Top four team’s advance to CAA men’s tennis Semifinals

Elon, N.C. (CAA) – The top four seeds advanced to the semifinals of the 2017 CAA Men’s Tennis Championship after convincing victories on Friday at the Burlington Tennis Center in Burlington, N.C.

 

Top-seeded UNCW, #3 William & Mary and #4 College of Charleston were all 4-0 winners and #2 Elon moved on with a 4-1 triumph.

 

UNCW (12-8) defeated #8 Delaware to open its quest for a fifth CAA title. The Seahawks earned the doubles point with a 6-2 victory by Gabriel Hocevar and Michael Copeland over Roy Cheng and Dominick Perez at the No. 3 flight and a 6-4 win by the No. 2 tandem of Andres Torres and Michael Morphy over the Blue Hens’ Colin Wong and Blaise Casselbury.

 

UNCW was equally as impressive in singles as Daniel Groom topped Perez, 6-4, 6-2, at No. 5, Ignasi de Rueda beat Casselbury, 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3 and Copeland closed out the match by knocking off Luis Marcano, 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6.

 

Elon reached the semifinals by downing #7 Hofstra. In doubles, the No. 1 Phoenix duo of Mario Paccini and Petar Tomic were 6-3 winners over Coco Haener and Niko Vulinovich, and the No. 2 team of Neal Port and Salvador Mijares beat the Pride’s Jan Leithner and Marcus Smith by a 6-3 score.

 

In singles, Elon’s Felipe Osses-Konig topped David Schrott at No. 5, Jacob Bicknell beat Nick Silvestri, 6-0, 6-2 at No. 6 and top-seeded Felipe Sarrasague closed out the match with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Marcus Smith. Hofstra’s Leithner defeated Miljares, 6-4, in the first set at No. 3 and then earned the point after Miljares was unable to continue the match.

 

William & Mary got past #6 Drexel to reach the final four of the tournament. The Tribe took the doubles point after the No. 3 team of Addison Appleby and Lars de Boer downed Balaji Lakshmanan and Danill Ginzburg, 6-2, and the No. 2 duo of Tristan Bautil and Aidan Talcott defeated Hamza Laalej and Youssef Lahlou, 6-2.

 

W&M continued the momentum into singles as Christian Cargill was a 6-0, 6-2 victor over Lakshmanan at No. 2, Talcott topped Laalej, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1 and Damon Niquet clinched the match at No. 5 by beating Ginzburg, 6-1, 6-2.

 

College of Charleston began defense of its 2016 title with a win over #5 James Madison. The Dukes took the early advantage in doubles as the No. 2 team of Damon Roberts and Sebastian Salinas downed Fernando Ramirez and Alec Angradi, 6-2. The Cougars rallied for the point with a 6-2 victory by Benedikt Henning and Vasily Kichigin over August Simonsen and Miljan Ruzic at No. 3 and a 6-4 triumph by Juan Estevarena and Rodgrigo Encinas over Theophile Lanthiez and Paul Mendoza at No. 1.

 

In singles, Ramirez beat Tate Steinour, 6-2, 6-4, at No. 5, Henning got past Mendoza, 6-2, 7-5, at No. 2 and Angradi outlasted Ruzic, 6-2, 0-6, 6-3 at No. 6.

 

In Saturday’s semifinals at Elon’s Jimmy Powell Tennis Center, #1 UNCW meets #4 College of Charleston in a rematch of last year’s championship match, and #2 Elon takes on #3 William & Mary. The matches have been moved up to approximately 11:30 a.m. due to a threat of rain later in the day.

 

 

2017 CAA MEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP – Quarterfinals

Burlington Tennis Center – Burlington, N.C.

