CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's tennis program was in full control from start to finish Saturday in a 4-0 sweep over BYU at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.
A&M-Corpus Christi led on every doubles court and won the first set in five of six singles matches to run away with the match. Men's tennis improved to 8-4 on the season.
"We are very proud of the effort today. The guys competed with a lot of heart and fight, and really lifted each other up with their energy. We are growing and maturing every match and these guys have tremendous character. BYU has a great team and we have great respect for them, so this was a big win for our program today," said head coach
Steve Moore.
The Islanders got off to a quick start by winning court three of doubles 6-2 with senior
Ulysse Bertrand and freshman
Lucas Schurdevin. They clinched doubles on court two with a 6-3 win by senior
Nathan Schwartz and freshman
Tomas Quesada Perez. A&M-Corpus Christi also led 5-4 in an unfinished match on court one with senior
Pascal Lorieul and junior
Avery Zavala.
Lorieul and Schwartz followed it up in singles with identical 6-2, 6-4 scores on courts two and three, respectively. It came after Bertrand cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 5.
The Islanders also led in a pair of unfinished matches. Senior
Matthieu Peres was up a set on court four, while Quesada Perez nearly completed his match and was ahead 6-2, 5-3 on court six.
As a team, the men improved to 38-15 (.717) in singles on the season.
Both the A&M-Corpus Christi men and women will head to UTRGV on Sunday for rematches in the South Texas Showdown, presented by Rally Credit Union. The women begin at 12 p.m., followed by a 3 p.m. men's match. The Islanders won the first meetings this year in Corpus Christi 6-1 on the men's side and 5-2 on the women's.
A&M-Corpus Christi 4, BYU 0
Doubles Competition
1.
Avery Zavala/
Pascal Lorieul (AMCC-M) vs. Zach Fuchs/Brigham Andrus (BYU) 5-4, unfinished
2.
Nathan Schwartz/
Tomas Quesada Perez (AMCC-M) def. Wally Thayne/Brian Chen (BYU) 6-3
3.
Ulysse Bertrand/
Lucas Schurdevin (AMCC-M) def. Redd Owen/Dominik Jakovljevic (BYU) 6-2
Singles Competition
1.
Avery Zavala (AMCC-M) vs. Wally Thayne (BYU) 5-7, 3-5, unfinished
2.
Pascal Lorieul (AMCC-M) def. Zach Fuchs (BYU) 6-2, 6-4
3.
Nathan Schwartz (AMCC-M) def. Dominik Jakovljevic (BYU) 6-2, 6-4
4.
Matthieu Peres (AMCC-M) vs. Redd Owen (BYU) 6-3, 2-4, unfinished
5.
Ulysse Bertrand (AMCC-M) def. Brigham Andrus (BYU) 6-0, 6-1
6.
Tomas Quesada Perez (AMCC-M) vs. Brian Chen (BYU) 6-2, 5-3, 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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