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Texas A&M Men’s Tennis Continues Play at ITA All-American

TULSA, Okla. – Texas A&M men's tennis continued play at the 2019 ITA All-American Championships at the Case Tennis Center on the campus of Tulsa University on Saturday.

TULSA, Okla. – Texas A&M men's tennis continued play at the 2019 ITA All-American Championships at the Case Tennis Center on the campus of Tulsa University on Saturday.
 
In the prequalifying draw, A&M's Austin Abbrat fell in the second round to Christopher Edge of Mid Tennessee State and Guido Marson was tripped up by Andrew Zhang of Duke. In the third round, A&M's Pierce Rollins suffered a setback to Makey Rakotomalala of Arizona State.
 
On Monday, the Aggies will be represented by No. 78 Barnaby Smith and Noah Schachter in the qualifying singles draw. Smith will take on No. 118 Tim Ruehl of Arizona State and Schachter will oppose No. 90 Stepan Holis of New Mexico.
 
In the doubles draw, A&M's Pranav Kumar and Hady Habib will challenge No. 43 David Goulak and Ivan Thamma of UC Davis while Stefan Storch and Rollins will take on Tadas Babelis and Yannai Barkai of NC State.
 
The tournament's singles pre-qualifying draw concluded on Sunday with qualifying play set to begin on Monday. The main draw opens Oct. 9 and concludes with the singles and doubles finals on Oct. 13.
 
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2019 ITA Men's All-American Championships
Tulsa, Okla. – Case Tennis Center
Singles
Pre-Qualifying
First Round
Pierce Rollins (TAMU) def. Alex Reco (Ark) 7-6(2), 6-2
Pranav Kumar (TAMU) def. Tom Kruse (UMKC) 6-2, 6-2
Ross Watson (Pacific) def. Stefan Storch (TAMU) 7-6(3), 6-3
Austin Abbrat (TAMU) def. Marcello Moreira (ORU) 6-1, 6-3
Guido Marson (TAMU) def. Vikash Singh (Ind) 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
Second Round
Sebastian Rodriguez (UTSA) def. Pranav Kumar (TAMU) 6-4, 6-4
Pierce Rollins (TAMU) def. Rafael Izquierdo Luque (NC St) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
Christopher Edge (MTSU) def. Austin Abbrat (TAMU) 6-3, 6-2
Andrew Zhang (Duke) def. Guido Marson (TAMU) 6-3, 7-6
Third Round
Makey Rakotomalala (ASU) def. Pierce Rollins (TAMU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
Qualifying
First Round
No. 72 Barnaby Smith (TAMU) vs. No. 118 Tim Ruehl (AZ State)
Noah Schachter (TAMU) vs. No. 90 Stepan Holis (UNM)
Doubles
Qualifying
First Round
Pranav Kumar / Hady Habib (TAMU) vs. No. 43 David Goulak / Ivan Thamma (UCD)
Stefan Storch / Pierce Rollins (TAMU) vs. Tadas Babelis / Yannai Barkai (NC St)