Friday, May 11
College Station
1 p.m.
Texas A&M
4
vs
0
Lamar
Photo by: Vasha Hunt
Aggie Men’s Tennis Advances to Face Baylor in NCAA Second Round
May 11, 2018 | Men's Tennis
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 5 Texas A&M men's tennis team swept Lamar, 4-0, Friday afternoon at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center to advance to the NCAA Tennis Championship second round against Baylor at 1 p.m. on Saturday. The Aggies (23-5) topped the Cardinals (10-14) to move on to the second round for the 12th straight season and will face off against the Bears for a place in the Round of 16 in Winston-Salem, N.C.
The Aggies opened with the doubles point for the 17th time this season. Seniors AJ Catanzariti and Arthur Rinderknech skunked Carlos Paton Canal and Sebastian Santibanez, 6-0, on court two followed by a 6-3 win by Patrick Kypson and Valentin Vacherot on court three over Nicolas Mayr and Roy Stepanov.
The Aggies took all five first sets in singles that finished before the team match was clinched. Freshman Barnaby Smith raced out to a 6-1, 6-1 win over Canal on court six to increase the A&M advantage to 2-0. The win was number 13 of the season for the High Wycombe, England native and his ninth on court six.
No. 5 Kypson increased the lead with a convincing 6-2, 6-1 win on court one over Benny Schweizer. The triumph was Kypson's sixth straight win to improve his record to 16-7 on the season, all coming on court one.
Catanzariti clinched the win and the sweep with a 6-2, 6-1 win on court five over Mayr. The clinch was the second of the season for Catanzariti and improved his career dual win total to 49, just four shy of the top-25 in Texas A&M program history.
Visit 12thMan.com for more information on Texas A&M men's tennis in the field. 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
Texas A&M Head Coach Steve Denton
On 4-0 win today …
"I thought our guys had a little bit of jitters coming out for the first NCAA match, which is a bit understandable. After we got a little bit of the match in our system, the guys started to play well, I thought we played pretty solid in the doubles. We took care of that and then obviously pleased with our guys down at the back, really jumping on their guys and winning it convincingly, that certainly took the pressure off the rest of the guys. Everybody could kind of relax and play tennis."
On his message to the team for tomorrow's match …
"We are very familiar with Baylor obviously, they beat us a couple of times last year and I know our guys are excited for this opportunity. We have played the whole year to get to this point, to be able to host here and I know it is going to be a really tough match. Baylor is playing their best tennis at the end of this season, and I feel like we are playing very well as well, so it going to a high quality tennis match and we are looking forward to it."
Tennis Match Results
Lamar University vs Texas A&M
5/11/2018 at College Station, TX
(George P Mitchell Tennis Center)
#5 Texas A&M 4, Lamar University 0
Singles competition
1. #5 Patrick Kypson (TAMU) def. Benny Schweizer (LU) 6-2, 6-1
2. #12 Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) vs. Sebastian Santibanez (LU) 6-6, unfinished
3. #48 Jordi Arconada (TAMU) vs. Logan Powell (LU) 6-2, 4-4, unfinished
4. #72 Valentin Vacherot (TAMU) vs. Arthur Serafim (LU) 6-3, 2-1, unfinished
5. AJ Catanzariti (TAMU) def. Nicolas Mayr (LU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Barnaby Smith (TAMU) def. Carlos Paton Canal (LU) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. #3 Jordi Arconada/Juan Carlos Aguilar (TAMU) vs. Logan Powell/Benny Schweizer (LU) 5-4, unfinished
2. Arthur Rinderknech/AJ Catanzariti (TAMU) def. Carlos Paton Canal/Sebastian Santibanez (LU) 6-0
3. Patrick Kypson/Valentin Vacherot (TAMU) def. Nicolas Mayr/Roy Stepanov (LU) 6-3
Match Notes:
Lamar University 10-14
Texas A&M 23-5; National ranking #5
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (6,1,5)
A-187
The Aggies opened with the doubles point for the 17th time this season. Seniors AJ Catanzariti and Arthur Rinderknech skunked Carlos Paton Canal and Sebastian Santibanez, 6-0, on court two followed by a 6-3 win by Patrick Kypson and Valentin Vacherot on court three over Nicolas Mayr and Roy Stepanov.
