College Station, Texas --- The No. 71 Nebraska men's tennis team dropped a tightly contested match to No. 13 Texas A&M, 5-2, Saturday at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center. With the loss, Nebraska fell to 9-12 on the year and 0-5 in the Big 12 Conference, while the Aggies improved to 13-6 overall and 4-1 in league action. A&M opened the match by winning the doubles point, as only NU's No. 3 tandem of James Clow and Adrian Szatmary pulled out a victory. Clow and Szatmary won their second straight conference match and improved to 7-2 on the season with a 9-7 victory over Matt Bain and Jerry Makowski. Makowski, who is ranked 23rd in the country in singles play, came back to pick up one of the Aggies' three straight-set singles wins and clinched the team victory. Makowski downed Adrian Szatmary, 6-2, 7-5, at the No. 2 position, while NU's Jerry Posch and Sean Coetzee also fell in straight sets at the Nos. 1 and 6 slots, respectively. Nebraska picked up its points at the Nos. 3 and 5 positions, with James Clow and Joerg Barthel both coming from a set down to win three-set thrillers. Clow rallied past Brett Joelson, 4-6, 7-6, 1-0, for the win while Barthel came back from a disappointing first-set loss, 1-6, to take the final two, 7-6, 1-0. Jose Rivera also went to the third set for the Huskers but was on the other end of a comeback, as No. 105 Bryan Wooten rallied for a 5-7, 6-3, 1-0, win at the No. 4 slot. The Huskers stay in Texas to round out the weekend's action when they take on the No. 39 Texas Longhorns on Sunday at 1 p.m. in Austin, Texas. Nebraska finishes the regular season at home against Texas Tech on April 22. No. 13 Texas A&M 5, No. 71 Nebraska 2 George P. Mitchell Tennis Center --- College Statoin, Texas Singles No. 1 No. 94 Ante Matijevic (A&M) def. Jerry Posch (NU), 6-4, 7-5 No. 2 No. 23 Jerry Makowski (A&M) def. Adrian Szatmary (NU), 6-2, 7-5 No. 3 James Clow (NU) def. Brett Joelson (A&M), 4-6, 7-6, 1-0 No. 4 No. 105 Bryan Wooten (A&M) def. Jose Rivera (NU), 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 No. 5 Joerg Barthel (NU) def. Matt Bain (A&M), 1-6, 7-6, 1-0 No. 6 Mohamed Dakki (A&M) def. Sean Coetzee (NU), 6-2, 6-3 Order of finish: 1, 6, 2, 3, 4, 5 Doubles No. 1 No. 20 Brett Joelson/Ante Matijevic (A&M) def. Jerry Posch/Joel Reckewey (NU), 8-4 No. 2 Zack Malmgren/Bryan Wooten (A&M) def. Joerg Barthel/Jose Rivera (NU), 8-6 No. 3 James Clow/Adrian Szatmary (NU) def. Matt Bain/Jerry Makowski (A&M), 9-7
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