Texas A&M
Troy
10th-Ranked Aggie Men's Tennis Sweeps Twinbill
Feb 13, 2011 | Men's Tennis
Feb. 13, 2011
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - On a perfect Sunday afternoon, senior Alexey Grigorov and the 10th-ranked Texas A&M men's tennis were almost perfect sweeping a pair of matches 7-0 from Troy and St. Edward's at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center on the Aggie campus to run the Aggies' record to 5-1 on the year before 390 fans on Sunday while Troy falls to 0-8 and St. Edward's falls to 1-2.
Grigorov (Moscow, Russia) teamed with freshman Junior Ore (Gaithersburg, MD) at the No. 1 doubles and posted an 8-2 win over Troy's tandem of Mario Rolemberg and Branko Weber. Then Grigorov was the first singles match off in the opener beating Sami Ghorbel, 6-0, 6-1.
"This was a good day for us and we were able to play a lot of guys," Aggie head coach Steve Denton said. "It gets old playing against your teammates all of the time so it is nice to get some other guys in the lineup and is a good opportunity for them to work on some things in their games and for us to have a chance to evaluate them. This really helps the morale and the team chemistry. We will get ready to head to Seattle for the National Indoor Championships later this week."
Troy, the defending Sun Belt Conference champions, entered the match ranked No. 65 in the latest ITA rankings while St. Edward's ranked No. 15 in the Division II ITA rankings.
The Aggie lineup did not drop a set all day.
Texas A&M will depart on Wednesday for the ITA National Team Indoor Championships, Feb. 18-21, in Seattle, Washington. The next home match is scheduled for two weeks when the Aggies host LSU and UT-Arlington in another doubleheader.
No. 10 Texas A&M 7, No.65 Troy 0
Doubles - Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
1 Alexey Grigorov/Junior Ore (A&M) def. Mario Rolemberg/Branko Weber (Troy) - 8-2
2 #32 Colin Hoover/Alberto Bautista (A&M) def. Anas Rouchdi/Smi Ghorbel (Troy) - 8-1
3 Alexis Klegou/John Lewis (A&M) def. Mansingh Athare/Niklas Jonsson (Troy) - 8-1
Singles - Order of Finish: 3, 6, 2*, 1, 5, 4
1 #23 Austin Krajicek (A&M) def. Branko Weber (Troy) - 6-2, 6-2
2 #106 Alexis Klegou (A&M) def. Anas Rouchdi (Troy) - 6-1, 6-2
3 Alexey Grigorov (A&M) def. Sami Ghorbel (Troy) - 6-0, 6-1
4 Niall Angus (A&M) def. Mario Rolemberg (Troy) - 6-2, 6-4
5 Junior Ore (A&M) def. Jamie Eccleton (Troy) - 6-4, 6-4
6 John Lewis (A&M) def. Mansingh Athare (Troy) - 6-1, 6-3
*Clinched match.
TEAM RECORDS: #10 Texas A&M (4-1), #65 Troy (0-8)
Second Match of the Day:
No. 10 Texas A&M7, No. 15 Division II St. Edward's 0
Doubles-- Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
1 #32 Colin Hoover/Alberto Bautista (A&M) def. Ned Boone/Mick Walter (St. Eds) -- 8-4
2 Kayvon Karimi/Daniel Brown (A&M) def. Ryan Wiggins/Pedro Bronstrup (St. Eds) -- 8-4
3 Austin Krajicek/Beau Blackshear (A&M) def. Jonathan Stockdale/Alexandre Bueno (St. Eds)-- 8-7 (2)
Singles-- Order of finish: 2, 3, 5*, 4, 6, 1
1 Niall Angus (A&M)def. Ned Boone (St. Eds)-- 7-5, 6-4
2 #95 Colin Hoover (A&M) def. Mick Walter (St. Eds)-- 6-3, 6-1
3 Alberto Bautista (A&M) def. Ryan Wiggins (St. Eds)-- 6-1, 6-1
4 Daniel Brown (A&M) def. Pedro Bronstrup (St. Eds)-- 6-3, 6-1
5 Kayvon Karimi (A&M) def. Alexandre Bueno (St. Eds)-- 6-1, 6-2
6 Calon Alpar (A&M) def. James Rogers (St. Eds)-- 6-1, 6-4
*Clinched match
TEAM RECORDS: Texas A&M (5-1) St. Edward's (1-2)
Attendance: 390
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