Tennis sweeps UTRGV in South Texas Showdown

Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi men's and women's tennis teams swept UTRGV at the Thomas J Henry Tennis Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.
- The Islander men improved to 5-0 on the year as they started the day with a 7-0 victory over UTRGV.
- The women did not drop a set and picked up a 7-0 sweep over UTRGV to move to 5-0 on the year.
- Both men's and women's teams got the double's point to begin the matches in the advantage.
- From there, all 12 singles positions won their respective points in the double Islander sweep.
- Wednesday's matches were the first leg of the South Texas Showdown, presented by NavyArmy Community Credit Union. The men will head to UTRGV on Wednesday, Feb. 5, while the women make the return trip on Sunday, Feb. 9.
- View the Facebook photo album HERE.

Men's Results
Doubles
1. William Mottet/Ryuya Ata (AMCC) vs. Izurieta, Carlo/Mello, Alberto (UTRGV) unfinished
2. Thomas Rodrigues Lopes/Pascal Lorieul (AMCC) def. de Felipe Garcia, S./Loyd, Michael (UTRGV) 6-2
3. Kyohei Yamanaka/Carlos Berna Ruiz (AMCC) def. Kohrs, Zane/Schmit, Mateo (UTRGV) 6-4

Singles
1. William Mottet (AMCC) def. Izurieta, Carlo (UTRGV) 6-4, 6-4
2. Thomas Rodrigues Lopes (AMCC) def. de Felipe Garcia, S. (UTRGV) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
3. Ryuya Ata (AMCC) def. Mello, Alberto (UTRGV) 6-0, 6-3
4. Pascal Lorieul (AMCC) def. Kohrs, Zane (UTRGV) 7-6, 7-5
5. Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC) def. Schmit, Mateo (UTRGV) 6-0, 6-0
6. Carlos Berna Ruiz (AMCC) def. Loyd, Michael (UTRGV) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2

Women's Results
Doubles
1. Camille Townsend/Mariya Shumeika (AMCC) def. Montero, Valeria/Platisa, Ana (UTRGV) 6-2
2. Carolina Bulatovic/Jordan Ortega-Mendez (AMCC) vs. Sasaroga, Katarina/Putz, Sandra (UTRGV) unfinished
3. Emma Honore/Kei Kato (AMCC) def. Mamicova, Kristyna/Thal, Alicia (UTRGV) 6-2

Singles
1. Mariya Shumeika (AMCC) def. Sasaroga, Katarina (UTRGV) 7-6, 6-5
2. Camille Townsend (AMCC) def. Putz, Sandra (UTRGV) 6-2, 6-1
3. Kei Kato (AMCC) def. Montero, Valeria (UTRGV) 6-1, 6-2
4. Carolina Bulatovic (AMCC) def. Platisa, Ana (UTRGV) 1-6, 6-3, 10-8
5. Emma Honore (AMCC) def. Thal, Alicia (UTRGV) 6-2, 6-0
6. Victoire Delattre (AMCC) def. Mamicova, Kristyna (UTRGV) 6-1, 6-4

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 women host UTSA on Friday at 2 p.m. at the Thomas J Henry Tennis Center while the men host Louisiana on Saturday at 1 p.m.

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