Men's tennis falls to Aggies in NCAA Tournament

Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi men's tennis team fell to Texas A&M, 4-0, on Saturday at the Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station, Texas, in the first round of the 2019 NCAA Championship Tournament.
- The Islanders end the season at 19-9 overall while the No. 13 national seed Aggies improve to 21-7.
- Francois Kellerman and Okkie Kellerman were leading No. 8 ranked Juan Carlos Aguilar and Barnaby Smith, 4-3, at No. 1 doubles when the point was decided.
- At No. 3 singles, Thomas Rodrigues Lopes battled into a second-set tie breaker before falling to No. 86 Valentin Vacherot.
- William Mottet was leading his second set at No. 1 singles against No. 31 Aguilar, 4-3, when the match was decided.

Match Results
Singles
1. #31 Juan Carlos Aguilar (TAMU) vs. William Mottet (AMCC) 6-4, 3-4, unfinished
2. #58 Hady Habib (TAMU) vs. Francois Kellerman (AMCC) 6-3, 5-4, unfinished
3. #86 Valentin Vacherot (TAMU) def. Thomas Rodrigues Lopes (AMCC) 6-1, 7-6 (7-3)
4. #120 Barnaby Smith (TAMU) def. Carlos Pedrosa Cuevas (AMCC) 6-0, 6-4
5. Noah Schachter (TAMU) def. Okkie Kellerman (AMCC) 6-1, 6-2
6. Austin Abbrat (TAMU) vs. Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC) 6-3, 3-2, unfinished

Doubles
1. #8 Juan Carlos Aguilar/Barnaby Smith (TAMU) vs. Okkie Kellerman/Francois Kellerman (AMCC) 3-4, unfinished
2. Valentin Vacherot/Noah Schachter (TAMU) def. William Mottet/Thomas Rodrigues Lopes (AMCC) 6-1
3. Pranav Kumar/Hady Habib (TAMU) def. Thibault Frumholz/Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC) 6-2

History of Success
- 2019 marks the eighth trip to the NCAA Tournament for the Islander men who made it in 2004, '08, '09, '11, '13, '14 and '15. The A&M-Corpus Christi women qualified for the tournament in 2014, '16 and '17. Under Director of Tennis Steve Moore, the Islanders have earned an NCAA Tournament bid 10 times and 11 times all-time in program history.

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