Aggies Claim 11 Victories Saturday at Conference Challenge

COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M men's tennis team continued the 2015 Conference Challenge Saturday with 11 wins over opponents from Illinois, Texas Tech and Harvard at the George P Mitchell Tennis Center.
 
No. 53 Arthur Rinderknech lead the Aggies with a pair of singles wins Saturday, including his first ranked win of the fall. Rinderknech defeated No. 46 Aron Hiltzik 6-3, 6-1 after besting Toshiki Matsuya to open play Saturday, both of Illinois. Freshman Sam Giammalva joined Rinderknech at 2-0 on the day, Giammalva toppled both Conor Haughey of Harvard and Pablo Landa of Illinois.
 
Max Lunkin, Oscar Janglin, Kevin Lam, No. 35 Shane Vinsant, Jordi Arconada, James Martell and Frankie Colunga also claimed wins on day two of the Conference Challenge.
 
The 2015 Challenge will conclude on Sunday as teams take to the courts at 9 a.m. for a round of doubles matches followed by a set of singles at 10 a.m.
 
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2015 Conference Challenge Schedule
Sunday
9:00 a.m. Doubles Round 3
10:00 a.m. Singles Round 4
 
Friday Results
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
No. 55 AJ Catanzariti, Texas A&M def. Grant Solomon, Harvard 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-5
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
Pablo Landa, Illinois def. Jett Cash, Texas A&M 8-5
 
Saturday Results
Round 2 Singles
No. 117 Nicky Hu, Harvard def. No. 35 Shane Vinsant, Texas A&M 7-5, 6-4
No. 53 Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M def. Toshiki Matsuya, Illinois 6-2, 6-1
No. 101 Hugo Dojas, Texas Tech def. Jordi Arconada, Texas A&M 6-1, 6-4
Jean Thirouin, Harvard def. No. 55 AJ Catanzariti, Texas A&M 6-4, 6-3
Max Lunkin, Texas A&M def. Pablo Landa, Illinois 6-0, 6-3
Connor Curry, Texas Tech def. James Martell, Texas A&M 6-3, 6-2
Oscar Janglin, Texas A&M def. Kenny Tao, Harvard 6-3, 2-1 (ret.)
Sam Giammalva, Texas A&M def. Conor Haughey, Harvard 6-4, 6-3
Evan Nix, Texas Tech def. Jett Cash, Texas A&M 7-6(2), 6-2
Carlos DiLaura, Texas Tech def. Frankie Colunga, Texas A&M 6-1, 6-2
Kevin Lam, Texas A&M def. Samuel Beren, Harvard 6-1, 6-7, 1-0 (6)
 
Round 3 Singles
No. 53 Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M def. No. 46 Aron Hiltzik, Illinois 6-7(7), 7-5, 7-5
No. 35 Shane Vinsant, Texas A&M def. Toshiki Matsuya, Illinois 6-3, 6-1
Brian Yeung, Harvard def. Max Lunkin, Texas A&M 7-6(6), 1-6, 6-3
Jean Thirouin, Harvard def. Oscar Janglin, Texas A&M 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
Connor Curry, Texas Tech def. Kevin Lam, Texas A&M 6-3, 6-1
Jordi Arconada, Texas A&M def. Carlos DiLaura, Texas Tech 7-5, 6-2
James Martell, Texas A&M def. Tommy Mylnikov, Texas Tech 6-1, 6-3
Frankie Colunga, Texas A&M def. Evan Nix, Texas Tech 6-1, 6-2
Sam Giammalva, Texas A&M def. Pablo Landa, Illinois 6-0, 6-1
Samuel Beren, Harvard def. Jett Cash, Texas A&M 6-4, 6-2