Tennis Plays Home Openers Tuesday at Noon at Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The first matches at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center this spring will happen Tuesday for the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's and women's tennis programs when they host Prairie View A&M in doubleheaders beginning at noon.
 
The men (3-1) and women (5-0) will play simultaneously on all courts. They will be rematches from the season openers when the Islanders swept Prairie View A&M in doubleheaders.
 
Admission to the matches is free.
 
The women are undefeated this season. They most recently completed a six day road stretch that saw them beat New Mexico State, UTEP and Texas A&M-Kingsville. Senior Emma Aucagne went on to win Southland Conference Player of the Week.
 
Aucagne is one of four Islanders that are a perfect 4-0 in singles along with senior Victoire Delattre, junior Kateryna Rublevska and freshman Sofia Pinto. As a team, A&M-Corpus Christi is 23-3 in singles.
 
The men are coming off a 1-1 weekend at the UL-Lafayette Tournament where they beat Southern Miss 5-2 but fell to the hosting Ragin' Cajuns 4-1. Senior Pascal Lorieul went unbeaten at singles in the No. 1 and 2 positions and is 3-0 on the year.
 
The Islanders are 35-0 all-time against PVAMU on the women's side and 38-0 on the men's. The PVAMU women's team reached the finals of the SWAC Tournament last year.
 
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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