The Aggies took all five first sets in singles that finished before the team match was clinched. Freshman Barnaby Smith raced out to a 6-1, 6-1 win over Canal on court six to increase the A&M advantage to 2-0. The win was number 13 of the season for the High Wycombe, England native and his ninth on court six.
No. 5 Kypson increased the lead with a convincing 6-2, 6-1 win on court one over Benny Schweizer. The triumph was Kypson's sixth straight win to improve his record to 16-7 on the season, all coming on court one.
Catanzariti clinched the win and the sweep with a 6-2, 6-1 win on court five over Mayr. The clinch was the second of the season for Catanzariti and improved his career dual win total to 49, just four shy of the top-25 in Texas A&M program history.
Visit 12thMan.com for more information on Texas A&M men's tennis in the field. 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
Texas A&M Head Coach Steve Denton
On 4-0 win today …
"I thought our guys had a little bit of jitters coming out for the first NCAA match, which is a bit understandable. After we got a little bit of the match in our system, the guys started to play well, I thought we played pretty solid in the doubles. We took care of that and then obviously pleased with our guys down at the back, really jumping on their guys and winning it convincingly, that certainly took the pressure off the rest of the guys. Everybody could kind of relax and play tennis."
On his message to the team for tomorrow's match …
"We are very familiar with Baylor obviously, they beat us a couple of times last year and I know our guys are excited for this opportunity. We have played the whole year to get to this point, to be able to host here and I know it is going to be a really tough match. Baylor is playing their best tennis at the end of this season, and I feel like we are playing very well as well, so it going to a high quality tennis match and we are looking forward to it."
Tennis Match Results
Lamar University vs Texas A&M
5/11/2018 at College Station, TX
(George P Mitchell Tennis Center)
#5 Texas A&M 4, Lamar University 0
Singles competition
1. #5 Patrick Kypson (TAMU) def. Benny Schweizer (LU) 6-2, 6-1
2. #12 Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) vs. Sebastian Santibanez (LU) 6-6, unfinished
3. #48 Jordi Arconada (TAMU) vs. Logan Powell (LU) 6-2, 4-4, unfinished
4. #72 Valentin Vacherot (TAMU) vs. Arthur Serafim (LU) 6-3, 2-1, unfinished
5. AJ Catanzariti (TAMU) def. Nicolas Mayr (LU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Barnaby Smith (TAMU) def. Carlos Paton Canal (LU) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. #3 Jordi Arconada/Juan Carlos Aguilar (TAMU) vs. Logan Powell/Benny Schweizer (LU) 5-4, unfinished
2. Arthur Rinderknech/AJ Catanzariti (TAMU) def. Carlos Paton Canal/Sebastian Santibanez (LU) 6-0
3. Patrick Kypson/Valentin Vacherot (TAMU) def. Nicolas Mayr/Roy Stepanov (LU) 6-3
Match Notes:
Lamar University 10-14
Texas A&M 23-5; National ranking #5
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (6,1,5)
A-187
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3
#1 Singles Match
12
Benny Schweizer / 0 [LU]
21
66
#2 Singles Match
12
Sebastian Santibanez / 0 [LU]
60
6UF
#3 Singles Match
123
Logan Powell / 0 [LU]
240
64UF
#4 Singles Match
123
Arthur Serafim / 0 [LU]
310
62UF
#5 Singles Match
12
Nicolas Mayr / 0 [LU]
21
66
#6 Singles Match
12
Carlos Paton Canal / 0 [LU]
11
66
Order of Finish:
6,1,5
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