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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's tennis program will host East Tennessee State in the first round of the H-E-B Tournament of Champions at 9 a.m. Friday at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.
The field also includes UTSA, New Mexico State, Troy, DePaul, UL-Lafayette and Abilene Christian. All matches will be played at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center and will run all day Friday and Saturday morning. All schools will play three matches.
"Islander Athletics and Islanders Tennis are incredibly proud to host the 58th Annual H-E-B Tournament of Champions. This is one of the grand events in the history of the Corpus Christi community! The H-E-B is the longest running college team tournaments in America and brings national recognition to Corpus Christi. We are incredibly grateful to H-E-B for 58 years as a title sponsor. Words cannot describe our gratitude for H-E-B's vision, generosity, and support that made this tournament possible! Islanders tennis began running the H-E-B in 2007 and it is become a pillar of our team, athletic department, university, and the Corpus Christi community," said head coach
Steve Moore.
The Islanders enter the weekend with a 9-3 overall record and have won seven consecutive home matches. Most recently, they defeated UTRGV 5-2 in the South Texas Showdown, presented by NavyArmy Community Credit Union.
As a team, A&M-Corpus Christi is 45-20 in singles. Sophomore
Borja Delgado has played all over the lineup and carries a 7-0 record. Sophomores
Nathan Schwartz,
Pascal Lorieul and
Guillermo Castaneda are also coming off wins.
It will be the program's first-ever meeting against East Tennessee State, which carries a misleading 2-3 overall record. ETSU's only losses are a pair to No. 4 Tennessee and one to Clemson. The Bucs are coming off a 6-1 win over Indiana from the Big Ten Conference.
A&M-Corpus Christi will play its second match Friday at 2:30 p.m. against either UL-Lafayette or Abilene Christian.
A&M-Corpus Christi Tennis
- 13 NCAA Tournaments
- 28 SLC Championships
- 4 Top-40 National Rankings
- 3.0 GPA 33 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
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