Sunday, February 7
College Station
12:00 PM
Texas A&M
4
vs
3
South Florida
Aggies Sweep Super Sunday Doubleheader
Feb 07, 2016 | Men's Tennis
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 3 Texas A&M men's tennis team defeated No. 13 South Florida, 4-3, and St. Edward's, 7-0, at the Mitchell Tennis Center Sunday afternoon. With the win the Aggies improved to 9-0 on the season while the Bulls fell to 3-1 and the Hilltopper's ledger stands at 1-2 this spring.
The Aggies claimed the double points in both matches Sunday afternoon, the maroon and white have started every match this season winning the doubles point. Against South Florida, the Aggies carried the point with 6-4 wins from Arthur Rinderknech and Jackson Withrow on court two and No. 29 Jordi Arconada and Max Lunkin on court three. The point against St. Edward's was clinched by wins from Aleksandre Bakshi and AJ Catanzariti, 6-0, on court two along with Kevin Lam and Oscar Janglin, 6-2, on court three.
Catanzariti turned in one of the most impressive performances on the day putting the Aggies ahead of the Bulls 2-0, winning 6-1, 6-4 over USF's Justin Roberts on court four. Arconada defeated Sasha Gozun 6-3, 6-3 to stake A&M to a 3-0 lead against the Bulls. The match was clinched by Withrow on court six, the Omaha native topped Ignacio Gonzalez 6-2, 7-5. After the match was decided the Bulls swept the three remaining matches; Peter Bertran defeated Lunkin 6-1, 0-6, 6-2, No. 17 Roberto Cid topped No. 5 Rinderknech 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 on court one and Dominic Cotrone defeated No. 29 Vinsant 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 on court two.
Against the Hilltoppers, No. 29 Vinsant put A&M ahead 2-0 with a 6-0, 6-1 win on court two over Logan Buignet. Senior Harrison Adams pushed out the Aggie lead to 3-0 as he defeated Ricardo Pineda 6-1, 6-0 on court one. Freshman Sam Giammalva defeated Jared Fellows 6-0, 6-2 on court six and junior James Martell topped Mateus de Col 6-4, 6-2 on court five. Junior Frankie Colunga bested Maximo Agoglia on court four and Bakshi completed the sweep by defeating Charlie Shin on court three.
The Aggies will compete in the 2016 ITA Division I National Men's Team Indoor Championship, taking place in Charlottesville, Va. from February 12-15. Following the ITA Indoors the maroon and white remain on the road, as they travel to face No. 8 Ohio State and No. 12 Illinois. The Aggies will return to the Mitchell Tennis Center to open SEC play against No. 56 Auburn on March 4.
Visit 12thMan.com for more information on Texas A&M men's tennis. Aggie fans also can keep up to date with the A&M men's tennis team on Twitter by following @AggieMTEN or on Facebook at Facebook.com/AggieMensTennis.
Post Match Quotes
AJ Catanzariti, Texas A&M Sophomore
On the week's matches…
"It was a pretty good test for the team. We wanted to see kind of what we ae worth. Our team is deep this year and we got tested these last three matches and we came through in all three of them. (I'm) Playing pretty well, playing pretty solid. It's easy when you got guys so solid in the top of the lineup, and you look over and they are either winning or battling."
On playing at No. 4 against top-25 teams…
"It's still a battle can't take anything for granted over there. We competed against three top-25 teams right now and we are going to be playing against top 16 teams again and I think we'll do pretty well."
Steve Denton, Texas A&M Head Coach
On the South Florida match…
"We did a good job in the doubles obviously, tightly contested which against the good teams that is going to be the case in this format so we were able to secure that and then we won five of the first six sets. I kind of thought we would start out fairly well. In fairness to them they played Minnesota Friday night, there, indoors and then they come out here and it's obviously windy conditions. Same with us on Wednesday we played Baylor on slow indoor courts and here on Friday night against Florida State and totally different conditions, cold, court is dead, balls aren't going anywhere, night time outside it's windy and those are factors that kind of play into how you play."
On South Florida…
I felt it was key for us to get off to a good start in those matches so we could get out in front until they settled in and they clearly were beginning to settle in as the match went on. They are a very good team and I knew they were, I think they are considerably better than their ranking. They have a lot of experienced players on their team, but they are a new top team so they are having to go places to get wins and play. A lot of that goes on with a team like that and to play people they have to go on the road and that is difficult to win on the road at any school especially against some of the top programs and I thought it was clear as the match went on they got better
On mindset going into ITA Indoors…
We need to rest them now because we have some beat up guys. thank goodness we have depth with all the matches that we've played but we've played three really good teams and it's kind of a precursor to the indoor and what the SEC and NCAA tournament is like where you have to play on back to back days or every other day in tough physical and emotional matches and hopefully our guys will get better as a result.
