No. 9 Texas A&M Tennis Advances to ITA Kick-Off Weekend Final and Defeats UTRGV

Saturday, January 26

College Station

9 a.m.

Texas A&M

UTRGV

Photo by: Sam Craft/Texas A&M Athletics

Jan 26, 2019 | Men's Tennis

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

By: Texas A&M Athletics Communications

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 9 Texas A&M men's tennis team topped Western Michigan and UTRGV at the George P Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station, Texas on Saturday. A rain filled Saturday caused multiple delays, but the Aggies were able to advance to the ITA Kick-Off Weekend finals against No. 16 Virginia on Sunday after the Cavaliers dispatched of Cal earlier in the day.

The Maroon & White will take on the Cavaliers at 2 p.m. for a place in the ITA Division I National Men's Team Indoor Championship Presented By Oracle in Chicago, Ill. hosted by the University of Illinois on Feb. 15-18 at the Midtown Athletic Club. The losers from Saturday's matches, Western Michigan and Cal, will face off in a consolation match at 11 a.m. Sunday morning.

A&M opened the day with a quick 4-0 win over UTRGV, the match was scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. but weather caused a nearly three hour delay. Despite the rain, the duos of Barnaby Smith and Kevin Lam along with Pranav Kumar and Alex Vedri picked up 6-1 doubles results to clinch the match's first point. Kumar followed with a 6-2, 6-0 win then Noah Schachter earned a 6-1, 6-3 triumph. Freshman Austin Abbrat earned his first clinch victory of the day, besting Georgije Babic on court four, 6-2, 6-3.

Following the conclusion of the Virginia 4-2 victory over Cal the Aggies hit the courts again. Facing off against the Broncos, Carlos Aguilar and Abbrat claimed a 6-0 doubles win on the top court. Following that result the rain returned and a delay of just over an hour ensued, after the resumption of play Valentin Vacherot and Jack Pulliam clinched the doubles point with a 7-5 win on court three.

The two teams split first sets across the six singles matches, but the Aggies piled up the momentum as No. 50 Smith defeated Jack Randall 6-4, 6-2 on court three. WMU inched back into the match with a 6-3, 6-4 win by Peter Kuszynski on court four over Schachter. No. 89 Aguilar topped Lenhard Haupt 6-2, 7-5 on court two to push the home team's advantage to 3-1. Abbrat collected his second clinch win of the day as he defeated Kennosuke Nouchi 7-6(4), 6-4 on court five.

Admission to tennis this season is free for all fans, but fans wishing to be a part of the Stadium Club can visit https://www.12thmanfoundation.com/tickets/tennis/index.html to secure their place for the upcoming men's and women's tennis season. Fans unable to make it the Mitchell Tennis Center can follow live scoring at tamustats.com or watch live video at 12thman.com/livetennis.

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.

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The Aggies hit the road next weekend as they travel to Dallas to take on Texas Tech at the SMU Tennis Complex before heading to South Bend, Ind. To take on No. 17 Notre Dame.

Tennis Match Results
UT Rio Grande Valley vs Texas A&M
1/26/19 at College Station, TX
(George P Mitchell Tennis Center)

#9 Texas A&M 4, UT Rio Grande Valley 0

Singles competition
1. Guido Marson (TAMU) vs. Yehonatan Kaufman (UTRGV) 6-1, 0-5, unfinished
2. Noah Schachter (TAMU) def. S. de Felipe Garcia (UTRGV) 6-1, 6-3
3. Alex Vedri (TAMU) vs. Clement Sarradin (UTRGV) 6-3, 3-2, unfinished
4. Austin Abbrat (TAMU) def. Georgije Babic (UTRGV) 6-2, 6-3
5. Pranav Kumar (TAMU) def. George Hutchings (UTRGV) 6-2, 6-0
6. Kevin Lam (TAMU) vs. Zane Kohrs (UTRGV) 6-3, 5-0, unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Valentin Vacherot/Jack Pulliam (TAMU) vs. Yehonatan Kaufman/George Hutchings (UTRGV) 1-4, unfinished
2. Barnaby Smith/Kevin Lam (TAMU) def. Mateo Schmit/Clement Sarradin (UTRGV) 6-1
3. Pranav Kumar/Alex Vedri (TAMU) def. S. de Felipe Garcia/Georgije Babic (UTRGV) 6-1

Match Notes:
UT Rio Grande Valley 1-2
Texas A&M 2-0; National ranking #9
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (5,2,4)

Tennis Match Results
Western Michigan vs Texas A&M
1/26/19 at College Station, TX
(George P. Mitchell Tennis Center)

#9 Texas A&M 4, Western Michigan 1

Singles competition
1. Valentin Vacherot (TAMU) vs. Jannik Opitz (WMU) 4-6, 6-3, 2-3, unfinished
2. #89 Juan Carlos Aguilar (TAMU) def. Lenhard Haupt (WMU) 6-2, 7-5
3. #50 Barnaby Smith (TAMU) def. Jack Randall (WMU) 6-4, 6-2
4. Peter Kuszynski (WMU) def. Noah Schachter (TAMU) 6-3, 6-4
5. Austin Abbrat (TAMU) def. Kennosuke Nouchi (WMU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
6. Alex Vedri (TAMU) vs. Matej Svjetlicic (WMU) 2-6, 6-0, 4-1, unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Austin Abbrat/Juan Carlos Aguilar (TAMU) def. Peter Kuszynski/Jack Randall (WMU) 6-0
2. Jannik Opitz/Lenhard Haupt (WMU) def. Barnaby Smith/Noah Schachter (TAMU) 6-4
3. Valentin Vacherot/Jack Pulliam (TAMU) def. Kennosuke Nouchi/Nick Schnobel (WMU) 7-5

Match Notes:
Western Michigan 2-2
Texas A&M 3-0; National ranking #9
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (3,4,2,6)