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GOLF
Elvira's 67 leads Aggies: WAHIAWA, Hawaii -- Texas A&M sophomore Nacho Elvira fired a 5-under 67 on Wednesday to lead 25th-ranked Texas A&M to a tie for ninth place after the opening round of the John A. Burns Intercollegiate at Leilehua Golf Course.
A&M is 10 shots back of leader Arizona, which is at 12-under 276 heading into Thursday's second round of the 54-hole event.
Arizona's Tarquin Macmanus shot 8-under 64 for the medalist lead.
Other A&M team scores were Bronson Burgoon 70, Geoff Shaw 74, Andrea Pavan 75 and Conrad Shindler 76. A&M's Matt Van Zandt, competing as a medalist, shot 69.
SWIMMING & DIVING
Patrick earns Big 12 weekly honor: Texas A&M sophomore Jaele Patrick has been named Big 12 Diver of the Week for the second time.
Patrick set the A&M school record on the 1-meter springboard with 320.25 points and won the 3-meter springboard event (323.05) in Tallahassee, Fla., against No. 6 Auburn and Florida State.
TENNIS
A&M men nip TCU: FORT WORTH -- The 14th-ranked Texas A&M men's tennis team won four singles matches to edge Texas Christian 4-3 in non-conference action Wednesday night at the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center.
A&M (3-2) dropped the doubles point but came back strong in the six singles matches to defeat TCU (1-4) for the third straight time.
A&M's Conor Pollock and Austin Krajicek had straight-set victories at Nos. 1 and 2 singles, respectively.
Marcus Lunt at No. 4 singles and Colin Hoover at No. 6 singles also had straight-set victories for the Aggies.
"Our guys fought hard and played really well tonight," Texas A&M head coach Steve Denton said. "I was very proud of this team and pleased with how well they responded in singles. Conor and Austin played solid and won a fairly comfortable first set in singles. They did not allow their opponents a momentum change and were able to sustain their matches. They put up some points and quickly responded for us."
Despite losing the doubles point, Pollock and Krajicek picked up their sixth straight victory at No. 1 doubles. It was Pollock's 50th career dual doubles match victory.
Texas A&M 4, TCU 3
SINGLES
No. 12 Conor Pollock, A&M, def. No. 93 Emanu Brighiu, 6-3, 6-2; No. 46 Austin Krajicek, A&M, def. Slah Mbarek, 6-3, 6-2; No. 97 Kriegler Brink, TCU, def. No. 8 Wil Spence, 6-2, 6-3; Marcus Lunt, A&M, def. Adrian Simon, 7-5, 6-0; Zach Nichols, TCU, def. Austin Klores, 6-4, 6-3; Colin Hoover, A&M, def. Casey Powers, 6-2, 6-2.
DOUBLES (TCU wins point)
No. 34 Krajicek-Pollock, A&M, def. No. 12 Brighiu-Simon, 8-5; Brink-Mbarek, TCU, def. Lunt-Spencer, 8-5; Christopher Price-Nichols, TCU, def. Hoover-Klores, 9-7.
Order of finish: D2, D1, D3, S3, S1, S2, S4, S6*, S5 (*clinched match)
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