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Sunday Men’s Recap: Wake Wins ACC; Baylor The Beast of the Big 12; Mississippi State Repeats; South Florida & Middle Tennessee Pull Off Surprises

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Championship Sunday brought us several good matches with some decided in third set tiebreaks while others weren’t as close as we thought they’d be. The two matches pitting the highest ranked teams took place in Cary (NC) as No. 4 Wake Forest met No. 5 Virginia while No. 2 Texas and No. 8 Baylor rumbled in Lawrence (KS). 

Wake and Virginia split regular season meetings with each winning at home so Sunday’s rubber match was expected to be close. The doubles portion of the dual was definitely close however many of the singles matches had lopsided finals. Wake wrapped up No. 2 doubles with a 6-3 win and they served for the match at No. 3 up 6-5 however Virginia would break back and Gianni Ross and William Woodall would go on to win the tiebreak 7-3. The decider at No. 1 doubles also went to a tiebreak with UVA’s Brandon Nakashima and Henrik Wiersholm jumping out to a 4-1 lead en route to winning it 7-5. 

Wake fought back in singles and claimed four opening sets of which they’d ultimately close them all out in straight sets.

Virginia’s Aswin Lizen put the Hoos up 2-0 with a 6-4, 6-0 win at No. 6 but Wake followed suit with fairly quick wins by Melios Efstathiou (6-3, 6-1) at No. 5, Rrezart Cungu (6-2, 6-2) at No. 4, and Borna Gojo (6-4, 6-2) at No. 1. 

Wake had a 3-2 lead but Virginia’s Brandon Nakashima was closing in on a win at No. 2 leading Wake’s Petros Chrysochos 7-6, 5-1 while Henrik Wiersholm was nearing a split at No. 3 after taking a 5-1 lead in the second set tiebreak against Bar Botzer. However both Chrysochos and Botzer would fight back with Chrysochos winning five straight games to take a 6-5 lead while Botzer took seven of the next eight points to close out Wiersholm 7-5, 7-6(6) to clinch the championship. 

“Congratulations to Wake Forest on winning the ACC championship,” said head coach Andres Pedroso. “Our guys left everything on the court today, as always. Wake Forest was just a little better today, and deserve this. Now it is back to work for us to get ready for the NCAA’s.

#4 Wake Forest 4, #5 Virginia 2
Apr 21, 2019 at Cary, NC — Cary Tennis Park
Singles Competition
1. #14 Borna Gojo (WF) def. #5 Carl Soderlund (VA) 6-4, 6-2
2. #82 Brandon Nakashima (VA) vs. #4 Petros Chrysochos (WF) 7-6 (3), 5-6, unfinished
3. #34 Bar Botzer (WF) def. Henrik Wiersholm (VA) 7-5, 7-6 (8-6)
4. Rrezart Cungu (WF) def. Gianni Ross (VA) 6-2, 6-2
5. #95 Melios Efstathiou (WF) def. Ryan Goetz (VA) 6-3, 6-1
6. Aswin Lizen (VA) def. Siddhant Banthia (WF) 6-4, 6-0
Doubles Competition
1. #37 Brandon Nakashima and Henrik Wiersholm (VA) def. #64 Alan Gadjiev and Borna Gojo (WF) 7-6 (7-5)
2. #41 Bar Botzer and Petros Chrysochos (WF) def. Matthew Lord and Carl Soderlund (VA) 6-3
3. Gianni Ross and William Woodall (VA) def. Siddhant Banthia and Melios Efstathiou (WF) 7-6 (7-3)
Match Notes
Virginia 21-4
Wake Forest 29-3
Order of finish: Singles — 6 5 1 4 3 ; Doubles — 2 3 1
Start Time: 10:04 am

 

The Big 12 Championship was played in Lawrence which meant that big time men’s tennis returned for the first time since Kansas dropped the program 2001. Texas won the regular season meeting over Baylor in Austin 4-3 but they’d find themselves playing from behind on Sunday after Baylor won the doubles point and claimed four opening sets in singles. 

