COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M men's tennis team opened up the 2015 Conference Challenge Friday with 15 victories over opponents from Illinois, Texas Tech and Harvard at the George P Mitchell Tennis Center.
Doubles matches went off without a hitch in the morning as two rounds of action was completed prior to rain moving into College Station. Senior Shane Vinsant and sophomore AJ Catanzariti picked up the Aggies first win over a ranked tandem this season defeating No. 37 Nicky Hu and Brian Yeung of Harvard. No. 35 Vinsant waited out the weather delay to claim a win over No. 42 Aron Hiltzik of Illinois Friday evening.
Nearly every Aggie picked up a doubles victory on the day as the Maroon and White clad tandems went 7-3 on the day. Juniors Frankie Colunga and James Martell, sophomore Arthur Rinderknech and freshman Kevin Lam all went a perfect 2-0 in doubles action.
No. 53 Rinderknech defeated No. 101 Hugo Dojas of Texas Tech to give the Aggies a pair of ranked singles wins Friday evening. Joining Rinderknech and Vinsant in the singles win column were sophomore Jordi Arconada, junior Max Lunkin, Lam, Martell and sophomore Jett Cash.
Teams will return to the courts at 11a.m. Saturday for a round of singles matches followed by another set of singles at 2:30 p.m.
For more information about Texas A&M men's tennis log on to 12thMan.com or follow the Aggies on twitter at @AggieMTEN or facebook.com/AggieMensTennis.
2015 Conference Challenge Schedule
Saturday
11:00 a.m. Singles Round 2
2:30 p.m. Singles Round 3
Sunday
9:00 a.m. Doubles Round 3
10:00 a.m. Singles Round 4
Round 1 Doubles
Shane Vinsant & AJ Catanzariti, Texas A&M def. No. 37 Nicky Hu & Brian Yeung, Harvard 8-4
Arthur Rinderknech & Jordi Arconada, Texas A&M def. Alex Jesse & Pablo Landa, Illinois 8-2
Connor Curry & Tommy Mylnikov, Texas Tech def. Oscar Janglin & Max Lunkin, Texas A&M 8-7(8)
James Martell & Frankie Colunga, Texas A&M def. Conor Haughey & Samuel Beren, Harvard 8-4
Kevin Lam & Jett Cash, Texas A&M def. Carlos Di Laura & Evan Nix, Texas Tech 8-4
Round 2 Doubles
Aron Hiltzik & Toshiki Matsuya, Illinois def. AJ Catanzariti & Jordi Arconada, Texas A&M 8-7(3)
Tommy Mylnikov & Alex Sendegeya, Texas Tech def. No. 27 Oscar Janglin & Shane Vinsant, Texas A&M 8-7(7)
Max Lunkin & Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M def. Grant Solomon & Conor Haughey, Harvard 8-5
Frankie Colunga & Sam Giammalva, Texas A&M def. Michael Peters & Kelvin Lam, Harvard 8-7(12)
Kevin Lam & James Martell, Texas A&M def. Carlos Di Laura & Evan Nix, Texas Tech 8-1
Round 1 Singles
No. 35 Shane Vinsant, Texas A&M def. No. 42 Aron Hiltzik, Illinois 6-3, 6-4
No. 53 Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M def. No. 101 Hugo Dojas, Texas Tech 7-5, 6-4
Grant Solomon, Harvard def. No. 55 AJ Catanzariti, Texas A&M 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(9)
Jordi Arconada, Texas A&M def. Alex Jesse, Illinois 7-6(3), 6-3
Max Lunkin, Texas A&M def. Tommy Mylnikov, Texas Tech 6-4, 6-3
Kelvin Lam, Harvard def. Frankie Colunga, Texas A&M 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-3
Kevin Lam, Texas A&M def. Pablo Landa, Illinois 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
James Martell, Texas A&M def. Michael Peters, Harvard 6-0, 7-5
Oscar Janglin, Texas A&M def. Evan Nix, Texas Tech 6-1, 6-4
Sam Giammalva, Texas A&M def. Samuel Beren, Harvard 6-2, 6-4
Jett Cash, Texas A&M def. Pablo Landa, Illinois 8-5
Doubles matches went off without a hitch in the morning as two rounds of action was completed prior to rain moving into College Station. Senior Shane Vinsant and sophomore AJ Catanzariti picked up the Aggies first win over a ranked tandem this season defeating No. 37 Nicky Hu and Brian Yeung of Harvard. No. 35 Vinsant waited out the weather delay to claim a win over No. 42 Aron Hiltzik of Illinois Friday evening.
