Bensley wins two matches against ninth-ranked Texas A&M

Men's Tennis | 3/15/2015 7:58:00 PM

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Nationally ranked No. 9 Texas A&M defeated the Abilene Christian men's tennis team, 6-1, Sunday afternoon at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center to improve to 8-3 on the season.

The Aggies won all but two of their matches vs. the Wildcats (6-13) with both of those ACU victories earned by junior Marco Bensley. The native of Stellenbosch, South Africa first teamed with senior Guilherme Gesser at No. 3 doubles and prevented an A&M sweep by edging the team of Jett Cash and Jordi Arconada in a tiebreaker, 6-5 (9-7).

Bensley later won the last singles match of the day, holding on to defeat Max Montague, 6-3, 7-5, which lifted his season mark to 10-8.

Freshman Henry Adams also had a solid showing in singles and doubles despite going 0-2. His doubles match with partner Nico Agritelley was a close 6-4 decision, and his singles contest vs. Frankie Colunga was nearly pushed to a third set before the Aggie ultimately prevailed, 6-3, 7-5.

The Wildcats return to action Tuesday for dual vs. Monmouth at the T Bar M Racquet Club in Dallas. Later in the week they'll play host to a doubleheader Saturday vs. McMurry and College of the Southwest, starting at 9 a.m.

#9 Texas A&M 6, Abilene Christian 1
Mar 15, 2015 at College Station, TX (George P Mitchell Tennis Center)

Singles competition
1. #89 AJ Catanzariti (TAMU) def. Nico Agritelley (ACU) 6-0, 6-1
2. Jordi Arconada (TAMU) def. Jason Proctor (ACU) 6-4, 6-2
3. Frankie Colunga (TAMU) def. Henry Adams (ACU) 6-3, 7-5
4. Jordan Szabo (TAMU) def. Paul Domanski (ACU) 6-1, 6-2
5. Max Lunkin (TAMU) def. Guilherme Gesser (ACU) 6-1, 6-4
6. Marco Bensley (ACU) def. Max Montague (TAMU) 6-3, 7-5

Doubles competition
1. #26 Jeremy Efferding/Jordan Szabo (TAMU) def. Jason Proctor/Paul Domanski (ACU) 6-0
2. AJ Catanzariti/Arthur Rinderknech (TAMU) def. Nico Agritelley/Henry Adams (ACU) 6-4
3. Marco Bensley/Guilherme Gesser (ACU) def. Jett Cash/Jordi Arconada (TAMU) 6-5 (9-7)

Match Notes
Abilene Christian 6-13, 1-1
Texas A&M 8-3, 4-1; National ranking #9
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (1,4,5,2,3,6)
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