Harrison Scott tied the match at 1-1 with a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 4 but Baylor retook the lead with a 6-4, 7-6(3) win by Sven Lah at No. 5. Matias Soto made it 3-1 Bears after handing Yuya Ito just his third dual-match loss of the year, second this week, with a 7-5, 7-6(4) win. 

Texas had leads at both No. 1 and No. 6 but it wouldn’t matter because Adrian Boitan would shut the door and close out Leo Telles 7-5, 6-4 at No. 3.

Baylor head coach Brian Boland on the win
“Congratulations to Texas. They have had a great season. They will certainly be ready for the NCAA’s just like we will. The Big 12 is one of, if not the strongest conference in the country. Everybody can play. We knew that today we were going to come out and have a battle. I am just proud of our guys. They definitely deserve this championship. These players have embraced everything we have asked of them, and I could not be more proud of them; in particular the three seniors who have done so much for our program. This is their first Big 12 Championship title and I am just happy for them. Certainly, it is nice to see our freshman come through for us in the end. That guy (Adrian Boitan) is a warrior and it was well deserving that he finished the match.”

Freshman Adrian Boitan on clinching the match
“This has been the best year of my life coming here at Baylor, playing in college. We are the most prepared team in the country and it showed today. I went into the last shot with no regrets and it was amazing clinching the win for us.”

“It’s disappointing not to be able to win the last match of the season after such a fantastic season for the guys,” interim head coach Bruce Berque said. “I’m proud of the way they competed on every court, and we were tough to put away today. The doubles point was pivotal as it often is when two top-10 teams match up. We just didn’t execute as well as Baylor did in key moments, but I’m definitely proud of the way the team has played all year long and hopefully this will make them even hungrier for that NCAA tournament.”

#8 Baylor 4, #2 Texas 1
4/21/2019 at Lawrence, Kan. (Jayhawk Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #9 Christian Sigsgaard (UT) vs. #27 Johannes Schretter (BU) 2-6, 6-4, 4-3, unfinished
2. #49 Matias Soto (BU) def. #7 Yuya Ito (UT) 7-5, 7-6 (7-4)
3. #111 Adrian Boitan (BU) def. #73 Leonardo Telles (UT) 7-5, 6-4
4. #53 Harrison Scott (UT) def. #76 Will Little (BU) 6-4, 6-2
5. Sven Lah (BU) def. Colin Markes (UT) 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
6. Rodrigo Banzer (UT) vs. Kyrylo Tsygura (BU) 7-6 (7-5), 4-5, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. #6 Harrison Scott/Christian Sigsgaard (UT) def. #1 Sven Lah/Jimmy Bendeck (BU) 6-0
2. Matias Soto/Will Little (BU) def. Colin Markes/Leonardo Telles (UT) 6-4
3. Johannes Schretter/Constantin Frantzen (BU) def. Chih Chi Huang/Yuya Ito (UT) 6-2
Match Notes:
Baylor 22-4; National ranking #8
Texas 23-3; National ranking #2
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (4,5,2,3)
2019 Big 12 Conference Men’s Tennis Championship Final
T-2:42

 

Mississippi State repeated as SEC Champions with a 4-1 win over surprise finalist Tennessee. The Bulldogs cruised through doubles with 6-2 wins at No. 2 and No. 3 and then they added four first sets in singles. 

Tennessee got on the board with a 6-3, 6-2 win by Andrew Rogers at No. 6 but MSU added a 6-4, 6-3 win from Trevor Foshey at No. 5 and a 6-3, 7-5 win by Strahinja Rakic at No. 3. 

MSU senior Nuno Borges would get the clincher at No. 1 after coming back from a set down to defeat Timo Stodder 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. 

 

“I’m just really proud of the guys and how they came together,” head coach Matt Roberts said. “We’ve said all year long, it’s about the root and not the fruit, and we stayed focused on that. We live in the moment, we try to get better every week and trust the process. Going into this week, we were really committed to the root. That’s our culture, and it paid off today.”

