Story Headline
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi tennis program finished play at the Contender CrossFit Islander Open on Sunday at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.
- The Islanders won five titles on Sunday, including three All-Islander championship matches.
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Camille Townsend and
Mariya Shumeika will play for the A Draw singles title on Wednesday. The pair won the A Doubles draw with a 6-4 victory over Rice.
- Townsend defeated Rice's Diae El Jardi in an exhibition match, 6-2, 6-2.
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Kei Kato defeated
Carolina Bulatovic, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, in the All-Islander B Draw singles championship match.
- In the All-Islander C Draw singles title match,
Jordan Ortega-Mendez beat
Victoire Delattre, 6-2, 6-2.
- Ortega-Mendez and Bulatovic won the B Doubles draw with a 6-1 victory over Abilene Christian.
- Kato and Delattre won the C Doubles draw over UTRGV, 6-2.
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Kyohei Yamanaka won the A Draw singles consolation bracket with a 6-2, 2-6, 10-5 win over Carlos Izurieta of UTRGV.
- This week's tournament featured A&M-Corpus Christi, Rice, UTSA, UTRGV, ACU, UIW, Lamar, Trinity and Laredo.
- Fans can view images from the first day
HERE.
- The weekend's final results can be found
HERE.
Islander Results
Men's Singles
A: Samuel De Felipe Garcia (UTRGV) def.
Pascal Lorieul (AMCC), 6-1, 7-6
A:
Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC) def. Carlos Izurieta (UTRGV), 6-2, 2-6, 10-5
B: Georgije Babic (UTRGV) def.
Carlos Berna Ruiz (AMCC), 7-5, 2-6, 12-10
E: Nicolas Dominguez (Laredo) def.
Chad Nguyen (AMCC), 3-6, 6-1, 12-10
Women's Singles
A:
Camille Townsend (AMCC) def. Brandy Fulgenzi (UIW), 6-3, 7-5
A:
Mariya Shumeika (AMCC) def. Diae El Jardi (Rice), 7-5, 6-3
B:
Kei Kato (AMCC) def. Anna Hosking (ACU), 6-2, 6-1
B:
Carolina Bulatovic (AMCC) def. Zoe Kaffen (Trinity), 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
C:
Victoire Delattre (AMCC) def. Claire Fischer (ACU), 6-0, 6-2
C:
Jordan Ortega-Mendez (AMCC) def. Ana Platisa (UTRGV), 6-1, 6-3
Men's Doubles
A: MartinezLojes (Laredo) def. Lorieul/Yamanaka (AMCC), 6-2
B: Schmidt/Loyd (UTRGV) def. Christie/Nguyen (AMCC), 6-4
B: Ramirez/Grijalva (Laredo) def. Ruiz/Castaneda (AMCC), 6-1
Women's Doubles
A: Shumeika/Townsend (AMCC) def. Huang/El Jardi (Rice), 6-4
B: Bulatovic/Ortega-Mendez (AMCC) def. Du Toit/Fischer (ACU, 6-1
C: Kato/Delattre (AMCC) def. Putz/Palatisa (UTRGV), 6-2
History of Success
- As a program, the Islanders have reached 11 NCAA Tournaments in program history and captured 25 Southland titles. The men are seeking the program's ninth NCAA Tournament appearance. The women have won three of the past four Southland Conference regular season titles.
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Islanders Tennis).
Up Next
- The women will head to the Rice Invitational starting on Friday, Sept. 27, in Houston, Texas.
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