CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The first national rankings of the season were released this week by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) and the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's tennis program was No. 79 and the women 81.
The men are 6-3 overall with wins over Southern Miss and DePaul. The women are a perfect 8-0 with victories against New Mexico State, UTEP and Sam Houston.
"These Islanders are working extremely hard and with great discipline and sacrifice. All these rankings and results are just a symptom of hard work and team unity. They have a great culture and have embraced a term we refer to as ADL – athletic, disciplined lifestyle. This team is really like a big family and they have so much fun together, encourage and support each other. They do that within the athletic, disciplined lifestyle and are showing up to practice every day with energy and focus. That's not talked about enough but that's honestly the taproot of improvement," said head coach
Steve Moore.
A&M-Corpus Christi has won five Southland Conference Player of the Week awards in five weeks. Seniors
Ulysse Bertrand,
Pascal Lorieul and
Nathan Schwartz have been distinguished on the men's side, and junior
Emma Aucagne and freshman
Palina Saulevich on the women's.
As a team, the women are 38-3 (.927) in singles and the men are 29-11 (.725).
A&M-Corpus Christi will be in action again Saturday when it hosts UTRGV in the South Texas Showdown, presented by Rally Credit Union. The men will play at 12 p.m. and the women 3 p.m. at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.
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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