“We’re proud of the guys,” assistant coach James McKie said. “Mississippi State played really well and earned the title today. We’re right there, we’re doing big things as a team and individuals are getting better each week.”

#3 Mississippi State 4, #13 Tennessee 1
4/21/2019 at Gainesville, Fla. (Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex)
Singles competition
1. #3 Nuno Borges (MSU) def. #28 Timo Stodder (UT) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
2. #61 Giovanni Oradini (MSU) vs. #71 Adam Walton (UT) 6-4, 4-5, unfinished
3. Strahinja Rakic (MSU) def. Scott Jones (UT) 6-3, 7-5
4. Niclas Braun (MSU) vs. Luca Wiedenmann (UT) 7-6 (7-3), 2-1, unfinished
5. Trevor Foshey (MSU) def. Martim Prata (UT) 6-4, 6-3
6. Andrew Rogers (UT) def. Florian Broska (MSU) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. #3 Nuno Borges/Strahinja Rakic (MSU) vs. #10 Timo Stodder/Preston Touliatos (UT) 4-4, unfinished
2. #20 Giovanni Oradini/Niclas Braun (MSU) def. Pat Harper/Andrew Rogers (UT) 6-2
3. Gregor Ramskogler/Trevor Foshey (MSU) def. Scott Jones/Adam Walton (UT) 6-2
Match Notes:
Tennessee 20-7; National ranking #13
Mississippi State 22-3; National ranking #3
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (6,5,3,1)
SEC Championship Match
2019 SEC Tournament Champions – #2 Mississippi State

 

One year ago South Florida finished a tough season with a 10-16 record but on Sunday afternoon they were headed back to the NCAA Tournament after winning the American Conference Championship for the fifth time in the last six years after defeating top seed UCF 4-3. Just one week earlier UCF rolled over USF 4-0 but on Sunday despite dropping the doubles point the Bulls fought back in singles and claimed four opening sets. 

UCF went ahead 2-0 after a 6-0, 6-4 win from Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi at No. 5 but USF added straight set wins from Alberto Barroso-Campos, Pierre Luquet, and Jakub Wojcik at 1, 3 and 4 to go in front 3-2. 

UCF’s Mikhail Sokolovskiy tied it up with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 win at No. 6 but USF freshman Chase Ferguson would take the decider at No. 2 singles 6-1, 4-6, 6-1. 

USF head coach, Ashley Fisher, on the team winning their fifth Conference title
“This is one of the toughest teams I’ve ever seen. We lost the doubles point having 3 match points on two courts against a team that beat us 4-0 a week ago but ended up taking four singles on their home courts. This is a very special group of guys and what’s exiting is they just keep growing and getting tougher”

#46 USF 4, #28 UCF 3
4/21/2019 at Orlando, Fla. (USTA National Campus)
Singles competition
1. #18 A. Barroso-Campos (USF) def. #35 Gabriel Decamps (UCF) 6-1, 6-4
2. Chase Ferguson (USF) def. Alan Rubio (UCF) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
3. Pierre Luquet (USF) def. Bogdan Pavel (UCF) 6-2, 6-0
4. Jakub Wojcik (USF) def. Trey Hilderbrand (UCF) 7-6 (7-1), 6-3
5. J. Grassi Mazzuchi (UCF) def. S. Gomez Montesa (USF) 6-0, 6-4
6. Mikhail Sokolovskiy (UCF) def. Ivan Yatsuk (USF) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. #16 Trey Hilderbrand/Bogdan Pavel (UCF) def. #87 A. Barroso-Campos/Pierre Luquet (USF) 7-6 (7-3)
2. Gabriel Decamps/J. Grassi Mazzuchi (UCF) def. Jakub Wojcik/Ivan Yatsuk (USF) 7-5
3. Chase Ferguson/S. Gomez Montesa (USF) def. Alan Rubio/Manoel Alencar (UCF) 6-4
Match Notes:
USF 17-7; National ranking #46
UCF 15-10; National ranking #28
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (5,3,1,4,6,2)
American Athletic Conference Men’s Tennis Championship Final
USF wins its fifth American Athletic Conference title

 

Middle Tennessee is headed back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2012 after winning its first Conference USA Championship with a 4-3 win at home in Murfreesboro over top seed Florida Atlantic. The Blue Raiders won the doubles point for the third consecutive time with wins at No. 2 and No. 3 but FAU clawed back in singles with four opening sets.

