April 12, 2005

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - In a battle of Southland Conference unbeatens, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi men's tennis team remained atop of the standings with a commanding 7-0 win over Texas-Arlington at the HEB Tennis Center.

The loss drops the Mavericks to 9-9 overall and 4-1 in league action. The Islanders won their 12th consecutive SLC match, dating back to last season, and improved their overall season mark to 18-7 and 5-0 in the league.

Alberto Agis, playing at No. 4 singles, was the lone Maverick to win a set versus the Islanders. Agis fell to Andrey Kumantsov 6-1 before rebounding to take the second set, 6-2. Kumantsov used a 10-3 win in the super tie break to down Agis.

The Mavericks return to action April 13 at Tulsa.

TAMU-CC 7, UTA 0

Doubles
1. Blandin/Kumantsov (TAMUCC) def. Farquharson/Mattan (UTA) 8-2
2. Figueiredo/Bacaicoa (TAMUCC) def. Agis/Acosta (UTA) 8-3
3. Roman/Morant-Rivas (TAMUCC) def. Buksik/Vazquez (UTA) 8-5

Singles
1. Raul Morant-Rivas (TAMUCC) def. Sandy Farquharson (UTA) 6-2, 6-0
2. Jeremy Blandin (TAMUCC) def. Diego Mattar (UTA) 6-1, 6-3
3. Goncalo Figueiredo (TAMUCC) def. Niels Buksik (UTA) 6-3, 6-4
4. Andrey Kumantsov (TAMUCC) def. Alberto Agis (UTA) 6-1, 2-6, 10-3
5. Maxime Godin (TAMUCC) def. Ian Vazquez (UTA) 6-2, 6-2
6. Javier Bacaicoa (TAMUCC) def. Felipe Acosta (UTA) 6-3, 6-2

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