Arkansas drops road match at Texas A&M on Friday, 6-1

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Arkansas fell to Texas A&M here Friday night, 6-1, in the first road conference match of the season.

The Razorbacks return to the court Sunday at LSU, with first serve scheduled for noon.

The Aggies jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead with a pair of 6-1 victories on courts one and two in doubles. The lead would grow to 2-0 as the highest-ranked Aggie in No. 32 Valentin Vacherot def. Josh Howard-Tripp, 6-1, 6-0.

Texas A&M would clinch the match with consecutive two-set wins on courts four and one. Arkansas would secure a victory on court two as Adam Sanjurjo def. No. 62 Hady Habib in three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 1-0(10).

The Aggies would take the final two courts to secure a 6-1 final. Arkansas, now 2-3 in conference play, will return to action this Sunday in Baton Rouge to face LSU at 12 p.m.

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Doubles Results – Order of Finish (1-2)
1. No. 23 Juan Carlos Aguilar/Barnaby Smith (TAMU) def. Oscar Mesquida/Adam Sanjurjo (AR) 6-1
2. Hady Habib/Kevin Lam (TAMU) def. Maxim Verboven/Enrique Paya (AR) 6-1
3. Valentin Vacherot/Jack Pulliam (TAMU) vs. Alex Reco/Jose Alonso (AR) 4-4, unfinished

Singles Results – Order of Finish (3,4,1,2,6,5)
1. No. 77 Juan Carlos Aguilar (TAMU) def. Oscar Mesquida (AR) 6-2, 6-4
2. Adam Sanjurjo (AR) def. #62 Hady Habib (TAMU) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (12-10)
3. No. 32 Valentin Vacherot (TAMU) def. Josh Howard-Tripp (AR) 6-1, 6-0
4. No. 76 Barnaby Smith (TAMU) def. Alex Reco (AR) 6-2, 6-3
5. Noah Schachter (TAMU) def. Enrique Paya (AR) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
6. Austin Abbrat (TAMU) def. Pedro Alonso (AR) 6-4, 7-6 (7-0)