The Owls went ahead 3-1 after straight set wins by Jason Legall, Kirac Bekisoglu, and Ignacio Garcia at 1, 2, and 5 but Middle Tennessee tied it up with a 7-5, 1-6, 6-1 win by Max Rauch at No. 4 and a 7-6, 7-6 win by Tom Moonen at No. 3. 

Blue Raider freshman Pavel Motl served for the championship at No. 6 up 5-4 in the third but he’d get broke by FAU’s Alvaro Fernandez Horta to make it 5-5. However Motl would break back and then serve it out to win 6-7, 6-3, 7-5. 

FAU head coach Ricardo Gonzalez:
“Today was definitely heartbreaking and will be a tough one to swallow. We have a special group of kids who work their tails off day in and day out. They really wanted to bring the big trophy back to Boca Raton. We will use this as fuel for next season and get back up stronger.

“Shoutout to our senior captains (Gabriel Sidney and Mehdi Laalej) for leading the way this season and leaving a legacy in this program.”

Middle Tennessee 4, FAU 3
April 21, 2019 at Murfreesboro, TN
Doubles Competition
1. #76 Jason Legall/Ignacio Garcia (FAU) def. #86 Chris Edge/Tom Moonen (MT) 6-5
2. Max Rauch/Francisco Rocha (MT) def. Gabriel Sidney/Mehdi Laalej (FAU) 6-3
3. Gonzalo Morell/Pavel Motl (MT) def. Alvaro Fernandez Horta/Kirac Bekisoglu (FAU) 6-2
Singles Competition
1. Jason Legall (FAU) def. Gonzalo Morell (MT) 6-2, 6-0
2. Kirac Bekisoglu (FAU) def. Stijn Slump (MT) 6-4, 6-4
3. Tom Moonen (MT) def. Mehdi Laalej (FAU) 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-5)
4. Max Rauch (MT) def. Gabriel Sidney (FAU) 7-5, 1-6, 6-1
5. Ignacio Garcia (FAU) def. Chris Edge (MT) 6-4, 6-2
6. Pavel Motl (MT) def. Alvaro Fernandez Horta (FAU) 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 7-5
Match Notes
Middle Tennessee 18-11
Florida Atlantic 19-10
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (1,5,2,4,3,6)

 

Other Conference Tournament Results:

 

Atlantic Sun 

Notes: Florida Gulf Coast has won the last 3 ASUN Championships held in odd number of years (2019/2017/2015)

#1 Florida Gulf Coast 4, North Florida 2
4/21/2019 at DeLand, Fla. (Mandy Stoll Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. Sahil Deshmukh (UNF) def. MONTES, Juan (FGCU) 6-4, 6-4
2. RAMIREZ, Felipe (FGCU) def. Dominik Barton (UNF) 6-4, 6-3
3. ESCOBAR, Felipe (FGCU) def. Till Von Winning (UNF) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
4. TEBET, Marcelo (FGCU) def. Nilo Duarte (UNF) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
5. SAKALAUSKAS,Feliksas (FGCU) vs. Jorge Nunez (UNF) 1-6, 7-5, 3-5, unfinished
6. FERNANDEZ, Javier (FGCU) def. Federico Nani (UNF) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. ESCOBAR, Felipe/RUIZ, Mateo (FGCU) def. Nilo Duarte/Sahil Deshmukh (UNF) 6-4
2. Jorge Nunez/Federico Nani (UNF) def. TEBET, Marcelo/MONTES, Juan (FGCU) 6-4
3. Dominik Barton/Till Von Winning (UNF) def. SAKALAUSKAS,Feliksas/RAMIREZ, Felipe (FGCU) 6-4
Match Notes:
North Florida 14-11
FGCU 14-8
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (1,2,6,3,4)
ASUN Tennis Tournament Men’s Final

 

Big East

Notes: St. John’s won its first Big East Championship in 3 years after winning 3 straight from 2014 to 2016. 