#3 Texas A&M 4, #13 USF Men's Tennis 3
Singles competition
1. #17 Roberto Cid (USF) def. #5 Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
2. Dominic Cotrone (USF) def. #29 Shane Vinsant (TAMU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
3. Jordi Arconada (TAMU) def. Sasha Gozun (USF) 6-3, 6-3
4. AJ Catanzariti (TAMU) def. Justin Roberts (USF) 6-1, 6-4
5. Peter Bertran (USF) def. Max Lunkin (TAMU) 6-1, 0-6, 6-2
6. Jackson Withrow (TAMU) def. Ignacio Gonzalez Mun (USF) 6-2, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. Justin Roberts/Dominic Cotrone (USF) def. Harrison Adams/Shane Vinsant (TAMU) 6-3
2. Arthur Rinderknech/Jackson Withrow (TAMU) def. Sasha Gozun/Vadym Kalyuzhnyy (USF) 6-4
3. #29 Jordi Arconada/Max Lunkin (TAMU) def. Roberto Cid/Ignacio Gonzalez Mun (USF) 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (1, 2, 3); Singles (4, 3, 6, 5, 1, 2)
#3 Texas A&M 7, St. Edward's 0
Singles competition
1. Harrison Adams (TAMU) def. Ricardo Pineda (SEUMT) 6-1, 6-0
2. Shane Vinsant (TAMU) def. Logan Buignet (SEUMT) 6-0, 6-1
3. Aleksandre Bakshi (TAMU) def. Charlie Shin (SEUMT) 6-2, 2-6, 6-0
4. Frankie Colunga (TAMU) def. Maximo Agoglia (SEUMT) 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7)
5. James Martell (TAMU) def. Mateus de Col (SEUMT) 6-4, 6-2
6. Sam Giammalva (TAMU) def. Jared Fellows (SEUMT) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Harrison Adams/Shane Vinsant (TAMU) vs. Ricardo Pineda/Charlie Shin (SEUMT) 5-5, unfinished
2. Aleksandre Bakshi/AJ Catanzariti (TAMU) def. Jared Fellows/Mateus de Col (SEUMT) 6-0
3. Kevin Lam/Oscar Janglin (TAMU) def. Maximo Agoglia/Logan Buignet (SEUMT) 6-2
Order of finish: Doubles (2, 3); Singles (2, 6, 5, 4, 3)
The Aggies claimed the double points in both matches Sunday afternoon, the maroon and white have started every match this season winning the doubles point. Against South Florida, the Aggies carried the point with 6-4 wins from Arthur Rinderknech and Jackson Withrow on court two and No. 29 Jordi Arconada and Max Lunkin on court three. The point against St. Edward's was clinched by wins from Aleksandre Bakshi and AJ Catanzariti, 6-0, on court two along with Kevin Lam and Oscar Janglin, 6-2, on court three.
Catanzariti turned in one of the most impressive performances on the day putting the Aggies ahead of the Bulls 2-0, winning 6-1, 6-4 over USF's Justin Roberts on court four. Arconada defeated Sasha Gozun 6-3, 6-3 to stake A&M to a 3-0 lead against the Bulls. The match was clinched by Withrow on court six, the Omaha native topped Ignacio Gonzalez 6-2, 7-5. After the match was decided the Bulls swept the three remaining matches; Peter Bertran defeated Lunkin 6-1, 0-6, 6-2, No. 17 Roberto Cid topped No. 5 Rinderknech 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 on court one and Dominic Cotrone defeated No. 29 Vinsant 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 on court two.
Against the Hilltoppers, No. 29 Vinsant put A&M ahead 2-0 with a 6-0, 6-1 win on court two over Logan Buignet. Senior Harrison Adams pushed out the Aggie lead to 3-0 as he defeated Ricardo Pineda 6-1, 6-0 on court one. Freshman Sam Giammalva defeated Jared Fellows 6-0, 6-2 on court six and junior James Martell topped Mateus de Col 6-4, 6-2 on court five. Junior Frankie Colunga bested Maximo Agoglia on court four and Bakshi completed the sweep by defeating Charlie Shin on court three.
The Aggies will compete in the 2016 ITA Division I National Men's Team Indoor Championship, taking place in Charlottesville, Va. from February 12-15. Following the ITA Indoors the maroon and white remain on the road, as they travel to face No. 8 Ohio State and No. 12 Illinois. The Aggies will return to the Mitchell Tennis Center to open SEC play against No. 56 Auburn on March 4.
