Strong Doubles Performances Not Enough for Men’s Tennis at Rice

HOUSTON – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's tennis program grabbed the doubles point, but Rice came back to take a 4-1 decision Sunday at the George R. Brown Tennis Center.
 
The Islanders (10-7) got off to a strong start. The No. 1 doubles team of sophomores Nathan Schwartz and Pascal Lorieul won 6-2, and A&M-Corpus Christi with a 6-3 victory on court three from juniors Mattieu Peres and Uylsse Bertrand.
 
Though, Rice responded by topping the Islanders on the top four singles courts. The tightest singles match came at No. 6 where sophomore Borja Delgado was edged in a first set tiebreaker and was in a second set when play was halted.
 
The Islanders will wrap-up a three-match road swing Thursday when they travel to Lamar for a 1 p.m. match. It will be a rematch of last year's Southland Conference finals as A&M-Corpus Christi won 4-1 to advance to the NCAA Tournament before the Cardinals departed for the WAC.
 
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
 
Rice 4, A&M-Corpus Christi 1
Doubles Competition
1. Pascal Lorieul/Nathan Schwartz (AMCC-M) def. Haoyuan Huang/Sumit Sarkar (RICE) 6-2
2. Wes Barnett/Trinity Grear (RICE) def. Guillermo Castaneda/Borja Delgado (AMCC-M) 6-1
3. Ulysse Bertrand/Matthieu Peres (AMCC-M) def. Dylan Heap/AJ Valenty (RICE) 6-3
 
Singles Competition
1. Haoyuan Huang (RICE) def. Pascal Lorieul (AMCC-M) 6-3, 6-2
2. Emir Sendogan (RICE) def. Matthieu Peres (AMCC-M) 6-1, 6-1
3. Trinity Grear (RICE) def. Nathan Schwartz (AMCC-M) 6-4, 6-2
4. Wes Barnett (RICE) def. Guillermo Castaneda (AMCC-M) 6-3, 6-2
5. Campbell Salmon (RICE) vs. Ulysse Bertrand (AMCC-M) 6-4, 5-3, unfinished
6. Eduardo Morais (RICE) vs. Borja Delgado (AMCC-M) 7-6 (7-2), 3-1, unfinished

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