 

#1 St. John’s 4, #3 Marquette 3
Apr 22, 2019 at Cayce, S.C. (Cayce Tennis & Fitness Center)
Singles Competition
1. Andrei Crapcenco (STJOHNS) def. Alvaro Verdu (MU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
2. A. Nunez Aguilera (STJOHNS) def. Luke Smrek (MU) 6-4, 6-4
3. Aditya Vashistha (STJOHNS) def. Luis Heredia Gomez (MU) 7-5, 6-2
4. Dusan Vukicevic (STJOHNS) def. Brett Meyers (MU) 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(3)
5. Greg Anderson (MU) def. Udayan Bhakar (STJOHNS) 6-1, 6-1
6. Brandon Shanklin (MU) def. Ognjen Trejgut (STJOHNS) 6-2, 6-3
Doubles Competition
1. Alvaro Verdu/Brett Meyers (MU) def. Andrei Crapcenco/Udayan Bhakar (STJOHNS) 7-5
2. Ognjen Trejgut/A. Nunez Aguilera (STJOHNS) def. Greg Anderson/Luis Heredia Gomez (MU) 6-3
3. Luke Smrek/Fran San Andres (MU) def. Dusan Vukicevic/Daniel Skripnik (STJOHNS) 7-6
Match Notes:
Marquette 15-9
St. John’s 19-5
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (5,6,3,2,1,4)

 

Big South

Notes: Radford won its first Big South Conference Championship since winning in back-to-back years in 2011 and 2012. 

#5 Radford 4, #2 Campbell 2
Apr 20, 2019 at Blacksburg, Va. (Burrows-Burleson Indoor Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. WERNER,Dustin (CAM) def. Yevhen Sirous (RADM) 7-5, 6-2
2. HUON,Bastien (CAM) vs. Rodrigo Magalhaes (RADM) 5-7, 7-6 (7-3), 3-3, unfinished
3. Alexandros Caldwell (RADM) def. CALZI,Raphael (CAM) 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
4. Michiel Meekers (RADM) def. SOLA,Gerard (CAM) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
5. LABIK,Ondrej (CAM) def. PO Lassalle (RADM) 6-2, 6-2
6. Andres Silva (RADM) def. WILLIAMS,Ted (CAM) 6-4, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Rodrigo Magalhaes/Yevhen Sirous (RADM) def. WERNER,Dustin/CALZI,Raphael (CAM) 6-2
2. Alexandros Caldwell/Michiel Meekers (RADM) def. HUON,Bastien/LABIK,Ondrej (CAM) 7-5
3. MONTEROSSO,Louis/SOLA,Gerard (CAM) def. Andres Silva/Matko Varga (RADM) 6-3
Match Notes
No. 5 Radford 16-6, 5-3 BSC
No. 2 Campbell 16-5, 7-1 BSC
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (5,1,6,4,3)

 

Colonial 

Notes: Elon won its first Colonial Championship and will be back in the NCAAs for the first time since winning the Southern Conference in 2014.