 

 

#1 UNCW 4, #8 Delaware 0

 

Singles

#1 Andres Torres (UNCW) vs. Laurenz Lankes (Delaware) – DNF, 6-3, 3-1

#2 Agustin Savarino (UNCW) vs. Colin Wong (Delaware) – DNF, 6-2, 4-2

#3 Ignasi de Rueda (UNCW) d. Blaise Casselbury (Delaware), 6-2, 6-2

#4 Raphael Calzi (UNCW) vs. Tyler Flemanti (Delaware) – DNF, 6-1, 4-2
#5 Daniel Groom (UNCW) d. Dominick Perez (Delaware), 6-4, 6-2

#6 Michael Copeland (UNCW) d. Luis Marcano (Delaware), 6-2, 6-1

Order of Finish:  5, 3, 6*

 

Doubles

#1 Savarino/de Rueda (UNCW) vs. Lankes/Flemanti (Delaware) – DNF, 4-4

#2 Torres/Michael Morphy (UNCW) d. Wong/Casselbury (Delaware), 6-4

#3 Gabriel Hocevar/Copeland (UNCW) d. Roy Cheng/Perez (Delaware), 6-2

Order of Finish: 3, 2*

 

 

 

#4 College of Charleston 4, #5 James Madison 0

 

Singles

#1 Juan Estevarena (CofC) vs. Damon Roberts (JMU) – DNF, 6-4, 3-6, 1-0

#2 Benedikt Henning (CofC) d. Paul Mendoza (JMU), 6-3, 7-5

#3 Vasily Kichigin (CofC) vs. Sebastian Salinas (JMU) – DNF, 4-6, 6-2, 3-1

#4 Rodrigo Encinas (CofC) vs. Theophile Lanthiez (JMU) – DNF, 7-6 (7-5), 3-4
#5 Fernando Ramirez (CofC) d. Tate Steinour (JMU), 6-2, 6-4

#6 Alec Angradi (CofC) d. Miljan Ruzic (JMU), 6-2, 0-6, 6-3

Order of Finish: 5, 2, 6

 

Doubles

#1 Estevarena/Encinas (CofC) d. Lanthiez/Mendoza (JMU), 6-4

#2 Roberts/Salinas (JMU) d. Ramirez/Angradi (CofC), 6-2

#3 Henning/Kichigin (CofC)ds. August Simonsen/Ruzic (JMU), 6-2

Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1*

 

 

#2 Elon 4, #7 Hofstra 1

 

Singles

#1 Felipe Sarrasague (Elon) d. Marcus Smith (Hofstra), 6-3, 6-2

#2 Mario Paccini (Elon) vs. Niko Vulinovich (Hofstra) – DNF, 6-2, 3-3

#3 Jan Leithner (Hofstra) d. Salvador Mijares (Elon), 6-4, ret.

#4 Petar Tomic (Elon) vs. Coco Haener (Hofstra) – DNF, 7-6 (7-3), 0-1
#5 Felipe Osses-Konig (Elon) d. David Schrott (Hofstra), 6-0, 6-2

#6 Jacob Bicknell (Elon) d. Nick Silvestri (Hofstra), 6-0, 6-2

Order of Finish: 5, 3, 6, 1*

 

Doubles

#1 Paccini/Tomic (Elon) d. Haener/Vulinovich (Hofstra), 6-3

#2 Neal Port/Mijares (Elon) d. Leithner/Smith (Hofstra), 6-3

#3 Sarrasague/Taylor Foote (Elon) vs. Schrott/Silvestri (Hofstra) – DNF, 3-3

Order of Finish: 2, 1*

 

#3 William & Mary 4, #6 Drexel 0

 

Singles

#1 Aidan Talcott (W&M) d. Hamza Laalej (Drexel), 6-1, 6-1

#2 Christian Cargill (W&M) d. Balaji Lakshmanan (Drexel), 6-0, 6-2

#3 Addison Appleby (W&M) vs. Sinan Orhon (Drexel) – DNF, 6-3, 3-2

#4 Alec Miller (W&M) vs. Youssef Lahlou (Drexel) – DNF, 6-7 (5-7), 0-0
#5 Damon Niquet (W&M) d. Danill Ginzburg (Drexel), 6-1, 6-2

#6 Lars de Boer (W&M) vs. Kashyap Ashok (Drexel) – DNF, 6-4, 3-3

Order of Finish: 2, 1, 5*

 

Doubles

#1 Cargill/Ryan Newman (W&M) vs. Orhon/Ashok (Drexel) – DNF, 4-3

#2 Tristan Bautil/Talcott (W&M) d.  Laalej/Lahlou (Drexel), 6-2

#3 Appleby/de Boer (W&M) d. Lakshmanan/Ginzburg (Drexel), 6-2

Order of Finish:  3, 2*