Arkansas Upsets No. 21 Aggies in SEC Tourney Opening Match

ATHENS, Ga. – Razorback Males’s Tennis is transferring on to the second spherical of the SEC Match. The Eleventh-seeded Hogs took on the sixth-seeded and No. 21 general Texas A&M Aggies on Thursday, and Arkansas dealt with A&M, successful 4-1.

“I believed we performed like we’ve been enjoying for a while,” Arkansas Head Coach Andy Jackson stated, “very exhausting, very powerful and we performed a superb staff. This one we bought. We’ve misplaced a pair that we performed very nicely, and we performed very nicely and bought this one. I’m actually happy with the staff.”

The Hogs seemed sharp from the beginning, claiming two out of three doubles units to clinch the doubles level. No. 83 ranked Alex Reco/Nico Rousset proved why they entered the rankings this week with a 6-3 win over No. 14 Noah Schachter/Kenner Taylor. Then, it was Hunter Harrison and Jake Sweeney who prevailed on courtroom three with a 6-4 win to get Arkansas on the board with the doubles level.

Arkansas continued the development in singles, taking 4 out of six first units. Razorbacks Adrien Burdet, Aleksa Bucan and Oscar Pinto all completed the job in straight units, clinching the match at 4-1 and reserving Arkansas’ spot within the quarterfinals.

Reco earned a hard-fought first set over Schachter, 7-5, The match was halted when Pinto clinched his match on courtroom three.

“For me, it went fairly nicely. I performed an excellent match,” Reco stated. “I didn’t get to complete my match, however I’m simply happy with the entire staff, superb for us.”

Jackson knew it was an vital win for his squad.

“We have a look at it like we knew if we gained, then we’ve got a superb likelihood to get within the NCAA, but when we lose, we’re out,” Jackson stated. “We simply thought, it’s a event match prefer it at all times is. You win, otherwise you go house. Now, we get to play one other event, the SEC event, towards an incredible Kentucky staff that we’re actually excited to have an opportunity to compete towards.”

Arkansas fell in a good match to Kentucky earlier this yr, 4-3, and could have an opportunity to avenge that loss on Friday.

“We’re very excited to play Kentucky once more,” Reco stated.