BEAUMONT, Texas – In a rematch of last year's Southland Conference finals, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's tennis program came out on top again in a 4-2 victory over Lamar on Thursday at the Thompson Family Tennis Center.
A&M-Corpus Christi (11-7) won the doubles point and three singles matches to snap Lamar's (8-4) seven-match winning-streak.
Sophomores
Guillermo Castaneda and
Borja Delgado got it started with a 6-2 win at No. 3 doubles. The clincher came at the top spot as sophomores
Pascal Lorieul and
Nathan Schwartz pulled out a tiebreak 7-6 (3).
It was a 2-0 day for Castaneda, Delgado and Schwartz as they all won in singles as well.
At court five, Delgado grinded-out a back-and-forth battle and won all the big points in the end for a 6-1, 0-6, 7-5 decision. It was a similar result on court four as Castaneda came back to win 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.
The clinching match was on court three where Schwartz battled for a 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-4 victory.
Junior
Ulysse Bertrand was slightly ahead in an unfinished match on court six. He split sets 7-6, 3-6 and was leading 2-1 in the third.
The men improved to 20-3 all-time against Lamar.
It concluded a three-match road swing for the Islanders, who will return home for their SLC opener Wednesday against NJIT at 11 a.m. at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.
A&M-Corpus Christi Tennis
- 13 NCAA Tournaments
- 28 SLC Championships
- 4 Top-40 National Rankings
- 3.0 GPA 35 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
A&M-Corpus Christi 4, Lamar 2
Doubles Competition
1.
Pascal Lorieul/
Nathan Schwartz (AMCC-M) def. Juan Jose Rodriguez/Daniel Sancho Arbizu (LU) 7-6 (7-3)
2. Max Amling/Filippo Salsini (LU) def.
Ulysse Bertrand/
Matthieu Peres (AMCC-M) 6-0
3.
Guillermo Castaneda/
Borja Delgado (AMCC-M) def. Martin Garcia-Ripoll/Joshua Taylor (LU) 6-2
Singles Competition
1. Daniel Sancho Arbizu (LU) def.
Pascal Lorieul (AMCC-M) 7-5, 7-5
2. Juan Jose Rodriguez (LU) def.
Matthieu Peres (AMCC-M) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
3.
Nathan Schwartz (AMCC-M) def. Max Amling (LU) 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 6-4
4.
Guillermo Castaneda (AMCC-M) def. Filippo Salsini (LU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
5.
Borja Delgado (AMCC-M) def. Martin Garcia-Ripoll (LU) 6-1, 0-6, 7-5
6. Brandon Do (LU) vs.
Ulysse Bertrand (AMCC-M) 6-7, 6-3, 1-2, unfinished
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