Mar 29, 2019
COLLEGE STATION – The No. 12 Texas A&M women's tennis team dropped a 4-0 match to No. 4 South Carolina Friday evening at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center. With the loss the Aggies fell to 18-4 on the year and 6-3 in SEC play while the Gamecocks improved to 13-3 overall and 8-1 against the league.
A&M dropped a tightly contested doubles point to open the match, falling on courts one and three. The Aggies earned the first doubles win of the night as No. 55 Renee McBryde and Katya Townsend defeated USC's Rachel Rohrabacher and Paige Cline 6-3 on court two. USC picked up wins on court three by Kennedy Wicker and Megan Davies followed by No. 1 Mia Horvit and Ingrid Gamarra Martins on court one to secure the match's first point.
The Aggies looked to take the momentum in the match as they claimed four first sets, but were unable to earn second-set victories to put themselves in position for the upset. No. 7 Gamarra Martins of South Carolina topped A&M's Townsend on court one followed by Davies win on court three over McBryde to make the score 3-0. Needing to sweep the remaining matches, the Aggies fought in third sets on a trio of courts before South Carolina clinched the win on court five by Silvia Chinellato over A&M's Riley McQuaid.