Sunday, March 6
College Station
12:00 PM
Texas A&M
4
vs
3
Florida
Aggie Men’s Tennis Sweeps Sunday Doubleheader
Mar 06, 2016 | Men's Tennis
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 8 Texas A&M men's tennis team defeated Florida, 4-3, and Nicholls State, 6-1, Sunday afternoon at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station, Texas. The Aggies improved to 14-3 overall and 2-0 in Southeastern Conference play, while the Gators fell to 6-4, 1-1 and the Colonels moved to 1-8 on the season.
The maroon and white dropped the doubles point to the visiting Gators, falling behind 1-0 for just the 4th time in 16 matches this spring. The nation's top-ranked doubles team of Diego Hidalgo and Gordon Watson topped No. 31 Arthur Rinderknech and Jackson Withrow on court one, 6-1 before Alfredo Perez and Chase Perez-Blanco bested Jordi Arconada and AJ Catanzariti 6-3 on court three.
After starting singles play behind 1-0, the Aggies shifted into gear taking five-of-six first sets. No. 106 Arconada evened the score at one-all, defeating No. 30 Perez-Blanco 6-4, 6-1. The ranked win was the second in the last month for the Bueno Aires native, the right-hander topped then No. 16 Hugo Di Feo of Ohio State at the ITA National Indoors on Valentine's Day.
The Gators regained the one point advantage as Watson topped Catanzariti 6-4, 6-4 on court five, but moments later the match squared up again as Withrow defeated McClain Kessler 7-6(5), 6-2 on court six. Florida took the lead for the third time, pushing the Aggies to the brink of defeat at 3-2, as No. 77 Perez bested Harrison Adams 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 on court four.
Facing defeat, the Aggies had to win both matches still on the court to improve to 2-0 in SEC play. No. 53 Shane Vinsant had the chance to claim the much needed point as he took a 6-4 lead in a second set tie-breaker, but No. 22 Elliott Orkin stormed back and forced a third set with a 11-9 breaker victory. No. 13 Rinderknech bounced back from dropping a second set breaker to win 7-5 in the third set over No. 50 Hidalgo on court one, tying the team score at 3-all.
With all of the attention on Vinsant's second-court, play remained tight requiring a third-set tiebreaker, all three sets on court two were determined in a breaker. The Keller, Texas native took a commanding 5-1 advantage before dispatching Orkin 7-2, clinching the A&M victory over Florida.
After an hour intermission, the maroon and white returned to the courts to face Nicholls State, the A&M doubles teams got back on track opening the night-cap with the point. The Aggies went ahead, 1-0, through a pair of 6-3 victories from Withrow and James Martell over Kieran Cronin and Oleksander Podgursky on court one and Kevin Lam and Sam Giammalva over Bernard Wezeman and Sam Meesen on court three.
The maroon and white once again got out to a strong start in singles action, taking first sets on four-of-six courts. Freshman Henry Gordon defeated Oscar Reeve on court six, 6-1, 6-2, to put A&M up 2-0. A couple minutes later, Arconada claimed his second singles win of the day, topping Evan Karatzas 6-2, 6-2 on court one.
College Station native, Frankie Colunga, excited the crowd with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Max Sinn on court five to clinch the home team's win. Oscar Janglin pushed the margin to 5-0 as he outlasted Cronin 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 on court four. The Colonels got on the board with a Meesen triumph over Martell, 6-1, 7-5, on court three. Freshman Aleksandre Bakshi put the final point on the board for A&M, defeating Podgursky 6-4, 6-7(9), 6-0 on court two.
The Aggies take to the road for a weekend of SEC matches travelling to face Arkansas at 3 p.m. Friday before taking on Ole Miss at 1 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
Visit 12thMan.com for more information on Texas A&M men's tennis. Aggie fans also can keep up to date with the A&M men's tennis team on Twitter by following @AggieMTEN or on Facebook at Facebook.com/AggieMensTennis.
Post Match Quotes
Steve Denton, Texas A&M Head Coach
Key to defeating Florida…
"I thought Shane Vinsant was a real MVP of the match against a very good Florida team. His resiliency and fight to stay in a match against a really good player in Elliott Orkin was very impressive. For a few moments it didn't look good after he had a chance to win the match in the second-set tie-breaker then going down a break in the third set. He just figured a way to stay in the match and fight and took some chances. He played a very fantastic tie-breaker to clinch the match for the team."
