BEAUMONT – The ACU men's tennis season came to an end Saturday morning with a 4-2 loss to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in the semifinal round of the Southland Conference Postseason Tournament at the Beaumont Tennis Center.
The Wildcats complete the season at 14-11 overall, while the Islanders move into Sunday's 10 a.m. championship match against No. 4 seed Lamar, which upset league regular season champion and No. 1 seed Incarnate Word, 4-2.
The Islanders won the doubles point with their top two teams each winning their matches, giving Corpus Christi a 1-0 lead going into singles play. The Wildcats grabbed a 2-1 lead with wins at No. 2 singles (
Jonathan Sheehy over William Mottet) and No. 1 singles (
Josh Sheehy over Francois Kellerman) before Corpus Christi ran off three straight wins at No. 3 singles (Carlos Pedrosa over
Henry Adams), No. 5 singles (Okkie Kellerman over Paul M Domanski) and No. 4 singles (Thomas Rodrigues over Nike Moceanu) in the clinching match.
Corpus Christi 4, Abilene Christian 2
1.
Josh Sheehy (ACU) def. Francois Kellerman (AMCC) 6-1, 6-3?
2.
Jonathan Sheehy (ACU) def. William Mottet (AMCC) 6-3, 6-2
3. Carlos Pedrosa (AMCC) def.
Henry Adams (ACU) 6-1, 6-3
4. Thomas Rodrigues (AMCC) def. Niko Moceanu (ACU) 6-3, 7-6 (7-1)
5. Okkie Kellerman (AMCC) def. Paul M.Domanski (ACU) 6-3, 7-5
6. Kyohei Yamanaka (AMCC) vs.
Hunter Holman (ACU) 7-6 (7-5), 1-2, unfinished
Order of finish – 2,1,3,5,4
1. Francois Kellerman/Okkie Kellerman (AMCC) def.
Jonathan Sheehy/
Josh Sheehy (ACU) 6-1
2. William Mottet/Thomas Rodrigues (AMCC) def.
Henry Adams/
Brad Gleason (ACU) 6-3?
3. Paul M.Domanski/
Hunter Holman (ACU) def. Biyik Akinshemoyin/David Ambrozic (AMCC) 4-3
Order of finish – 1,2
Match Notes
Time – 2:01
Attendance – 279
