C-USA Men's Tennis Championship - Day Three
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4.17.2004
C-USA Men's Tennis Championship - Day Three
Dmitriy Koch
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Championship Information
Bracket (.pdf)
Top-seeded TCU and No. 2 Tulane will face each other on Sunday in the final round of the C-USA Men's Tennis Championship. The Horned Frogs advanced to the championship round after eliminating No. 3 Louisville, 4-0, in the quarterfinals on Saturday in Memphis, Tenn. The Green Wave shut out sixth-seeded Memphis (4-0) to earn their chance to play for the crown.
Match #11 – (1) TCU 4, (3) Louisville 0
TCU recorded a 4-0 win over Louisville to advance to final round. Hector Almada and Jacopo Tezza teamed up in No. 2 doubles to beat the Cardinals’ Damar Johnson and Jakob Gustafsson (8-5). The duo of Jacob Martin and Alex Menichini also helped earn the doubles point with an 8-4 win at No. 3.
The Horned Frogs continued their sweep in singles when Martin topped Jeremy Clark in straight sets (6-1, 6-2) in the sixth flight. Fabrizio Sestini pushed past Johnson (6-2, 6-4) at No. 3, while Almada clinched the win with a victory over Octavian Nicodim (6-3, 6-1).
Singles 1. Alex Menichini, TCU vs. Matt Mayer, LOU, (7-6, 2-0 – TCU susp.) 2. Hector Almada, TCU def. Octavian Nicodim, LOU, 6-3, 6-1 3. Fabrizio Sestini, TCU def. Damar Johnson, LOU, 6-2, 6-4 4. Jacopo Tezza, TCU vs. Jhonny Berrido, LOU, (6-5 – TCU susp.) 5. Rafael Abreu, TCU vs. Jakob Gustafsson, LOU, (6-0, 5-2 – LOU susp.) 6. Jacob Martin, TCU def. Jeremy Clark, LOU, 6-1, 6-2
Doubles 1. Abreu/Sestini, TCU vs. Mayer/Clark, LOU, DNF 2. Almada/Tezza, TCU def. Johnson/Gustafsson, LOU, 8-5 3. Martin/Menichini, TCU def. Nicodim/Kennedy, LOU, 8-4
Match #13 - (2) Tulane 4, (6) Memphis 0
Tulane pushed past Memphis, 4-0, in the quarterfinals to advance to the championship match where it will take on top-seeded TCU. In doubles, Tulane's Dmitriy Koch and Jacob Hernandez teamed up to beat Luke Campbell and Alex Jago, 8-4, at No. 3. The Tigers stayed in the running when Alex Bucewicz and Marten Tamla claimed No. 2 with a score of 8-5. The Green Wave clinched the doubles point in the first flight after the team of Michael Kogan and David Goulet edged Lee Taylor Walker and James Spence, 9-8 (7-3).
Jacob Hernandez and Alberto Sottocorno both eased past the Tigers in No. 5 and No. 6 singles, respectively, posting scores of 6-1, 6-2, and 6-1, 6-3. Ted Angelinos clinched the win for the Green Wave at No. 3 with a victory over Bucewicz (6-4, 6-2).
Singles 1. Michael Kogan, TUL vs. Lee Taylor Walker, MEM, 6-2, 4-5 susp. 2. Dmitriy Koch, TUL vs. James Spence, MEM, 6-0, 5-2 susp. 3. Ted Angelinos, TUL def. Alex Bucewicz, MEM, 6-4, 6-2 4. David Goulet, TUL vs. Marten Tamla, MEM, 7-6 (7-5), 1-0 susp. 5. Jacob Hernandez, TUL def. Mark Finnegan, MEM, 6-1, 6-2 6. Alberto Sottocorno, TUL def. Alex Jago, MEM, 6-1, 6-3
Doubles 1. Kogan/Goulet, TUL def. Walker/Spence, MEM, 9-8 (7-3) 2. Bucewicz/Tamla, MEM def. Vasiljevic/Sottocorno, TUL, 8-5 3. Koch/Hernandez, TUL def. Campbell/Jago, MEM, 8-4
Match #12 (Consolation) – (12) Saint Louis, 4 (8) Charlotte 0
Saint Louis shut out Charlotte, 4-0, to claim ninth place in the consolation bracket. The Billikens earned the doubles point with scores of 8-4, 8-6 in the second and third flights, respectively.
In singles action, Thomas Kwong recorded the first victory for the Bills in the No. 2 slot (6-1, 6-1) against Jonathan Clark. Thomas Curran followed with a 6-4, 6-1, performance at No. 6 over Stuart Lynas. At No. 1, Ikaika Jobe clinched the win with a victory over Arturo Aguirre (6-2, 3-6, 6-4).
Singles 1. Ikaika Jobe, SLU def. Arturo Aguirre, CHA, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 2. Thomas Kwong, SLU def. Jonathan Clark, CHA, 6-1, 6-1 3. Tom de Larzac, SLU vs. Marlo Santoso, CHA, DNF 4. Lance Vodicka, SLU vs. Dorian Host, CHA, DNF 5. Sanjeev Paramanathan, SLU vs. Zvi Lantsberg, CHA, DNF 6. Thomas Curran, SLU def. Stuart Lynas, CHA, 6-4, 6-1
Doubles 1. Jobe/Paramanathan, SLU vs. Clark/Lynas, CHA, DNF 2. de Larzac/Kwong, SLU def. Aguirre/Werk, CHA, 8-4 3. Vodicka/Curran, SLU def. Santoso/Vencatachellum, CHA, 8-6
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