Nearly every Aggie picked up a doubles victory on the day as the Maroon and White clad tandems went 7-3 on the day. Juniors Frankie Colunga and James Martell, sophomore Arthur Rinderknech and freshman Kevin Lam all went a perfect 2-0 in doubles action.
No. 53 Rinderknech defeated No. 101 Hugo Dojas of Texas Tech to give the Aggies a pair of ranked singles wins Friday evening. Joining Rinderknech and Vinsant in the singles win column were sophomore Jordi Arconada, junior Max Lunkin, Lam, Martell and sophomore Jett Cash.
Teams will return to the courts at 11a.m. Saturday for a round of singles matches followed by another set of singles at 2:30 p.m.
For more information about Texas A&M men's tennis log on to 12thMan.com or follow the Aggies on twitter at @AggieMTEN or facebook.com/AggieMensTennis.
2015 Conference Challenge Schedule
Saturday
11:00 a.m. Singles Round 2
2:30 p.m. Singles Round 3
Sunday
9:00 a.m. Doubles Round 3
10:00 a.m. Singles Round 4
Round 1 Doubles
Shane Vinsant & AJ Catanzariti, Texas A&M def. No. 37 Nicky Hu & Brian Yeung, Harvard 8-4
Arthur Rinderknech & Jordi Arconada, Texas A&M def. Alex Jesse & Pablo Landa, Illinois 8-2
Connor Curry & Tommy Mylnikov, Texas Tech def. Oscar Janglin & Max Lunkin, Texas A&M 8-7(8)
James Martell & Frankie Colunga, Texas A&M def. Conor Haughey & Samuel Beren, Harvard 8-4
Kevin Lam & Jett Cash, Texas A&M def. Carlos Di Laura & Evan Nix, Texas Tech 8-4
Round 2 Doubles
Aron Hiltzik & Toshiki Matsuya, Illinois def. AJ Catanzariti & Jordi Arconada, Texas A&M 8-7(3)
Tommy Mylnikov & Alex Sendegeya, Texas Tech def. No. 27 Oscar Janglin & Shane Vinsant, Texas A&M 8-7(7)
Max Lunkin & Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M def. Grant Solomon & Conor Haughey, Harvard 8-5
Frankie Colunga & Sam Giammalva, Texas A&M def. Michael Peters & Kelvin Lam, Harvard 8-7(12)
Kevin Lam & James Martell, Texas A&M def. Carlos Di Laura & Evan Nix, Texas Tech 8-1
Round 1 Singles
No. 35 Shane Vinsant, Texas A&M def. No. 42 Aron Hiltzik, Illinois 6-3, 6-4
No. 53 Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M def. No. 101 Hugo Dojas, Texas Tech 7-5, 6-4
Grant Solomon, Harvard def. No. 55 AJ Catanzariti, Texas A&M 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(9)
Jordi Arconada, Texas A&M def. Alex Jesse, Illinois 7-6(3), 6-3
Max Lunkin, Texas A&M def. Tommy Mylnikov, Texas Tech 6-4, 6-3
Kelvin Lam, Harvard def. Frankie Colunga, Texas A&M 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-3
Kevin Lam, Texas A&M def. Pablo Landa, Illinois 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
James Martell, Texas A&M def. Michael Peters, Harvard 6-0, 7-5
Oscar Janglin, Texas A&M def. Evan Nix, Texas Tech 6-1, 6-4
Sam Giammalva, Texas A&M def. Samuel Beren, Harvard 6-2, 6-4
Jett Cash, Texas A&M def. Pablo Landa, Illinois 8-5