Men's tennis falls to Rice on the road

Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's tennis team fell to Rice University, 4-0, on Tuesday afternoon in Houston, Texas.
- The Islander men move to 9-2 on the year while Rice improved to 2-3.
- Thomas Rodrigues Lopes was up a set at No. 2 singles when the match was called.
- Kyohei Yamanaka was also leading his match at No. 5 singles when play was halted.

Men's Results
Doubles
1. Conrad Russell/Sumit Sarkar (RICE) def. William Mottet/Ryuya Ata (AMCC) 6-4
2. Mohamed Abdel-Aziz/Campbell Salmon (RICE) def. Carlos Berna Ruiz/Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC) 6-3
3. Adam Oscislawski/Eric Rutledge (RICE) vs. Thomas Rodrigues Lopes/Pascal Lorieul (AMCC) 5-4, unfinished

Singles
1. Sumit Sarkar (RICE) def. William Mottet (AMCC) 6-0, 6-3
2. Campbell Salmon (RICE) vs. Thomas Rodrigues Lopes (AMCC) 3-6, 5-2, unfinished
3. Karol Paluch (RICE) def. Ryuya Ata (AMCC) 6-3, 6-0
4. Jacob Eskeland (RICE) def. Pascal Lorieul (AMCC) 6-3, 6-0
5. Eric Rutledge (RICE) vs. Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC) 3-4, unfinished
6. Conrad Russell (RICE) vs. Carlos Berna Ruiz (AMCC) 0-0, unfinished

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.

Up Next
- The A&M-Corpus Christi men will head to Lafayette, La., for the University of Louisiana Bayou Classic this Friday.

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