Rinderknech Wins USTA/ITA Texas Regional

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Rinderknech & Vinsant - USTA/ITA Texas Regional

Oct 27, 2015 | Men's Tennis

Aggies pile up 27 wins in Houston

By: Texas A&M Media Relations

HOUSTON, Texas – Texas A&M sophomore Arthur Rinderknech strung together six wins at the USTA/ITA Texas Regional in Houston, Texas to claim the singles championship Tuesday afternoon at Rice's George R. Brown Tennis Center.

Rinderknech earned a first-round bye after being named the fourth-seed in the singles bracket. The stringy sophomore defeated Jake Rother (UTSA), Yates Johnson (SMU), Tommy Mylnikov (Texas Tech) and Adam Gustafson (Rice) in his first four matches in the Bayou City. As the Paris native moved on into the semifinals a pair of Mustangs were all that stood between him and the single's crown. Rinderknech bested Nate Lammons and Hunter Johnson to cap off an impressive week of play winning every set en route to the title.

With the championship, Rinderknech qualified to play at the 2015 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY from Nov. 12-15, 2015. As the only tournament on the ITA calendar to showcase elite players from every level of college tennis, the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships serves as the culmination of the fall season. Hosted by Columbia University, this prestigious event features a 32-player singles draw and a 20-team doubles draw for men and women.

Gaining automatic entry into the tournament are champions from the USTA/ITA Division I Regional Championships held across the country over the last week, winners of the USTA/ITA National Small College Super Bowl, and the consolation champions, doubles finalists, men's singles quarterfinalists and women's singles semifinalists from the ITA Men's and Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships.

Senior Shane Vinsant partnered with Rinderknech to compete in the final of the doubles draw Tuesday morning. The maroon and white duo claimed four wins before falling to No. 3 Felipe Soares and Hugo Dojas of Texas Tech.

Every Aggie that competed in Houston picked up at least one win as the Steve Denton coached squad claimed 27 wins on the week. A&M had a pair in the singles quarterfinals and four doubles teams reach the round of 16.

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2015 USTA/ITA Texas Regional Championships
Results

Singles Main Draw
First Round
Kevin Lam, Texas A&M def. Cole Lawson, Abilene Christian 6-3, 6-3
Adrian Ortiz, Texas def. Sam Giammalva, Texas A&M 6-2, 7-5
James Martell, Texas A&M def. Julio Olaya SMU 6-7 (5), 6-1, 10-3
Frankie Colunga, Texas A&M def. Sebastian Langdon, Abilene Christian 6-3, 7-5

Second Round
Oscar Janglin, Texas A&M def. Trey Crysel, Lamar 6-1, 6-0
Max Lunkin, Texas A&M def. Michael Feucht, Lamar 6-4, 6-1
Kevin Lam, Texas A&M def. Kevin Bettendroffer, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 6-4, 6-4
Shane Vinsant, Texas A&M def. Joey Vatanadilok Incarnate Word 6-2, 6-2
No. 81 Alex Sendegeya, Texas Tech def. James Martell, Texas A&M 6-2, 6-0
Jordi Arconada, Texas A&M def. Carlos Arbiza, Texas-Arlington 6-4, 6-1
Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M def. Jake Rother, UTSA 6-3, 6-1
AJ Catanzariti, Texas A&M def. Carlos DeLaura Texas Tech, 6-2, 6-4
No. 19 Guillermo Nunez, TCU def. Frankie Colunga, Texas A&M 6-2, 6-2

Third Round
Hunter Johnson, SMU def. Oscar Janglin, Texas A&M 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-2
No. 101 Hugo Dojas Texas Tech def. Max Lunkin, Texas A&M 6-1, 6-4
No. 78 Samm Butler, SMU def. Kevin Lam, Texas A&M 6-1, 6-2
Shane Vinsant Texas A&M def. Connor Curry, Texas Tech 6-2, 6-2
No. 79 Jolan Cailleau, Texas Tech def. Jordi Arconada, Texas A&M 6-1, 6-3
Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M def. Yates Johnson, SMU 6-1, 6-2
AJ Catanzariti, Texas A&M def. Jamie Malik, Rice 5-7, 7-6 (11), 6-1

Fourth Round
Shane Vinsant Texas A&M def. Tommy Bennett, Rice 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M def. Tommy Mylnikov, Texas Tech 6-2, 7-6(3)
Nate Lammons, SMU def. AJ Catanzariti, Texas A&M 7-6(7), 6-3

Fifth Round
No. 81 Alex Sendegeya, Texas Tech def. Shane Vinsant Texas A&M7-6(5) 6-4
Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M def. Adam Gustafsson, Rice 6-4, 6-3

Semifinals
Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M def. Nate Lammons, SMU 6-3, 6-4

Finals
Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M def. Hunter Johnson, SMU 6-0, 6-2

Singles Consolation Draw
Second Round
Sam Giammalva, Texas A&M def. Paul Domanski, ACU 8-2

Third Round
Reese Stadler, TCU def. Sam Giammalva, Texas A&M 7-5, 2-6, 1-0(3)

Doubles Main Draw
First Round
Arconada/Martell, Texas A&M def. Gleason/Langdon, Abilene Christian 8-3

Second Round
Catanzariti/Lunkin, Texas A&M def. Brown/Hoverson, Incarnate Word, 8-2
Janglin/Lam, Texas A&M def. Agritelley/Sheey, Abilene Christian 8-3
Giammalva/Colunga, Texas A&M def. Bendeck/Little, Baylor 8-5
Vinsant/Rinderknech, Texas A&M def. Nix/Cailleau, Texas Tech 8-2
Casa/Moreiras, UTSA def. Arconada/Martell, Texas A&M 8-7(7)

Third Round
Goldhoff/Caruana, Texas def. Catanzariti/Lunkin, Texas A&M 8-5
Blake/Stadler, TCU def. Janglin/Lam, Texas A&M 8-4
Sendegeya/Mylnikov, Texas Tech def. Giammalva/Colunga, Texas A&M 8-7(4)
Vinsant/Rinderknech, Texas A&M def. Nunez/Lopez, TCU 8-7(3)

Fourth Round
Vinsant/Rinderknech, Texas A&M def. No. 22 Lis/Feucht, Lamar 8-7(5)

Semifinal
Vinsant/Rinderknech, Texas A&M def. Sendegeya/Mylnikov, Texas Tech 6-0, 6-1

Final
No. 3 Dojas/Soares, Texas Tech def. Vinsant/Rinderknech, Texas A&M 6-4, 6-1