) def.
Maria Maldonado (AMCC), 6-3, 6-2
Men's Results
Doubles
1. Ceolin/Reckow (UTSA) def. Rodrigues/Mottet (AMCC), 7-5
2. Kellerman/Kellerman (AMCC) vs. Breitbach/Sanson (UTSA), unfinished
3. Rodriguez/Poestinger (UTSA) def. Pedrosa/Yamanaka (AMCC), 6-4
Singles
1.
William Mottet (AMCC) def. Kai Breitbach (UTSA), 6-3, 1-6, 6-0
2. Joao Ceolin (UTSA) def.
Carlos Pedrosa Cuevas (AMCC), 7-6, 6-2
3. Javier Rodriguez (UTSA) def.
Thomas Rodrigues Lopes (AMCC), 7-6, 6-4
4. Juri Reckow (UTSA) def.
Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC), 6-3, 6-3
5.
Okkie Kellerman (AMCC) def. Javier Gonzalez (UTSA), 6-4, 6-2
6.
Thibault Frumholz (AMCC) vs. Alan Sanson (UTSA), unfinished
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 women have won the past three Southland Conference titles and the men are seeking the program's eighth NCAA Tournament appearance.
Up Next
- The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women will open Southland play on Friday, March 1, at Northwestern State in Natchitoches, La., at noon. Up next for the men is the
South Texas Showdown presented by NavyArmy Community Credit Union. Both the Islander men and women will take on UTRGV on Wednesday, March 13, at 2 p.m. in Edinburg, Texas.
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