Aggies Drop Top 25 Tennis Match at Texas Tech

By: Texas A&M Sports Information

Posted: Sun 9:41 AM, Apr 08, 2012

LUBBOCK, Texas—A Top 25 matchup between the Aggies of Texas A&M (No. 25) and the Red Raiders of Texas Tech (No. 23) came down to the final match at No. 6 singles where Texas Tech’s Francisco Zambon outlasted Aggie freshman Jeremy Efferding to give the edge to Texas Tech, 4-3, at the McLeod Tennis Center in Lubbock late Saturday.

The Aggies fall to 12-10 on the year and 1-2 in Big 12 play while the Red Raiders are 13-6 on the year and 2-0 in the league and have won seven of their last nine matches.

The Aggies won the doubles point as Niall Angus and John Lewis battled for a 9-7 victory at No. 2 doubles and coupled with Colin Hoover and Alexis Klegou's 8-4 win at No. 3 doubles gave A&M the initial lead, 1-0.

A&M would extend the lead to 2-0 as Junior Ore continues his outstanding performance at No. 1 singles as he defeated No. 57 Gonzalo Escobar, 6-1, 6-2.

Tech would rally with three singles wins before Niall Angus outlasted Gabriel Wanderley, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 to tie the match at three points each.
At No.6 singles, freshman Efferding battled throughout forcing three sets but dropped the match, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 to Zambon.

The Aggies have a short turnaround as A&M hosts Notre Dame at 6 p.m. on Monday, Apr. 9 at the Mitchell Tennis Center on the Texas A&M campus.

Singles
#1-- Junior Ore (A&M) def. (57) Gonzalo Escobar (Tech)—6-1, 6-2
#2—(96) Raony Carvalho (Tech) def. (29) Alexis Klegou (A&M)—6-4, 6-2
#3—Rafael Garcia (Tech) def. Colin Hoover (A&M)—6-2, 4-6, 6-3
#4—Vitor Manzini (Tech) def. (103) John Lewis (A&M)—6-4, 6-4
#5—Niall Angus (A&M) def. Gabriel Wanderley (Tech)—3-6, 6-3, 7-6
#6— Francisco Zambon (Tech) def. Jeremy Efferding (A&M)-- 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
Doubles
#1—(28) Raony Carvalho/Gonzalo Escobar (Tech) def. (30) Jackson Withrow/Junior Ore (A&M)—8-4
#2—Niall Angus/John Lewis (A&M) def. Rafael Garcia/Vitor Manzini (Tech)—9-7
#3—Colin Hoover/Alexis Klegou (A&M) def. Gabriel Wanderley/Jeff Bryan (Tech)—8-4
Order of Finish: Doubles 1, 3, 2
Singles 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6
Season records: No. 23 Texas Tech (13-6, 2-0) No. 25 Texas A&M (12-10, 1-2)

Beede pitches Vanderbilt past Texas A&M, 3-0

We ask that the following Community Standards be followed:

Comments must not be profane or vulgar.

Comments must not use hate speech, racial slurs, or violent descriptions.

We encourage varying views to be shared. We do ask commenters to not personally attack other readers, groups, people featured in our stories, or other posters for disagreeing with their views.

Comments must not contain negative, comparative debates between community standards of cities or towns.

Comments must contribute to the discussion, flaming and/or trolling will not be tolerated.

Comments must be truthful and not intentionally falsified. Providing a source link is encouraged.

If you find that a comment violates the above rules, please use the flagging option located to the right of the comment to notify the moderators.
For a complete list of guidelines, please follow this link:
http://www.kbtx.com/home/misc/Online-Commenting-Policy-181579421.html