CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – After some time off the court, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's tennis team will finally return for a pair of matches this weekend on its home court against Morgan State and Kennesaw State at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center.
The Islanders (8-3) will take on Morgan State Friday morning at 9 a.m. before wrapping up the weekend Sunday at 11 a.m. against Kennesaw State. It will be the final two home games of the nonconference, as they will not return home until their conference opener on March 23 against New Orleans.
"We are excited to host these home weekend matches against Morgan State and Kennesaw State! We've spent some itme on the road we're looking forward to playing in "grin city" again on our home courts in front of the best tennis community in the country!" said head coach
Steve Moore.
It will have been 12 days since the Islanders last took the court after taking on No. 12 Texas A&M in Colelge Station back on Feb. 25. They dropped the 6-1 decision, but every court was contested with senior
Antoine Vicaire coming out of it with the 6-6, 6-3 win at No. 5 singles against an opponent that had never lost a dual at home.
It earned him SLC Player of the Week, the third Islander on the men's side to earn the recognition this year. He is a perfect 8-0 on the year split mainly between courts two and five. Freshman
Nicolas Trebuchet, who has also earned a Player of the Week nod, hoists eight wins on the year as well as a versatile player between No. 3, 4, and 6 singles.
Freshman
Matthieu Coignet is unblemished with a 5-0 record with three of them coming at No 5 singles. Matching him with five wins is freshman
Iannis Fernandes, sophomore
Lucas Schurdevin, and veteran senior leader
Avery Zavala.
Vicaire and Coignet have paired the most in doubles for the team-best 7-3 doubles record mainly at court three.
It will be A&M-Corpus Christi's first-ever meetings with either program.
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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