No. 11 Men’s Tennis Travels to Ann Arbor for ITA Kick Off Weekend
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The No. 11 Texas A&M men’s tennis is established to choose on No. 21 Pepperdine in the initial round of the ITA Kick Off Weekend at the Varsity Tennis Centre Saturday at 1 p.m. (CT) hosted by the College of Michigan. No. 4 Michigan will choose on No. 15 Baylor subsequent A&M’s match, Saturday’s winners will encounter off on Sunday for a spot in the ITA Indoor Group Championships subsequent thirty day period in Stillwater, Okla.
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“Kick Off Weekend is usually an remarkable time and particularly this 12 months as we are on the highway from three potential major-10 groups,” head mentor Steve Denton said. “In the past several decades we have hosted outside in Aggieland and this has a a lot different feel to it. If we progress as a result of this region, we will be much much more geared up and assured for indoor tennis at the remaining site. The troubles on the road are often an prospect.”
Texas A&M is 4-9 all-time versus Pepperdine, slipping 4-3 in the most current matchup between the two courses in 2011. The Aggies are 8-5 towards the Wolverines and 28-22 towards the Bears.
The Aggies entered the spring year with 5 college student-athletes ranked in the singles poll and a solitary rated doubles crew. No. 4 Valentin Vacherot potential customers the demand for the Maroon & White with No. 13 Hady Habib, No. 33 Carlos Aguilar, No. 110 Barnaby Smith and No. 116 Noah Schachter rounding out the ranked Aggies. Aguilar and Bjorn Thomson open up the time at No. 48 in the doubles rankings, Thomson is in his very first season in Aggieland just after graduating from Texas Tech final period.
The Maroon & White opened the twin period with a difficult-fought 4-3 acquire at No. 17 Ole Miss out on on Tuesday. Aguilar and Thomson picked up their greatest rated gain as a duo, topping No. 7 Tim Sandkaulen and Finn Reynolds to clinch the initially position of the match. Following earning the doubles point, A&M claimed wins by Vacherot, Habib and Smith to secure the indoor victory.
Adhering to the Kick Off Weekend, A&M stays on the road with a doubleheader in opposition to Tulsa and Louisiana at the SMU Tennis Elaborate on Feb. 6.