THIBODAUX, La. – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's & women's tennis programs closed out the weekend with 6-1 victories over Nicholls on Sunday at the Colonel Tennis Complex.
It was the regular season finale for the women, who finished the year with a 19-3 overall record and 9-2 in conference. The Southland Conference Tournament bracket will be released Monday.
"Our team showed tremendous character today. The women bounced back from a heartbreaking loss and fought with all their hearts. I'm proud of the way they bounced back and got back on the road of competing like family and warriors. I loved the way they lifted each other up today and competed with great tenacity," said head coach
Steve Moore.
The men improved to 15-4 overall and 3-0 in conference. They are the only unbeaten team left in the SLC standings.
"These guys have tremendous leadership and have just worked so hard. They just keep out-working people and are getting better every week. They do the right things, the disciplined things that win championship matches without the coaches even having to ask. I love that about this group. I love the energy they bring and they way they fight for each other," Moore said.
Back on the women's side, the Islanders earned the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and 3. The sophomore duo of
Camille Townsend and
Mariya Shumeika won 6-2 at No. 1, and freshmen
Leopoldine Boisseau and
Kateryna Rublevska posted the same score at No. 3.
It was a 2-0 day for both Townsend and Boisseau. Townsend came back to win 3-6, 6-3, 10-5 at No. 2 singles. At No. 5, Boisseau put her foot down in a 6-3, 6-1 decision.
An undefeated conference season came from freshman
Emma Aucagne. She ended 10-0 in conference with a straight-set 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 4.
Also picking up singles wins were freshmen
Emma Honore and
Victoire Delattre. Honore submitted a 6-3, 6-3 result at No. 3, while Delattre won 6-4, 6-1 at No. 6.
Fr=or the men, the Islanders jumped ahead with the doubles point. Junior Kyohei Yamanka and freshman
Ryuya Ata clinched it with a 6-4 win at No. 2. It came after freshmen
Carlos Berna Ruiz and
Borja Delgado etched a 6-2 victory at No. 3.
At No. 1 singles, Yamanaka improved to 3-0 in conference in a flawless 6-0, 6-0 win.
Freshman
Pascal Lorieul remained undefeated on the entire season with a 12-0 record (3-0 SLC) with a 6-1, 7-5 result.
Other straight set wins came at No. 3 and 6 singles. Freshman
Nathan Schwartz won 6-3, 6-0 at No. 3, while Berna Ruiz tallied a 6-4, 6-4 victory at No. 5.
Closing out the day was Delgado's three-setter at No. 6 singles. He outlasted his opponent 6-2, 4-6, 10-7.
Up next on the schedule is a men's match at home against Incarnate Word on Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Henry Tennis Center.
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
Men's Tennis
A&M-Corpus Christi 6, Nicholls 1
Doubles Competition
1. Omar Morsy/Pavle Drobnjakovic (NICM) vs.
Nathan Schwartz/
Pascal Lorieul (AMCC) 0-5, unfinished
2.
Kyohei Yamanaka/
Ryuya Ata (AMCC) def. Axel Cronje/Antonio Sasso (NICM) 6-4
3.
Carlos Berna Ruiz/
Borja Delgado (AMCC) def. Griffin Babineaux/Ricardo Machado (NICM) 6-2
Singles Competition
1.
Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC) def. Pavle Drobnjakovic (NICM) 6-0, 6-0
2. Omar Morsy (NICM) def.
Ryuya Ata (AMCC) 3-6, 6-2, 10-8
3.
Nathan Schwartz (AMCC) def. P. Surendra Salekar (NICM) 6-3, 6-0
4.
Pascal Lorieul (AMCC) def. Ricardo Machado (NICM) 6-1, 7-5
5.
Borja Delgado (AMCC) def. Griffin Babineaux (NICM) 6-4, 6-4
6.
Guillermo Castaneda (AMCC) def. A. Martin-Thiriat (NICM) 6-2, 4-6, 10-7
Women's Tennis
A&M-Corpus Christi 6, Nicholls 1
Doubles Competition
Doubles competition
1.
Mariya Shumeika/
Camille Townsend (AMCC) def. Simona Maksimovic/Carla Bouygues (NICH) 6-2
2. Morgan Forshag/Nuria Martin Lopez (NICH) vs.
Emma Honore/
Emma Aucagne (AMCC) 4-5, unfinished
3.
Leopoldine Boisseau/
Kateryna Rublevska (AMCC) def. Laura Lopez/Nikita Pinto (NICH) 6-2
Singles Competition
1. Simona Maksimovic (NICH) def.
Mariya Shumeika (AMCC) 4-6, 6-1, 12-10
2.
Camille Townsend (AMCC) def. Carla Bouygues (NICH) 3-6, 6-3, 10-5
3.
Emma Honore (AMCC) def. Nuria Martin Lopez (NICH) 6-3, 6-3
4.
Emma Aucagne (AMCC) def. Laura Lopez (NICH) 6-4, 6-2
5.
Leopoldine Boisseau (AMCC) def. Nikita Pinto (NICH) 6-3, 6-1
6.
Victoire Delattre (AMCC) def. Morgan Forshag (NICH) 6-4, 6-1
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