Tennis begins season with double sweeps of Prairie View A&M

Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi men's and women's tennis teams each won a pair of Thursday afternoon matches over Prairie View A&M to begin the 2020 Spring season.
- The Islander men won both of their matches by scores of 5-0 and 7-0, while the women cruised to 4-0 and 7-0 victories.
- The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women were dominant, dropping just one set on the entire day.
- On the men's side, the Islanders cruised to victories in 15 of their 16 matches between the two matches.

Men's Match One Results
Doubles
1. William Mottet/Ryuya Ata (AMCC) vs. Xavier Lawrence/Jorge Caballero (PVAMM) no result
2. Thomas Rodrigues Lopes/Pascal Lorieul (AMCC) def. Juan Malham Viada/Rodrigo Yoshikata (PVAMM) 7-5
3. Kyohei Yamanaka/Carlos Berna Ruiz (AMCC) def. Kevin Ugarteche/T. Washington (PVAMM) 6-2

Singles
1. Ryuya Ata (AMCC) def. Xavier Lawrence (PVAMM) 6-3, 6-1
2. Pascal Lorieul (AMCC) def. Jorge Caballero (PVAMM) 6-1, 6-3
3. Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC) def. Rodrigo Yoshikata (PVAMM) 6-0, 6-3
4. Carlos Berna Ruiz (AMCC) def. Juan Malham Viada (PVAMM) 7-6, 3-1

Women's Match One Results
Doubles
1. Mariya Shumeika/Camille Townsend (AMCC) def. Victoria Castillo/Mahogani Green (PVAMW) 6-3
2. Jordan Ortega-Mendez/Carolina Bulatovic (AMCC) def. Jessica Lackey/Jimena Castellanos (PVAMW) 6-3
3. Emma Honore/Kei Kato (AMCC) def. Salma Villalobos/Anette Lira (PVAMW) 6-0

Singles
1. Camille Townsend (AMCC) vs. Victoria Castillo (PVAMW) no result
2. Kei Kato (AMCC) vs. Jimena Castellanos (PVAMW) no result
3. Emma Honore (AMCC) def. Mahogani Green (PVAMW) 6-2, 6-4
4. Jordan Ortega-Mendez (AMCC) def. Jessica Lackey (PVAMW) 6-1, 6-0
5. Victoire Delattre (AMCC) vs. Claudia Medina (PVAMW) no result
6. Maria Maldonado (AMCC) def. Anette Lira (PVAMW) 6-1, 6-0

Men's Match Two Results
Doubles
1. William Mottet/Ryuya Ata (AMCC) def. Xavier Lawrence/Jorge Caballero (PVAMM) 6-3
2. Juan Malham Viada/Rodrigo Yoshikata (PVAMM) def. Thomas Rodrigues Lopes/Pascal Lorieul (AMCC) 6-4
3. Kyohei Yamanaka/Carlos Berna Ruiz (AMCC) def. Kevin Ugarteche/T. Washington (PVAMM) 6-1

Singles
1. William Mottet (AMCC) def. Xavier Lawrence (PVAMM) 6-4, 6-3
2. Ryuya Ata (AMCC) def. Jorge Caballero (PVAMM) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
3. Thomas Rodrigues Lopes (AMCC) def. Rodrigo Yoshikata (PVAMM) 6-1, 6-2
4. Pascal Lorieul (AMCC) def. Kevin Ugarteche (PVAMM) 6-2, 6-1
5. Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC) def. Juan Malham Viada (PVAMM) 6-0, 6-3
6. Carlos Berna Ruiz (AMCC) def. T. Washington (PVAMM) 6-0, 6-0

Women's Match Two Results
Doubles
1. Mariya Shumeika/Camille Townsend (AMCC) def. Mahogani Green/Victoria Castillo (PVAMW) 6-2
2. Jordan Ortega-Mendez/Carolina Bulatovic (AMCC) def. Jimena Castellanos/Jessica Lackey (PVAMW) 6-2
3. Kei Kato/Emma Honore (AMCC) def. Claudia Medina/Anette Lira (PVAMW) 6-0

Singles
1. Mariya Shumeika (AMCC) def. Jimena Castellanos (PVAMW) 6-3, 6-0
2. Kei Kato (AMCC) def. Victoria Castillo (PVAMW) 6-0, 6-0
3. Carolina Bulatovic (AMCC) def. Mahogani Green (PVAMW) 6-2, 6-2
4. Emma Honore (AMCC) def. Jessica Lackey (PVAMW) 7-6, 6-3
5. Jordan Ortega-Mendez (AMCC) def. Claudia Medina (PVAMW) 3-6, 6-1, 10-7
6. Victoire Delattre (AMCC) def. Anette Lira (PVAMW) 2-6, 6-2, 6-1

History of Success
- As a program, the Islanders have reached 11 NCAA Tournaments in program history and captured 23 Southland titles in the last 13 years. 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.

Up Next
-  A&M-Corpus Christi's home opener is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 25 against Trinity University. The day will feature four matches as the men and women will each play the Tigers twice with matches at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Facility on the Momentum Campus.

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