COLLEGE STATION – Inclement weather forced the suspension of Sunday afternoon's match between No. 9 Texas A&M and No. 56 Tennessee at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center. The Aggies held a 1-0 lead when play was suspended after taking the doubles point to begin play Sunday afternoon. The Aggies and Volunteers will resume play at 10 a.m. Monday.
The SEC match-up was scheduled to begin at noon, but moisture on the courts delayed the start until 3 p.m. with the second half of the day's double-header against Nicholls State cancelled.
For the seventh time in seven matches this spring the Aggies opened the match capturing the doubles point. A&M's eighth-ranked junior pair of Harrison Adams and Shane Vinsant claimed their third win over a top-10 opponent this spring. The maroon and white clad pair claimed a 6-2 win over No. 3 and reigning NCAA doubles champion Mikielis Libietis and Hunter Reese. The doubles point was clinched by Arthur Rinderknech and AJ Catanzariti, the freshman duo defeated Jack Shipanski and Andrew Dromsky 6-4 on doubles court three.
As play shifted to singles play the Aggies claimed the first set in three of five singles matches that have reached that point. Texas A&M's Vinsant, Catanzariti and Rinderknech carried their first set, while Adams and Efferding trail in their match as play was halted. Sophomore Max Lunkin was knotted up at 4-4 as moisture in the air forced play to cease.
Following Monday's resumption of play, the Aggies will hit the road for the first time this season SEC road trip at No. 7 Georgia on Friday followed by a Sunday match up with No. 34 South Carolina Sunday.
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#56 Tennessee vs #9 Texas A&M
March 1, 2015
George P Mitchell Tennis Center, College Station, TX
Singles competition
1. #15 Mikelis Libietis (UT) vs. #66 Jeremy Efferding (TAMU) 6-4, 1-0
2. #65 Shane Vinsant (TAMU) vs. Hunter Reese (UT) 6-3, 1-0
3. Jack Schipanski (UT) vs. #39 Harrison Adams (TAMU) 6-1, 3-1
4. Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) vs. Luis Valero (UT) 6-1, 3-0
5. #88 AJ Catanzariti (TAMU) vs. Jess Jones (UT) 6-2, 2-1
6. Bartosz Sawicki (UT) vs. Max Lunkin (TAMU) 4-4
Doubles competition
1. #8 Shane Vinsant/Harrison Adams (TAMU) def. #3 Hunter Reese/Mikelis Libietis (UT) 6-2
2. #22 Jeremy Efferding/Jordan Szabo (TAMU) vs. Luis Valero/Bartosz Sawicki (UT) 4-4, unfinished
3. AJ Catanzariti/Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) def. Jack Schipanski/Andrew Dromsky (UT) 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3)