CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Continuing to defend their home court, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's & women's tennis programs both defeated NJIT 6-1 on Tuesday in Southland Conference matches at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.
The women improved to 15-2 (2-0 SLC) and extended their home winning-streak to 21 matches. They have not lost a conference home match since 2014-15.
The men are now 12-7 on the year, 1-0 in conference and 6-2 at home.
Both the men and women are reigning SLC Tournament champions and advanced to the NCAA Tournament last season.
"This was one of the most focused matches we played all year. We are growing and developing each week and I love the character and heart of our team. They are getting closer and closer to playing every present point with intensity. The loose, unfocused giveaways are disappearing and there's a commitment to making our opponent earn every point. This team is a family and they fought for each other today. We're very proud of them," said head coach
Steve Moore.
The men grinded out a hard-earned doubles point. After sophomores
Guillermo Castaneda and
Borja Delgado won 6-1 at court three, it came down to court two where the Islanders trailed 6-5. Juniors
Matthieu Peres and
Ulysse Bertrand battled for a 7-6 (4) win.
In singles, Castaneda, Delgado, Peres and Bertrand all turned in 2-0 days with straight set victories. Peres won 6-2, 6-4 at court two and Castaneda 6-3, 6-0 at court four. Delgado cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 victory at court five and Bertrand 6-2, 6-2 at six.
Reigning SLC Player of the Week winner
Nathan Schwartz registered a 6-2, 6-0 victory at court three.
It was a similar story on the women's side. Doubles came down to court three after sophomores
Emma Aucagne and
Emma Honore notched a 6-1 win at court two. In the deciding match, sophomores
Leopoldine Boisseau and
Kateryna Rublevska closed out a 6-4 victory.
A&M-Corpus Christi won the first three completed singles matches to quickly clinch the match. Aucagne won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1 and junior
Mariya Shumeika 6-1, 7-5 at No. 2. Boisseau capped it off with a 6-4, 6-1 victory at No. 5.
The teams played out the rest of the matches and the Islanders won a pair of three-setters. Honore came back to win 2-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2 at No. 4, while Rublevska pulled out a super tiebreaker in a 6-3, 4-6, 10-7 decision.
It marked the first-ever meetings between A&M-Corpus Christi and NJIT.
Next up is a men's match on Wednesday, March 23 on the road at UTSA at 1 p.m.
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
Men's Tennis
A&M-Corpus Christi 6, NJIT 1
Doubles Competition
1. Amine El Kholti/Samuel Townes (NJIT) def.
Pascal Lorieul/
Nathan Schwartz (AMCC-M) 6-4
2.
Matthieu Peres/
Ulysse Bertrand (AMCC-M) def. Josh Smith/Ashwin Kanetkar (NJIT) 7-6 (7-4)
3.
Guillermo Castaneda/
Borja Delgado (AMCC-M) def. O. Callo von Platen/Daniel Sabogal (NJIT) 6-1
Singles Competition
1. Amine El Kholti (NJIT) def.
Pascal Lorieul (AMCC-M) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
2.
Matthieu Peres (AMCC-M) def. Josh Smith (NJIT) 6-2, 6-4
3.
Nathan Schwartz (AMCC-M) def. O. Callo von Platen (NJIT) 6-2, 6-0
4.
Guillermo Castaneda (AMCC-M) def. Ashwin Kanetkar (NJIT) 6-3, 6-0
5.
Borja Delgado (AMCC-M) def. Samuel Townes (NJIT) 6-1, 6-1
6.
Ulysse Bertrand (AMCC-M) def. Daniel Sabogal (NJIT) 6-2, 6-2
Women's Tennis
A&M-Corpus Christi 6, NJIT 1
Doubles Competition
1. Aya El Sayed/Joleta Budiman (NJIT) def.
Mariya Shumeika/
Camille Townsend (AMCC-W) 6-4
2.
Emma Aucagne/
Emma Honore (AMCC-W) def. Shalom Salvi/Advaita Saravanan (NJIT) 6-1
3.
Leopoldine Boisseau/
Kateryna Rublevska (AMCC-W) def. Amira Badawi/Sandra Dzhambazov (NJIT) 6-4
Singles Competition
1.
Emma Aucagne (AMCC-W) def. Aya El Sayed (NJIT) 6-2, 6-3
2.
Mariya Shumeika (AMCC-W) def. Joleta Budiman (NJIT) 6-1, 7-5
3. Amira Badawi (NJIT) def.
Camille Townsend (AMCC-W) 6-7 (6-8), 6-2, 10-7
4.
Emma Honore (AMCC-W) def. Sandra Dzhambazov (NJIT) 2-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2
5.
Leopoldine Boisseau (AMCC-W) def. Advaita Saravanan (NJIT) 6-4, 6-1
6.
Kateryna Rublevska (AMCC-W) def. Shalom Salvi (NJIT) 6-3, 4-6, 10-7
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