No. 7 Texas A&M Men’s Tennis Defeats No. 18 South Carolina to Win 14th Straight Match

Friday, March 29

Columbia, S.C.

3 p.m.

Texas A&M

South Carolina

Photo by: Sam Craft/Texas A&M Athletics

Mar 29, 2019 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

By: Texas A&M Athletics Communications

COLUMBIA, SC – The No. 7 Texas A&M men's tennis team won their 14th straight match and 21st straight regular season SEC match with a 5-2 triumph at No. 18 South Carolina Friday evening. The Aggies (17-3, 7-0) maintained a tie for the lead in the SEC standings with No. 2 Florida (15-2, 7-0) as the two teams face off Sunday in Gainesville.

"Tonight we got a really tough road win against a very good South Carolina team," Texas A&M head coach Steve Denton said. "Our guys were very focused from the start and showed a lot of maturity. We are very proud of the whole team with how they competed in a tough environment. We are starting to become a pretty good team."

In the current 13-match win streak the Aggies have gone 4-0 against Top-25 teams. During the streak A&M sophomore Barnaby Smith has gone 11-1 while Hady Habib has posted a 10-2 mark. Sophomore Carlos Aguilar and Smith have led the team with a quartet of ranked wins.

The Aggies opened the day capturing the doubles point for the fourth straight match. A&M's Aguilar and Smith, ranked No. 23 nationally, bested South Carolina's Paul Jubb and Raphael Lambling, ranked No. 63, 6-2 on court one. The Gamecocks earned a 6-4 win on court two by Joseph Brailovsky and Jake Beasley over A&M's Kevin Lam and Hady Habib. With the point being decided on court three, A&M's Noah Schachter and Valentin Vacherot were up to the task as they captured a 6-4 win over SC's Beau Pelletier and Daniel Rodrigues.

A&M picked up the first three singles wins in straight sets to clinch the road win. A&M's Smith, ranked No. 76, was the first off the court with a 6-1, 6-1 win on court four over Brailovsky. No. 32 Vacherot, an A&M junior, captured the third point of the match with a 6-3, 6-3 triumph over South Carolina's Lambling on court three. A&M's Habib, ranked No. 62, clinched the win with a 6-3, 6-4 win on court two over No. 93 Rodrigues, the clinch was the second of the season for Habib.

After the team match was decided South Carolina claimed a win on court one in straight sets and then the two teams split third set super-tiebreakers on courts five and six.

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Tennis Match Results
Texas A&M vs South Carolina
Mar 29, 2019 at Columbia, S.C.
(Carolina Tennis Center)

#7 Texas A&M 5, #18 South Carolina 2

Singles competition
1. #5 Paul Jubb (SC) def. #77 Juan Carlos Aguilar (TAMU) 6-3, 7-5
2. #62 Hady Habib (TAMU) def. #93 Daniel Rodrigues (SC) 6-3, 6-4
3. #32 Valentin Vacherot (TAMU) def. Raphael Lambling (SC) 6-3, 6-3
4. #76 Barnaby Smith (TAMU) def. Joseph Brailovsky (SC) 6-1, 6-1
5. Beau Pelletier (SC) def. Noah Schachter (TAMU) 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (10-2)
6. Austin Abbrat (TAMU) def. Thomas Brown (SC) 6-7 (9-11), 6-4, 1-0 (10-8)

Doubles competition
1. #23 Juan Carlos Aguilar/Barnaby Smith (TAMU) def. #63 Paul Jubb/Raphael Lambling (SC) 6-2
2. Joseph Brailovsky/Jake Beasley (SC) def. Kevin Lam/Hady Habib (TAMU) 6-4
3. Noah Schachter/Valentin Vacherot (TAMU) def. Beau Pelletier/Daniel Rodrigues (SC) 6-4

Match Notes:
Texas A&M 17-3, 7-0; National ranking #7
South Carolina 13-6, 3-5; National ranking #18
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (4,3,2,1,5,6)
Official: Lee Ward