Islanders Drop Finale of H-E-B Tournament of Champions

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – In a match that was much closer than the final score, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's tennis program was topped 4-0 by Radford on Saturday in the 59th Annual H-E-B Tournament of Champions at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.
 
With the result, A&M-Corpus Christi (6-3) finished in fourth-place out of eight Division I institutions in the tournament.
 
The Islanders were leading in all three unfinished singles matches. On court four, senior Matthieu Peres was up a set after grinding out a first set tiebreaker 10-8.
 
Senior Ulysse Bertrand, who went unbeaten in the tournament in both singles and doubles, split sets on court five. He won the first 6-3 and dropped the second 6-3.
 
At No. 6, freshman Tomas Quesada Perez also split sets 6-2, 3-6 but was leading 1-0 in the third.
 
The women's team will be at home Sunday when they host Sam Houston at 11 a.m. at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center. The women will be putting their undefeated 7-0 record on the line.
 
Radford 4, A&M-Corpus Christi 0
Doubles Competition
1. TARAMONLIS, Demis/RAPTIS, Konstantinos (RADM) def. Pascal Lorieul/Avery Zavala (AMCC-M) 6-3
2. BALSEKAR, Aditya/SEVERIN, Guilherme (RADM) def. Nathan Schwartz/Lucas Schurdevin (AMCC-M) 6-4
3. COURTEAU, Charles/HAGEN, Robert (RADM) def. Matthieu Peres/Ulysse Bertrand (AMCC-M) 5-2
 
Singles Competition
1. TARAMONLIS, Demis (RADM) def. Pascal Lorieul (AMCC-M) 6-3, 6-2
2. BALSEKAR, Aditya (RADM) def. Avery Zavala (AMCC-M) 6-4, 2-6, 6-0
3. RAPTIS, Konstantinos (RADM) def. Nathan Schwartz (AMCC-M) 6-2, 7-5
4. Matthieu Peres (AMCC-M) vs. SEVERIN, Guilherme (RADM) 7-6 (10-8), 2-2, unfinished
5. Ulysse Bertrand (AMCC-M) vs. HAGEN, Robert (RADM) 6-3, 3-6, unfinished
6. Tomas Quesada Perez (AMCC-M) vs. MARANGONI, Filippo (RADM) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0, unfinished
 
A&M-Corpus Christi Tennis
- 14 NCAA Tournaments
- 30 SLC Championships
- 4 Top-40 National Rankings
- 3.0 GPA 39 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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