Tennis powers past UTRGV in South Texas Showdown

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- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi men's and women's tennis teams each secured victories over rival UT-Rio Grande Valley on Monday afternoon at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Complex, defeating the Vaqueros in this season's initial bout of the South Texas Showdown, presented by NavyArmy Community Credit Union.
- The Islander men improved to 7-1 overall while the women remained perfect at 4-0.
- UT-Rio Grande Valley's men drop to 2-5 overall while the women fell to 0-3.
- There were 118 in attendance for the matches.

Men's Results
Doubles
1. Mottet/Rodrigues (AMCC) def. Kaufman/Hutchings (UTRGV), 7-6 (7)
2. Sarradin/Kohrs (UTRGV) def. O. Kellerman/Yamanaka (AMCC), 6-2
3.  Pedrosa/Frumholz (AMCC) def. Garcia/Schmit (UTRGV), 6-0

Singles
1. William Mottet (AMCC) def. Yehonatan Kaufman (UTRGV), 6-3, 6-4
2. Thomas Rodrigues Lopes (AMCC) def. Samuel de Felipe Garcia (UTRGV), 6-0, 6-1
3. Carlos Pedrosa Cuevas (AMCC) def. Clement Sarradin (UTRGV), 6-3, 6-3
4. Okkie Kellerman (AMCC) def. George Hutchings (UTRGV), 0-6, 6-2, 6-1
5. Thibault Frumholz (AMCC) def. Georgije Babic (UTRGV), 4-6, 7-6 (5), 10/2
6. Zane Kohrs (UTRGV) def. Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC), 7-5, 6-1


Women's Results
Doubles
1. Bulatovic/Shumeika (AMCC) def. Darzyan/Ibarra (UTRGV), unf.
2. Aleksovska/Walker (UTRGV) def. Townsend/Kato (AMCC), 6-4
3. Putz/Sasaroga (UTRGV) def. Maldonado/Reinicke (AMCC), 6-0

Singles
1. Dominique Ibarra def. Kei Kato (AMCC), 6-2, 6-3
2. Carolina Bulatovic (AMCC) def. Doris Aleksovska (UTRGV), 6-1, 7-5
3. Camille Townsend (AMCC) def. Michelle Walker (UTRGV), 6-3, 6-2
4. Mariya Shumeika (AMCC) def. Marine Darzyan (UTRGV), 6-2, 6-4
5. Myu Kageyama (AMCC) def. Nethmi Waduge (UTRGV), 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-1
6. Maria Maldonado (AMCC) def. Sandra Putz (UTRGV), 6-3, 7-5

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.

Up Next
- The Islander men will head to Houston to face Rice University on Friday, Feb. 8 followed by a neutral site match on Saturday, Feb. 9 against Elon. The A&M-Corpus Christi women will travel to Dallas to take on SMU on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 4 p.m.

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