How the team will use today's match moving forward in SEC play…
"Every one of these SEC matches are a real fight, we found a way to survive two of them this weekend. I think our guys will gain confidence after fighting from behind today, after dropping the doubles point against a good team. We knew we had to take four singles matches if we wanted to win. The guys came out with a fight in singles against Florida, taking five first sets. We really turned the momentum in our favor and outlasted a comeback from Florida. Shane and Arthur played really good third-sets today."
#8 Texas A&M 4, #30 Florida 3
Singles competition
1. #13 Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) def. #50 Diego Hidalgo (FLA) 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5
2. #53 Shane Vinsant (TAMU) def. #22 Elliott Orkin (FLA) 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (9-11), 7-6 (7-2)
3. #106 Jordi Arconada (TAMU) def. #30 Chase Perez-Blanco (FLA) 6-4, 6-1
4. #77 Alfredo Perez (FLA) def. Harrison Adams (TAMU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
5. Gordon Watson (FLA) def. AJ Catanzariti (TAMU) 6-4, 6-4
6. Jackson Withrow (TAMU) def. McClain Kessler (FLA) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
Doubles competition
1. #1 Diego Hidalgo/Gordon Watson (FLA) def. #31 Arthur Rinderknech/Jackson Withrow (TAMU) 6-1
2. Harrison Adams/Shane Vinsant (TAMU) vs. #32 Maxx Lipman/Elliott Orkin (FLA) 4-5, unfinished
3. Alfredo Perez/Chase Perez-Blanco (FLA) def. Jordi Arconada/AJ Catanzariti (TAMU) 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (1, 3); Singles (3, 5, 6, 4, 1, 2)
#8 Texas A&M 6, Nicholls 1
Singles competition
1. #106 Jordi Arconada (TAMU) def. Evan Karatzas (NICM) 6-2, 6-2
2. Aleksandre Bakshi (TAMU) def. Oleksander Podgursky (NICM) 6-4, 6-7 (9-11), 6-0
3. Sam Meessen (NICM) def. James Martell (TAMU) 6-1, 7-5
4. Oscar Janglin (TAMU) def. Kieran Cronin (NICM) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
5. Frankie Colunga (TAMU) def. Max Sinn (NICM) 6-2, 6-3
6. Henry Gordon (TAMU) def. Oscar Reeve (NICM) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Jackson Withrow/James Martell (TAMU) def. Kieran Cronin/Oleksander Podgursky (NICM) 6-3
2. Oscar Janglin/Max Lunkin (TAMU) vs. Oscar Reeve/Evan Karatzas (NICM) 5-3, unfinished
3. Kevin Lam/Sam Giammalva (TAMU) def. Bernard Wezeman/Sam Meessen (NICM) 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (1, 3); Singles (6, 1, 5, 4, 3, 2)
The maroon and white dropped the doubles point to the visiting Gators, falling behind 1-0 for just the 4th time in 16 matches this spring. The nation's top-ranked doubles team of Diego Hidalgo and Gordon Watson topped No. 31 Arthur Rinderknech and Jackson Withrow on court one, 6-1 before Alfredo Perez and Chase Perez-Blanco bested Jordi Arconada and AJ Catanzariti 6-3 on court three.
After starting singles play behind 1-0, the Aggies shifted into gear taking five-of-six first sets. No. 106 Arconada evened the score at one-all, defeating No. 30 Perez-Blanco 6-4, 6-1. The ranked win was the second in the last month for the Bueno Aires native, the right-hander topped then No. 16 Hugo Di Feo of Ohio State at the ITA National Indoors on Valentine's Day.
The Gators regained the one point advantage as Watson topped Catanzariti 6-4, 6-4 on court five, but moments later the match squared up again as Withrow defeated McClain Kessler 7-6(5), 6-2 on court six. Florida took the lead for the third time, pushing the Aggies to the brink of defeat at 3-2, as No. 77 Perez bested Harrison Adams 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 on court four.
Facing defeat, the Aggies had to win both matches still on the court to improve to 2-0 in SEC play. No. 53 Shane Vinsant had the chance to claim the much needed point as he took a 6-4 lead in a second set tie-breaker, but No. 22 Elliott Orkin stormed back and forced a third set with a 11-9 breaker victory. No. 13 Rinderknech bounced back from dropping a second set breaker to win 7-5 in the third set over No. 50 Hidalgo on court one, tying the team score at 3-all.
With all of the attention on Vinsant's second-court, play remained tight requiring a third-set tiebreaker, all three sets on court two were determined in a breaker. The Keller, Texas native took a commanding 5-1 advantage before dispatching Orkin 7-2, clinching the A&M victory over Florida.