Visit 12thMan.com for more information on Texas A&M men's tennis. Aggie fans also can keep up to date with the A&M men's tennis team on Twitter by following @AggieMTEN or on Facebook at Facebook.com/AggieMensTennis.
Post Match Quotes
AJ Catanzariti, Texas A&M Sophomore
On the week's matches…
"It was a pretty good test for the team. We wanted to see kind of what we ae worth. Our team is deep this year and we got tested these last three matches and we came through in all three of them. (I'm) Playing pretty well, playing pretty solid. It's easy when you got guys so solid in the top of the lineup, and you look over and they are either winning or battling."
On playing at No. 4 against top-25 teams…
"It's still a battle can't take anything for granted over there. We competed against three top-25 teams right now and we are going to be playing against top 16 teams again and I think we'll do pretty well."
Steve Denton, Texas A&M Head Coach
On the South Florida match…
"We did a good job in the doubles obviously, tightly contested which against the good teams that is going to be the case in this format so we were able to secure that and then we won five of the first six sets. I kind of thought we would start out fairly well. In fairness to them they played Minnesota Friday night, there, indoors and then they come out here and it's obviously windy conditions. Same with us on Wednesday we played Baylor on slow indoor courts and here on Friday night against Florida State and totally different conditions, cold, court is dead, balls aren't going anywhere, night time outside it's windy and those are factors that kind of play into how you play."
On South Florida…
I felt it was key for us to get off to a good start in those matches so we could get out in front until they settled in and they clearly were beginning to settle in as the match went on. They are a very good team and I knew they were, I think they are considerably better than their ranking. They have a lot of experienced players on their team, but they are a new top team so they are having to go places to get wins and play. A lot of that goes on with a team like that and to play people they have to go on the road and that is difficult to win on the road at any school especially against some of the top programs and I thought it was clear as the match went on they got better
On mindset going into ITA Indoors…
We need to rest them now because we have some beat up guys. thank goodness we have depth with all the matches that we've played but we've played three really good teams and it's kind of a precursor to the indoor and what the SEC and NCAA tournament is like where you have to play on back to back days or every other day in tough physical and emotional matches and hopefully our guys will get better as a result.
#3 Texas A&M 4, #13 USF Men's Tennis 3
Singles competition
1. #17 Roberto Cid (USF) def. #5 Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
2. Dominic Cotrone (USF) def. #29 Shane Vinsant (TAMU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
3. Jordi Arconada (TAMU) def. Sasha Gozun (USF) 6-3, 6-3
4. AJ Catanzariti (TAMU) def. Justin Roberts (USF) 6-1, 6-4
5. Peter Bertran (USF) def. Max Lunkin (TAMU) 6-1, 0-6, 6-2
6. Jackson Withrow (TAMU) def. Ignacio Gonzalez Mun (USF) 6-2, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. Justin Roberts/Dominic Cotrone (USF) def. Harrison Adams/Shane Vinsant (TAMU) 6-3
2. Arthur Rinderknech/Jackson Withrow (TAMU) def. Sasha Gozun/Vadym Kalyuzhnyy (USF) 6-4
3. #29 Jordi Arconada/Max Lunkin (TAMU) def. Roberto Cid/Ignacio Gonzalez Mun (USF) 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (1, 2, 3); Singles (4, 3, 6, 5, 1, 2)
#3 Texas A&M 7, St. Edward's 0
Singles competition
1. Harrison Adams (TAMU) def. Ricardo Pineda (SEUMT) 6-1, 6-0
2. Shane Vinsant (TAMU) def. Logan Buignet (SEUMT) 6-0, 6-1
3. Aleksandre Bakshi (TAMU) def. Charlie Shin (SEUMT) 6-2, 2-6, 6-0
4. Frankie Colunga (TAMU) def. Maximo Agoglia (SEUMT) 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7)
5. James Martell (TAMU) def. Mateus de Col (SEUMT) 6-4, 6-2
6. Sam Giammalva (TAMU) def. Jared Fellows (SEUMT) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Harrison Adams/Shane Vinsant (TAMU) vs. Ricardo Pineda/Charlie Shin (SEUMT) 5-5, unfinished
2. Aleksandre Bakshi/AJ Catanzariti (TAMU) def. Jared Fellows/Mateus de Col (SEUMT) 6-0
3. Kevin Lam/Oscar Janglin (TAMU) def. Maximo Agoglia/Logan Buignet (SEUMT) 6-2
Order of finish: Doubles (2, 3); Singles (2, 6, 5, 4, 3)
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