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Tokac Leads the Aggies at the Big 12-SEC Challenge
Oct 03, 2025 | Men's Tennis
WACO – The Texas A&M men's tennis team went 5-4 on the opening day of the Big 12-SEC Challenge at the Hurd Tennis Center Friday.
The Maroon & White started the day with doubles, picking up two wins. In his debut action as an Aggie, freshman Kriish Tyagi and his partner senior Ethan Silva came back from a 3-0 deficit in the tiebreaker to clinch their match against Arman Zamani and Calvin Baierl of Baylor, 8-7 (5). Senior Togan Tokac and redshirt sophomore Ritesh Patil claimed a win against fellow SEC due Lucas Marionneau and Mariano Dedura-Palomer from Texas, 8-5.
The Aggies split even in singles, going 3-3 on the day. Junior Lathan Skrobarcek only dropped two games against Thiago Guglieri from Texas Tech, 6-2, 6-0. Tokac took down Matthias Uwe Kask of Arizona State in straight-sets, 6-3, 6-2. Sophomore Alex Frusina rounded out the singles wins with a victory over Arizona's Glib Sekachov 6-3, 7-6 (4).
Action continues tomorrow with doubles matches starting at 9 a.m. followed by singles.
Friday Doubles Results
Patil/Tokac (TAMU) def. Marionneau/Dedure-Palomero (UT) 8-5
Silva/Tyagi (TAMU) def. Zamani/Baierl (BU) 8-7 (5)
Braswell/Burnett (UT) def. Skrobarcek/Frusina (TAMU) 8-6
Friday Singles Results
Frusina (TAMU) def. Sekachov (ARIZ) 6-3, 7-6 (4)
Tokac (TAMU) def. Kask (ARIZ) 6-3, 6-2
Skrobarcek (TAMU) def. Guglieri (TT) 6-2, 6-0
Matsuoka (ASU) def. Tyagi (TAMU) 6-4, 6-3
Soyler (ARIZ) def. Silva (TAMU) 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3
Arcila (ARIZ) def. Patil (TAMU) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
The Maroon & White started the day with doubles, picking up two wins. In his debut action as an Aggie, freshman Kriish Tyagi and his partner senior Ethan Silva came back from a 3-0 deficit in the tiebreaker to clinch their match against Arman Zamani and Calvin Baierl of Baylor, 8-7 (5). Senior Togan Tokac and redshirt sophomore Ritesh Patil claimed a win against fellow SEC due Lucas Marionneau and Mariano Dedura-Palomer from Texas, 8-5.
The Aggies split even in singles, going 3-3 on the day. Junior Lathan Skrobarcek only dropped two games against Thiago Guglieri from Texas Tech, 6-2, 6-0. Tokac took down Matthias Uwe Kask of Arizona State in straight-sets, 6-3, 6-2. Sophomore Alex Frusina rounded out the singles wins with a victory over Arizona's Glib Sekachov 6-3, 7-6 (4).
Action continues tomorrow with doubles matches starting at 9 a.m. followed by singles.
Friday Doubles Results
Patil/Tokac (TAMU) def. Marionneau/Dedure-Palomero (UT) 8-5
Silva/Tyagi (TAMU) def. Zamani/Baierl (BU) 8-7 (5)
Braswell/Burnett (UT) def. Skrobarcek/Frusina (TAMU) 8-6
Friday Singles Results
Frusina (TAMU) def. Sekachov (ARIZ) 6-3, 7-6 (4)
Tokac (TAMU) def. Kask (ARIZ) 6-3, 6-2
Skrobarcek (TAMU) def. Guglieri (TT) 6-2, 6-0
Matsuoka (ASU) def. Tyagi (TAMU) 6-4, 6-3
Soyler (ARIZ) def. Silva (TAMU) 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3
Arcila (ARIZ) def. Patil (TAMU) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
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