#2 Elon 4, #1 UNCW 3
4/20/2019 at Elon, N.C. (Jimmy Powell Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. #96 Felipe Sarrasague (ELON) def. Austin Hussey (UNCW) 6-4, 6-2
2. Agustin Savarino (UNCW) def. Mario Paccini (ELON) 7-5, 6-1
3. Daniel Groom (UNCW) def. Felipe Osses-Konig (ELON) 6-4, 6-0
4. Kyle Frankel (ELON) def. Bruno Caula (UNCW) 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
5. Camilo Ponce (ELON) def. Leo Sprovieri (UNCW) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
6. Davide Innocenti (UNCW) def. Taylor Foote (ELON) 7-5, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Felipe Sarrasague/Mario Paccini (ELON) def. Austin Hussey/Cole Groetsch (UNCW) 7-6 (8-6)
2. Kyle Frankel/Camilo Ponce (ELON) def. Agustin Savarino/Bruno Caula (UNCW) 7-5
3. Michael Copeland/Daniel Groom (UNCW) def. Taylor Foote/Dino Bonetta (ELON) 7-6 (7-4)
Match Notes:
UNCW 12-11 – UNCW is the No. 1 seed
Elon 21-4 – Elon is the No. 2 seed
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (3,6,2,1,4,5)
Play was suspended for 2:04 starting at 4:51 pm due to rain, resumed at 6:55 pm
Matches at #4 and #5 single completed at Piedmont Indoor Tennis Center
T-3:51 A-467

 

Mid-American 

Notes: Western Michigan’s Peter Kuszynski won the final four points of the third set tiebreak after it was tied 3-3 at the changeover, WMU has now won two straight MAC Championships and three of the last four. 

#1 Western Michigan 4, #3 Northern Illinois 3
Apr 21, 2019 at Kalamazoo, Mich (Sorenson Courts)
Singles competition
1. Jannik Opitz (MTENWMU) def. Eric Marbach (NIU) 6-3, 6-3
2. Bor Schweiger Muzar (NIU) def. Kennosuke Nouchi (MTENWMU) 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
3. Lenhard Haupt (MTENWMU) def. David Pata (NIU) 6-3, 6-3
4. Kristopher Ortega (NIU) def. Matej Svjetlicic (MTENWMU) 2-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
5. Peter Kuszynski (MTENWMU) def. Mikko Malinen (NIU) 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
6. Victor Spolidorio (NIU) def. Jack Randall (MTENWMU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Jannik Opitz/Kennosuke Nouchi (MTENWMU) def. Mikko Malinen/Victor Spolidorio (NIU) 6-1
2. Peter Kuszynski/Jack Randall (MTENWMU) vs. David Pata/Bor Schweiger Muzar (NIU) 6-6, unfinished
3. Lenhard Haupt/Nick Schnobel (MTENWMU) def. Eric Marbach/Kristopher Ortega (NIU) 6-4
Match Notes:
Northern Illinois 12-14
Western Michigan 18-8
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (3,1,2,6,4,5)
MAC Championship match

 

Northeast Conference

Notes: Bryant won its sixth consecutive Northeast Conference Championship

#1 Bryant 4, #2 Wagner 0
April 20, 2019 at West Windsor, NJ
Singles Results
1. Kuhar (BRY) def. Lashkul (WAG), 6-2, 6-1
2. Dong (BRY) def. Walters (WAG), 6-4, 6-2
3. Jakubowski (BRY) vs. Ohrer (WAG), 2-6, 2-4, unfinished
4. Argentini (BRY) vs. Gonzalez (WAG), 3-6, 3-2, unfinished
5. Ortiz-Garcia (BRY) def. Poland (WAG), 6-2, 6-2
6. M. Plutt (BRY) vs. Kneppelhout (WAG), 2-6, 6-1, unfinished
Doubles Results
1. Kuhar/Jakubowski (BRY) def. Lashkul/Sandy (WAG), 6-4
2. Argentini/Massam (BRY) def. Knepplehout/Poland (WAG), 6-1
3. Ortiz-Garcia/Pertile (BRY) vs. Gonzalez/Walters (WAG), 5-4

 

Patriot League

Note – Army’s Myles Conlin served for the championship at No. 1 singles up 5-4 in the third but Navy’s Andrew Ton broke back and then won the tiebreak 7-0. Navy has won the Patriot Championship two years in a row and three times in the last five years. 
 

