Eagle Staff Reports
TENNIS
Aggie men win at Tulsa: TULSA, Okla. -- Freshman Alberto Bautista led the 17th-ranked Texas A&M men's tennis team to a 4-3 victory over No. 31 Tulsa on Sunday afternoon at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.
Bautista, who improved his singles record to a team-leading 5-1, defeated Tulsa's Grant Ive in three sets, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, at the No. 5 line to clinch the win for the Aggies (4-2). A&M won four of the six singles matches after dropping the doubles point to the Golden Hurricane (6-3).
Junior All-American Austin Krajicek tied the match at 1-1 with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Tulsa's Philip Stephens, improving to 5-0 in dual match play. He was followed by sophomore Alexis Klegou, who put Alastair Barnes away in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, at the No. 3 line. Sophomore Colin Hoover topped Tristan Jackson, 7-5, 6-3, at No. 6.
The Aggies have a week off before playing host to Wisconsin and Laredo Community College in a doubleheader Feb. 21.
Texas A&M 4, Tulsa 3
Sunday at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Okla.
SINGLES
No. 1 - Austin Krajicek (A&M) def. Philip Stephens (Tulsa), 6-3, 6-0.
No. 2 - Ashley Watling (Tulsa) def. Jeff Dadamo (A&M), 7-5, 6-2.
No. 3 - Alexis Klegou (A&M) def. Alastair Barnes (Tulsa), 6-2, 6-2.
No. 4 - Marko Ballok (Tulsa) def. Alexey Grigorov (A&M), 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (4).
No. 5 - Alberto Bautista (A&M) def. Grant Ive (Tulsa), 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
No. 6 - Colin Hoover (A&M) def. Tristan Jackson (Tulsa), 7-5, 6-3.
DOUBLES
No. 1 - Stephens-Watling (Tulsa) def. (18) Dadamo-Krajicek (A&M), 8-4.
No. 2 - Ballok-Barnes (Tulsa) def. Angus-Klegou (A&M), 8-6.
No. 3 - Grigorov-Lunt (A&M) def. Ive-Turpin (Tulsa), 8-5.
ORDER OF FINISH
Singles: 1, 3, 2, 6, 5*, 4
Doubles: 3, 1, 2
*
A&M women hammer LSU: BATON ROUGE, La. -- The Texas A&M women's tennis team swept the doubles matches and won four singles matches in straight sets en route to its first victory of the season, a 6-1 triumph over LSU on Sunday at W.T. "Dub" Robinson Stadium.
A&M (1-2) took an early lead as Sheri Olivier and Nazari Urbina defeated Hannah Robinson and Ebie Wilson 8-2 at the No. 3 line. Stephanie Davidson and Morgan Frank also cruised to an 8-2 win, defeating Kaitlin Burns and Nicole Kantor at the No. 2 line to clinch the doubles point.
Christi Liles and Elzé Potgieter came from behind to win at the No. 1 line and complete the sweep against LSU's Keri Frankenberger and Whitney Wolf.
A&M quickly took control in singles. Frank took only an hour to dispose of Frankenberger 6-0, 6-3 at No. 2 to give the Aggies a 2-0 lead.
Olivier put A&M ahead 3-0 with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Robinson at the No. 5 line, and Urbina clinched the winning point with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Kantor at No. 3.
The Aggies off until Feb. 19, when they'll begin a three-day, three-match stretch in Las Vegas against San Diego. A&M will also face Fresno State and UNLV in that event.
Texas A&M 6, LSU 1
Sunday at W.T. "Dub" Robinson Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.
Singles
No. 1 -- Elzé Potgieter (A&M) def. (#120) Whitney Wolf (LSU), 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 -- Morgan Frank (A&M) def. Keri Frankenberger (LSU), 6-0, 6-3
No. 3 -- Nazari Urbina (A&M) def. Nicole Kantor (LSU), 6-1, 6-1
No. 4 -- Kaitlin Burns (LSU) def. Stephanie Davidson (A&M), 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (6)
No. 5 -- Sheri Olivier (A&M) def. Hannah Robinson (LSU), 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 -- Christi Liles (A&M) def. Ebie Wilson (LSU), 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (7)
Doubles (A&M wins the point)
No. 1 -- Christi Liles/Potgieter (A&M) def. Frankenberger/Wolf (LSU), 8-7 (1)
No. 2 -- Davidson/Frank (A&M) def. Burns/Kantor (LSU), 8-2
No. 3 -- Olivier/Urbina (A&M) def. Robinson/Wilson (LSU), 8-2
Order of finish
Doubles: 3, 2, 1
Singles: 2, 5, 3*, 1, 4, 6
*clinched match
-- Eagle staff reports
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