After an hour intermission, the maroon and white returned to the courts to face Nicholls State, the A&M doubles teams got back on track opening the night-cap with the point. The Aggies went ahead, 1-0, through a pair of 6-3 victories from Withrow and James Martell over Kieran Cronin and Oleksander Podgursky on court one and Kevin Lam and Sam Giammalva over Bernard Wezeman and Sam Meesen on court three.
The maroon and white once again got out to a strong start in singles action, taking first sets on four-of-six courts. Freshman Henry Gordon defeated Oscar Reeve on court six, 6-1, 6-2, to put A&M up 2-0. A couple minutes later, Arconada claimed his second singles win of the day, topping Evan Karatzas 6-2, 6-2 on court one.
College Station native, Frankie Colunga, excited the crowd with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Max Sinn on court five to clinch the home team's win. Oscar Janglin pushed the margin to 5-0 as he outlasted Cronin 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 on court four. The Colonels got on the board with a Meesen triumph over Martell, 6-1, 7-5, on court three. Freshman Aleksandre Bakshi put the final point on the board for A&M, defeating Podgursky 6-4, 6-7(9), 6-0 on court two.
The Aggies take to the road for a weekend of SEC matches travelling to face Arkansas at 3 p.m. Friday before taking on Ole Miss at 1 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
Visit 12thMan.com for more information on Texas A&M men's tennis. Aggie fans also can keep up to date with the A&M men's tennis team on Twitter by following @AggieMTEN or on Facebook at Facebook.com/AggieMensTennis.
Post Match Quotes
Steve Denton, Texas A&M Head Coach
Key to defeating Florida…
"I thought Shane Vinsant was a real MVP of the match against a very good Florida team. His resiliency and fight to stay in a match against a really good player in Elliott Orkin was very impressive. For a few moments it didn't look good after he had a chance to win the match in the second-set tie-breaker then going down a break in the third set. He just figured a way to stay in the match and fight and took some chances. He played a very fantastic tie-breaker to clinch the match for the team."
How the team will use today's match moving forward in SEC play…
"Every one of these SEC matches are a real fight, we found a way to survive two of them this weekend. I think our guys will gain confidence after fighting from behind today, after dropping the doubles point against a good team. We knew we had to take four singles matches if we wanted to win. The guys came out with a fight in singles against Florida, taking five first sets. We really turned the momentum in our favor and outlasted a comeback from Florida. Shane and Arthur played really good third-sets today."
#8 Texas A&M 4, #30 Florida 3
Singles competition
1. #13 Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) def. #50 Diego Hidalgo (FLA) 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5
2. #53 Shane Vinsant (TAMU) def. #22 Elliott Orkin (FLA) 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (9-11), 7-6 (7-2)
3. #106 Jordi Arconada (TAMU) def. #30 Chase Perez-Blanco (FLA) 6-4, 6-1
4. #77 Alfredo Perez (FLA) def. Harrison Adams (TAMU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
5. Gordon Watson (FLA) def. AJ Catanzariti (TAMU) 6-4, 6-4
6. Jackson Withrow (TAMU) def. McClain Kessler (FLA) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
Doubles competition
1. #1 Diego Hidalgo/Gordon Watson (FLA) def. #31 Arthur Rinderknech/Jackson Withrow (TAMU) 6-1
2. Harrison Adams/Shane Vinsant (TAMU) vs. #32 Maxx Lipman/Elliott Orkin (FLA) 4-5, unfinished
3. Alfredo Perez/Chase Perez-Blanco (FLA) def. Jordi Arconada/AJ Catanzariti (TAMU) 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (1, 3); Singles (3, 5, 6, 4, 1, 2)
#8 Texas A&M 6, Nicholls 1
Singles competition
1. #106 Jordi Arconada (TAMU) def. Evan Karatzas (NICM) 6-2, 6-2
2. Aleksandre Bakshi (TAMU) def. Oleksander Podgursky (NICM) 6-4, 6-7 (9-11), 6-0
3. Sam Meessen (NICM) def. James Martell (TAMU) 6-1, 7-5
4. Oscar Janglin (TAMU) def. Kieran Cronin (NICM) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
5. Frankie Colunga (TAMU) def. Max Sinn (NICM) 6-2, 6-3
6. Henry Gordon (TAMU) def. Oscar Reeve (NICM) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Jackson Withrow/James Martell (TAMU) def. Kieran Cronin/Oleksander Podgursky (NICM) 6-3
2. Oscar Janglin/Max Lunkin (TAMU) vs. Oscar Reeve/Evan Karatzas (NICM) 5-3, unfinished
3. Kevin Lam/Sam Giammalva (TAMU) def. Bernard Wezeman/Sam Meessen (NICM) 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (1, 3); Singles (6, 1, 5, 4, 3, 2)
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