SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's tennis program fell 4-1 to UTSA on Thursday at the UTSA Tennis Center.
The highlight of the match for A&M-Corpus Christi (12-4) was a straight set victory at No. 4 singles from freshman
Pascal Lorieul. He took down Kai Breitbach 6-4, 6-1.
Lorieul improved to 9-0 on the season in singles.
Another close match was on-going at No. 6 singles where freshman
Borja Delgado was hanging tough. He trailed Garrett Skelly 6-2, 6-5 when the match clinched. Fellow freshman
Ryuya Ata also had his match unfinished at the No. 1 position.
A&M-Corpus Christi is now 14-7 all-time against UTSA including a 5-3 mark on the road.
Thursday's was the men's final tune-up match before conference begins. The Islanders will open league play with a road match at Abilene Christian on Friday, March 26.
A&M-Corpus Christi Tennis
- 11 NCAA Tournaments
- 25 SLC Championships
- 4 Top-40 National Rankings
- 3.0 GPA 31 Straight Semesters
- Islanders have received a No. 3 seed at the NCAA Tournament three times
- Women's tennis has cracked the ITA top-75 national rankings three times
- Men's tennis has cracked the ITA national rankings 10 consecutive years
- Ranked nationally in NCAA DI as high as No. 35 for the men and No. 60 for the women
UTSA 4, A&M-Corpus Christi 1
Singles competition
1. Juri Reckow (UTSA) vs.
Ryuya Ata (AMCC) 6-4, 5-3, unfinished
2. Sebastian Rodriguez (UTSA) def.
Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC) 6-1, 6-0
3. Joao Ceolin (UTSA) def.
Nathan Schwartz (AMCC) 6-2, 6-3
4.
Pascal Lorieul (AMCC) def. Kai Breitbach (UTSA) 6-4, 6-1
5. Javier Rodriguez (UTSA) def.
Carlos Berna Ruiz (AMCC) 6-2, 6-3
6. Garrett Skelly (UTSA) vs.
Borja Delgado (AMCC) 6-2, 6-5, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. Sebastian Rodriguez/Joao Ceolin (UTSA) def.
Ryuya Ata/
Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC) 6-0
2. Juri Reckow/Slava Gulin (UTSA) def.
Pascal Lorieul/
Carlos Berna Ruiz (AMCC) 6-1
3. Javier Gonzalez/Garrett Skelly (UTSA) vs.
Nathan Schwartz/
Chad Nguyen (AMCC) 5-0, unfinished
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