CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Improving to 8-0 on the year, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's tennis program notched a convincing 7-0 sweep over Sam Houston on Sunday at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.
The Islanders won the doubles point and quickly won three singles matches to clinch. The teams played out the remaining matches and A&M-Corpus Christi pulled out a trio of three-setters.
"We beat a very good team today in a match that was much closer than the score. We had to really dig deep in many positions. Our girls showed great heart and determination and are growing tremendously. Some of our girls got off to slow starts trying to do too much, but they got back to their process and were aggressive and disciplined. I'm really proud of our team," said head coach
Steve Moore.
A&M-Corpus Christi jumped out to an early lead with doubles wins on courts one and three. Juniors
Valeria Cherfus and
Kateryna Rublevska registered a 6-1 decision at No. 3, and junior
Naomi Moi McKenzie and freshman
Sofia Pinto clinched with a 6-3 final at No. 1.
Rublevska cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 win in singles at No. 6 and senior
Victoire Delattre breezed to a 6-2, 6-3 victory at No. 5. Pinto then clinched her second match of the day 7-5, 6-4 at No. 3.
On court four, Cherfus pulled out a back-and-forth affair 6-1, 0-6, 6-2 over Sahithi Vutukuru.
The final two matches were grinders. Senior
Emma Aucagne was down a set and down in the second when she came back to even the score. In a third set super tiebreaker, both players saved match points as Aucagne outlasted Megan Basson in a 15-13 marathon.
McKenzie found herself in a hole when she came back twice. She dropped the first set 6-1 before responding with a 6-2 frame in the second. McKenzie found herself down 5-1 in the third when she battled back to beat Paula Cerda 7-5.
A&M-Corpus Christi 7, Sam Houston 0
Doubles Competition
1.
Naomi Moi McKenzie/
Sofia Pinto (AMCC-W) def. Megan Basson/Paula Cerda (SHSU) 6-3
2.
Palina Saulevich/
Emma Aucagne (AMCC-W) vs. Sahithi Vutukuru/Vianne Schwab (SHSU) 5-4, unfinished
3.
Valeria Cherfus/
Kateryna Rublevska (AMCC-W) def. Anastasia Khokhlova/Aaliyah Hohmann (SHSU) 6-1
Singles Competition
1.
Emma Aucagne (AMCC-W) def. Megan Basson (SHSU) 3-6, 7-5, 15-13
2.
Naomi Moi McKenzie (AMCC-W) def. Paula Cerda (SHSU) 1-6, 6-2, 7-5
3.
Sofia Pinto (AMCC-W) def. Anastasia Khokhlova (SHSU) 7-5, 6-4
4.
Valeria Cherfus (AMCC-W) def. Sahithi Vutukuru (SHSU) 6-1, 0-6, 6-2
5.
Victoire Delattre (AMCC-W) def. Vianne Schwab (SHSU) 6-2, 6-3
6.
Kateryna Rublevska (AMCC-W) def. Aaliyah Hohmann (SHSU) 6-0, 6-1
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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