#1 Navy def. #2 Army 4-3
April 21, 2019 at West Point, NY (Malek Tennis Center)
Doubles Results Navy wins the doubles point (3-1)
1. Dabek, Jack / Ton, Andrew (NAVY) def. Conlin, Myles / Larichev, Nikita (ARMY) 6-4
2. Lohrbach, Peter / Thompson, Derrick (NAVY) led Gorshein, David / Mitchell, David (ARMY) 5-3, unfinished
3. Durham, Greg / Fishkin, Jake (NAVY) def. Huttepain, Diego / Quiros, Alejandro (ARMY) 6-3
Singles Results (5-4-2-3-6-1)
1. Ton, Andrew (NAVY) def. Conlin, Myles (ARMY) 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7-0)
2. Thompson, Derrick (NAVY) def. Huttepain, Diego (ARMY) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
3. Durham, Greg (NAVY) def. Mitchell, David (ARMY) 6-0, 3-6, 6-4
4. Larichev, Nikita (ARMY) def. McBride, Jack (NAVY) 6-4, 6-1
5. Gorshein, David (ARMY) def. Fishkin, Jake (NAVY) 6-1, 6-2
6. Mundra, Anant (ARMY) def. Lohrbach, Peter (NAVY) 6-1, 1-6, 6-4

 

Southern Conference

Notes: East Tennessee State has won 5 straight SoCon Championships and 13 straight conference championships (previous 8 were in the Atlantic Sun) though several were vacated due to NCAA violations. 

Video Highlights

#1 East Tennessee State 4, #2 Furman 2
Apr 20, 2019 at Macon, Ga. (John Drew Smith Tennis Center)
Singles competition
1. Frazier Rengifo (ETSU) def. Ivan Mitric (FUR) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
2. Sergi Fontcuberta (ETSU) def. Clarke Wilson (FUR) 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-4), 6-1
3. Juan Lugo (ETSU) def. Jake Munns (FUR) 7-5, 5-7, 6-3
4. Yusuf Khamis (ETSU) vs. Jake Bhangdia (FUR) 6-7 (8-10), 6-2, 5-4, unfinished
5. Drew Singerman (FUR) def. David Gonzalez (ETSU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
6. Miguel Este (ETSU) def. James Roelofse (FUR) 7-5, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Ivan Mitric/Jake Munns (FUR) def. Miguel Este/Chris Mikrovas (ETSU) 6-2
2. Frazier Rengifo/Yusuf Khamis (ETSU) vs. Jake Bhangdia/Clarke Wilson (FUR) 4-4, unfinished
3. Henrik Atlevi/Drew Singerman (FUR) def. Sergi Fontcuberta/David Gonzalez (ETSU) 6-2
Match Notes:
ETSU 20-4,
Furman 17-5
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (6,1,5,3,2)

 

Sun Belt

#2 South Alabama 4, #1 Georgia State 1
April 21, 2019 at Peachtree City, Georgia (PTC Tennis Center)
Doubles Results
1. Hussey, Giles/MacFarlane, Jack (GSU) def. Cloes, Loic/Marzol, Clement (USA) 6-3
2. Modica, Sacha/Serrano, Sam (USA) def. Grinvalds, Roberts/Duarte, Andrei (GSU) 6-3
3. Coulaud, Quentin/Showers, Bailey (GSU) def. Delcour, Louis/Lapraille, Maxime (USA) 6-3
Singles Results
1. Hussey, Giles (GSU) vs. Modica, Sacha (USA) 7-5, 3-6, 3-0, unfinished
2. Cloes, Loic (USA) def. Grinvalds, Roberts (GSU) 0-6, 6-4, 6-4
3. Marzol, Clement (USA) def. Coulaud, Quentin (GSU) 7-5, 6-0
4. Showers, Bailey (GSU) vs. Lapraille, Maxime (USA) 6-2, 7-6 (7-1), 2-1, unfinished
5. Serrano, Sam (USA) def. Duarte, Andrei (GSU) 6-4, 6-3
6. Delcour, Louis (USA) def. Huynh, Kevin (GSU) 6-3, 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (3,6,5,2)

 

 

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