Aggies to Take on Mississippi State and ACU Sunday

Sunday, March 13

Bryan-College Station

1:00 PM

Texas A&M

Mississippi State

Mar 12, 2022 | Men's Tennis

By: Matt Callaway, Texas A&M Athletics Communications

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Texas A&M men's tennis team is set to host Mississippi State and Abilene Christian for a Sunday twin billing at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center. The Aggies (11-6, 2-0) and Bulldogs (11-5, 1-2) will square off at 1 p.m. (CT) before an in-state showdown with the Wildcats (4-9) at 6 p.m. (CT).

"We are very familiar with Mississippi State after playing them in the Round of 16 last season in Orlando," head coach Steve Denton said. "They have all but one player back from that squad. They always compete very well, have a blue collar mentality and a history of playing exceptional doubles. We will need to continue the momentum we played with yesterday in order to come out on top. Abilene Christian has really improved their program and are the toughest program we haves faced on a doubleheader day this spring. Our guys that play will be severely tested tomorrow night."

The Maroon & White return to action after picking up a 5-2 win against Vanderbilt and a 5-0 win versus Lamar on Friday at the Mitchell Tennis Center. The Aggies survived frigid and blustery conditions to overcome the Friday double dip. Against the Commodores, A&M claimed the doubles point and saw Noah Schachter, Guido Marson, Giulio Perego and Luke Casper earn singles victories. Against the Cardinals, A&M earned the doubles point and singles victories from Matthis Ross, Mathis Bondaz, Rahul Dhokia and Kenner Taylor.

TEXAS A&M RANKINGS UPDATE
A&M's Raphael Perot has won six of his last nine matches to move to No. 98 in the singles rankings. The sophomore stands at 3-2 against ranked foes this season including a win over then-No. 38 Alexandre Rotsaert of No. 8 Stanford at the ITA Indoor Team Championships.

Austin Abbrat and Noah Schachter continue to appear in the doubles rankings, the pair landed at No. 46 this week after posting a win against Issac Arevalo and Piotr Pawlak of Texas Tech. The Maroon & White duo have recorded a pair of ranked wins this season, highlighted by an 8-7 result against Finn Bass and Sven Lah of Baylor, currently ranked No. 19.

CHASING HISTORY
Head coach Steve Denton is on the precipice of breaking the all-time wins record for Texas A&M men's tennis. In his 16th season leading the Aggie program, Denton has accumulated 318 wins and needs one victory to pass Texas A&M Hall of Famer David Kent on the all-time ledger.

PROMOTIONS
Adidas t-shirts will be given to the first 50 fans to the Mississippi State match. Fans are encouraged to stop at the marketing table inside the entrance to the Mitchell Tennis Center, where fans can enter to win free Adidas merchandise, pick up roster cards and more. After select Aggie men's tennis match this season, student-athletes will be made available for autographs inside the front entrance to the facility. Be sure to stick around to meet and greet the Aggies.

Sunday's match against Mississippi State will feature the return of concessions to the Mitchell Tennis Center. Maui Wowi will be serving smoothies, in addition to other fan-favorite items on the second level of the facility towards the middle of the concourse. Fans are reminded that no outside food or beverages are permitted inside Texas A&M athletic facilities. All venues are cashless this season.

SCOUTING MISSISSIPPI STATE
Mississippi State picked up it's first SEC win on Friday in Baton Rouge against LSU behind the doubles point and singles wins by No. 25 Florian Broska, No. 81 Nemanja Malesevic and Alberto Colas. Broska paces the team with a 19-5 overall record and a 10-3 mark in dual matches. Malesevic' 11-3 dual record is the best on the team and he partners with Davide Tortora to lead the doubles charge at 10-3 and rank No. 65 in the latest doubles poll.

SCOUTING ACU
ACU heads to the Brazos Valley with a 4-9 mark on the year, dropping their most resent match last Saturday at the hands of UTSA. Prior to the setback against the Roadrunners, the Wildcats had won two straight, topping A&M-Corpus Christi and New Mexico State at the HEB Tournament of Champions in Corpus Christi.

FOLLOW THE ACTION
General admission seating on a first-come, first-served basis is free for all spectators and Texas A&M students in the second-level grandstand of the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center. Courtside seating is available for season ticket holders in the Springer Family Stadium Club.

Sunday's matches will be streamed on 12thman.com via Playsight. Fans are encouraged to click here to tune in. Additionally, live scoring for the Mississippi State match will be available here and here for ACU.

For any additional questions and more information on the amenities at the Mitchell Tennis Center, click the link here to be redirected to the Tennis Gameday Central page.

PARKING
Parking for Sunday's matches will be available to fans for $5 in Lot 100D and Lot 100E. Disabled parking is available in each lot. Fans and current students with an active Texas A&M parking permit are allowed free admission into both lots.

UP NEXT
The Aggies wraps up their 11-match home stand with a double header on Tuesday, March 15, against Prairie View A&M and No. 2 Ohio State at noon and 6 p.m. (CT), respectively.

FOLLOW THE AGGIES
Visit 12thMan.com for more information on Texas A&M men's tennis. Aggie fans can also keep up to date with the A&M men's tennis team on Facebook or on Twitter by following @AggieMTEN.