BEAUMONT, Texas – Sunday's semifinal matches featured a pair of 4-0 sweeps for the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi tennis programs as the top-seeded men beat fourth-seeded Incarnate Word, and the fourth-seeded women topped eighth-seeded Stephen F. Austin at the Beaumont Municipal Tennis Center.
The championship matches will be played Monday with the men taking on second-seeded Lamar at 10 a.m., followed by the women facing seventh-seeded Lamar at 2 p.m.
On the men's side, the Islanders (18-4) grinded out a doubles point over UIW (5-9). A&M-Corpus Christi trailed on all three courts when it came back with wins from its All-Conference duos. Junior
Kyohei Yamanaka and freshman
Ryuya Ata won 7-5 at No. 1, and freshmen
Borja Delgado and
Carlos Berna Ruiz tallied the same score at No. 3.
In singles, the Islanders won a pair of quick matches to go up 3-0 overall. It started with a 6-2, 6-2 victory from freshman
Nathan Schwartz and followed with another 6-2, 6-2 win from Delgado at No. 5.
The finisher came at No. 1 where Yamanaka won the first set 6-4, but trailed 5-4 in the second. He held serve and went on to win in a second set tiebreaker 7-4.
For the women, the Islanders (21-4) ousted an SFA (11-10) squad that knocked off top-seeded Sam Houston in the quarterfinals.
A&M-Corpus Christi was winning on all three doubles courts. Freshmen
Leopoldine Boisseau and
Victoire Delattre won 6-2 at No. 3, and All-Conference sophomores
Mariya Shumeika and
Camille Townsend clinched it 7-5 at No. 1.
In singles, SLC Freshman of the Year
Emma Aucagne submitted a flawless 6-0, 6-0 score over Lucy Furness at No. 4.
Townsend turned in a 2-0 day with a straight-set win at No. 2 singles. She defeated Nyah Kauders 6-2, 6-3.
Freshman
Emma Honore sealed it with a three-setter at No. 3 singles. She won an up-and-down battle against Zala Ule 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. A&M-Corpus Christi was also up a set at No. 1 and 6 singles.
On Monday, A&M-Corpus Christi will be playing for its 12th and 13th NCAA Tournament appearances combined between the men and women. The program will also be going for its 27th and 28th SLC Championships.
A&M-Corpus Christi Tennis
- 11 NCAA Tournaments
- 26 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 4, Incarnate Word 0
Doubles Competition
1.
Kyohei Yamanaka/
Ryuya Ata (AMCC) def. Marwin Kralemann/Marco Kermet (UIW) 7-5
2. Joao Sasso/Warren Fulgenzi Jr. (UIW) def.
Nathan Schwartz/
Pascal Lorieul (AMCC) 6-3
3.
Borja Delgado/
Carlos Berna Ruiz (AMCC) def. Noah De Luna/Dennis Boisseau (UIW) 7-5
Singles Competition
1.
Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC) def. Marwin Kralemann (UIW) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
2.
Ryuya Ata (AMCC) vs. Joao Sasso (UIW) 6-7 (5-7), 2-5, unfinished
3.
Nathan Schwartz (AMCC) def. Dennis Boisseau (UIW) 6-2, 6-2
4.
Pascal Lorieul (AMCC) vs. Warren Fulgenzi Jr. (UIW) 1-6, 6-5, unfinished
5.
Borja Delgado (AMCC) def. Noah De Luna (UIW) 6-2, 6-2
6.
Guillermo Castaneda (AMCC) vs. Arnau Miralles (UIW) 3-6, 5-3, unfinished
Women's Tennis
A&M-Corpus Christi 4, Stephen F. Austin 0
Doubles Competition
1.
Mariya Shumeika/
Camille Townsend (AMCC) def. Zala Ule/Ai Noa Fabre (SFA) 7-5
2.
Emma Honore/
Emma Aucagne (AMCC) vs. Annie Walker/Paula Cerda (SFA) 5-3, unfinished
3.
Leopoldine Boisseau/
Victoire Delattre (AMCC) def. Lucy Furness/Elena Bleicher (SFA) 6-2
Singles Competition
1.
Mariya Shumeika (AMCC) vs. Paula Cerda (SFA) 6-4, 5-5, unfinished
2.
Camille Townsend (AMCC) def. Nyah Kauders (SFA) 6-2, 6-3
3.
Emma Honore (AMCC) def. Zala Ule (SFA) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
4.
Emma Aucagne (AMCC) def. Lucy Furness (SFA) 6-0, 6-0
5.
Leopoldine Boisseau (AMCC) vs. Annie Walker (SFA) 7-5, 3-6, unfinished
6.
Victoire Delattre (AMCC) vs. Elena Bleicher (SFA) 7-6 (7-2), 1-2, unfinished
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