CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's tennis team spent a sunny afternoon on their home courts topping Texas A&M-Kingsville in a 7-0 decision Thursday at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.
After courts one and three clinched the doubles point, the Islanders (7-0) completed their day without dropping a set in singles play to finish out a 7-0 win over Kingsville to move to the 7-0 overall record on the year.
"Kingsville played tough doubles, and I feel our girls were not fully committed to our fitness process. But, in singles, they really got laser focused with their commitment to pay the price with their legs and work to earn every point! This is Islanders Tennis and our girls did a great job with their choices and process today in singles," said associate head coach
Olga Bazhanova.
The senior pair of
Emma Aucagne/
Naomi Moi McKenzie opened doubles with the 6-2 win at court one before court three of freshman
Ana Veroux/sophomore Palina Saulevish also took a 6-2 decision to secure the first point of the match for the Islanders.
Saulevich came out strong at No. 6 to take a 6-1, 6-1 victory for the 2-0 lead in the match. McKenzie followed suit after posting a 6-0, 6-1 score at the two. Veroux posted a clean slate of 6-0 for the straight set win at No. 4 to clinch the match.
Playing out the courts, senior
Valeria Cherfus got it done 6-1, 6-2 at court three right before senior
Kateryna Rublevska closed out a 6-0, 6-3 win at No. 5.
Finishing the sweep was Aucagne who battled out two gritty 6-3 sets to conclude the day.
The Islanders improve to 7-0 all-time against the Javelinas and extend their home winning streak to 38 matches. They are x-x in duals this year.
The women will be back in action Sunday to play New Mexico State in Nacogdoches, Texas for the neutral site. They will get underway that day at 10 a.m.
Results
A&M-Corpus Christi 7, A&M-Kingsville, 0
Doubles Competition (1, 3, 2)
1.
Emma Aucagne/
Naomi Moi McKenzie (AMCC) def. Luna Jokanovic/Raina Zaffar (AMK) 6-2
2. Milous ter Morsche/Alessa Maier (AMK) def.
Valeria Cherfus/
Kateryna Rublevska (AMCC) 7-5
3.
Ana Veroux/
Palina Saulevich (AMCC) def. Annika Anderson-Gomez/Ella Hester (AMK) 6-2
Singles Competition (6, 2, 4, 3, 5, 1)
1.
Emma Aucagne (AMCC) def. Alessa Maier (AMK) 6-3, 6-3
2.
Naomi Moi McKenzie (AMCC) def. Luna Jokanovic (AMK) 6-0, 6-1
3.
Valeria Cherfus (AMCC) def. M. Turolo (AMK) 6-1, 6-2
4.
Ana Veroux (AMCC) def. Milous ter Morsche (AMK) 6-0, 6-0
5.
Kateryna Rublevska (AMCC) def. Raina Zaffar (AMK) 6-0, 6-3
6. Paline Saulevich (AMCC) def. Annika Anderson-Gomez (AMK) 6-1, 6-1
A&M-Corpus Christi Tennis
- 16 NCAA Tournaments
- 33 SLC Championships
- 4 Top-40 National Rankings
- 3.0 GPA 41 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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