Men's tennis falls to UTA in road action

Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi men's tennis fell to UT-Arlington, 4-0, on Tuesday afternoon at the UTA Tennis Center in Arlington, Texas.
- The Islanders fall to 13-6 overall on the season while the Mavericks improved to 9-5.
- Thomas Rodrigues Lopes was even at a set apiece and was battling in the third set at the No. 2 position when the match was called.
- Okkie Kellerman was ahead by a set and was leading 4-3 in the second set at the No. 4 singles position.

Match Results
Doubles
1. Mauricio Rio/Guanarteme Nuez (UTA) vs. Francois Kellerman/Okkie Kellerman (AMCC) 6-5, unfinished
2. Enrique Pardo/Eduard Simo (UTA) def. William Mottet/Thomas Rodrigues Lopes (AMCC) 6-4
3. Miguel Cabrera/Alejandro Hayen (UTA) def. Thibault Frumholz/Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC) 6-4

Singles
1. Enrique Pardo (UTA) def. William Mottet (AMCC) 6-1, 6-3
2. Mauricio Rio (UTA) vs. Thomas Rodrigues Lopes (AMCC) 4-6, 6-2, 3-1, unfinished
3. Alejandro Hayen (UTA) def. Francois Kellerman (AMCC) 7-5, 6-4
4. Miguel Cabrera (UTA) vs. Okkie Kellerman (AMCC) 4-6, 3-4, unfinished
5. Eduard Simo (UTA) vs. Thibault Frumholz (AMCC) 7-6, 2-1, unfinished
6. Jakub Grzegorczyk (UTA) def. Jonathan Christie (AMCC) 6-2, 6-4

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
- The Islanders will head to UTSA on Wednesday, March 27 at 2 p.m. for a non-conference matchup before beginning Southland play on Saturday, April 6, on the road at Abilene Christian.

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