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COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Going up against the No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's tennis program left it all on the court in a 4-0 defeat to Texas A&M on Friday at the Mitchell Tennis Center.
The Islanders (22-4) went up against three nationally ranked singles players and a pair of nationally ranked doubles teams from the Aggies (31-1), who won both the SEC regular season and conference tournament championships.
"We are incredibly proud of these special, high-character Islanders. It took one of the best teams in the nation to end this amazing season. We fought with all our hearts today against a team good enough to win the national championship. We never quit all year and we never quit today. All season long when there was a fork in the road this group kept taking the character road, and we will always be proud of them for that," said head coach
Steve Moore.
In doubles, the Aggies grabbed courts two and three. On court one, sophomores
Emma Aucagne and
Emma Honore trailed 5-2 in an unfinished match against the No. 6 ranked duo in the country in Jayci Goldsmith and Tatiana Makarova. It came after Aucagne and Honore defeated Baylor at the NCAA Tournament last season.
Aucagne was also standing her ground in singles. After dropping the first set 6-2 to the eighth-ranked player in the nation Carson Branstine, Aucagne was tied 3-3 in the second in an unfinished match.
Another tight one was being played on court four. Sophomore
Leopoldine Boisseau dropped the first set 6-0 but was leading 4-3 in the second when the Aggies clinched. On court five, sophomore
Victoire Delattre led 4-2 in the first set but was down 6-4, 4-1 when play stopped.
In was the fifth NCAA Tournament appearance in program history and second in a row. The Islanders earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament after winning the Southland Conference Championship for the second year in a row. Over the last two SLC Championships, A&M-Corpus Christi has won six matches by the combined score of 25-2.
A&M-Corpus Christi Tennis
- 14 NCAA Tournaments
- 30 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
No. 7 Texas A&M 4, Islanders 0
Doubles Competition
1. #6 Jayci Goldsmith/Tatiana Makarova (TAMU) vs.
Emma Aucagne/
Emma Honore (AMCC) 5-2, unfinished
2. #47 Carson Branstine/Mary Stoiana (TAMU) def.
Mariya Shumeika/
Camille Townsend (AMCC) 6-1
3. Renee McBryde/Gianna Pielet (TAMU) def.
Leopoldine Boisseau/
Kateryna Rublevska (AMCC) 6-1
Singles Competition
1. #8 Carson Branstine (TAMU) vs.
Emma Aucagne (AMCC) 6-2, 3-3, unfinished
2. #24 Tatiana Makarova (TAMU) def.
Mariya Shumeika (AMCC) 6-0, 6-1
3. #74 Mary Stoiana (TAMU) def.
Camille Townsend (AMCC) 6-1, 6-0
4. Jayci Goldsmith (TAMU) vs.
Leopoldine Boisseau (AMCC) 6-0, 3-4, unfinished
5. Gianna Pielet (TAMU) vs.
Victoire Delattre (AMCC) 6-4, 4-1, unfinished
6. Jeanette Mireles (TAMU) def.
Kateryna Rublevska (AMCC) 6-0, 6-0
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