FORT WORTH – Texas A&M men’s tennis’ Ilia Snitari earned his spot at the NCAA Singles Championships after a come-from-behind victory in the ITA Texas Regional Semifinals Monday morning at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
Snitari becomes the second Aggie to punch his ticket to the singles championships, joining teammate Theo Papamalamis who earned his spot at the ITA All-American Championships.
The senior faced Baylor’s No. 94 Erik Schiessl in the semifinals for a spot at the national championships. Snitari dropped the opening frame, 6-3, but came racing back with a 6-3 victory of his own. In the deciding third set that went the distance, the Kishinev, Moldova, native outlasted his opponent in a 7-6(5) tiebreaker to earn the win.