Tennis DIVISION II Men’S
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Tennis DIVISION II MEN’S Highlights Armstrong Atlantic men repeat in tennis: Armstrong Atlantic captured its second straight NCAA Division II Men’s Tennis Championship with a 5-4 victory over Barry on May 16 in Altamonte Springs, Florida. The Pirates, who concluded the season with a 30-1 mark, became the first team to win back-to-back titles since West Florida in 2004-05. The title was decided on a back-and-forth match at No. 5 singles between sophomore Rafael Array of Armstrong Atlantic and Roman Werschel of Barry. In the only three-set match of the national title contest, Array took the first set, 6-4, while Werschel earned the second set, 7-5. Array came back to claim the third set, 6-3, and give the Pirates the championship. Thanks to a strong showing in doubles, Barry held an early lead in the title match. Although Armstrong Atlantic took the win at No. 3 doubles, Barry responded with victories at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions. The Bucs’ No. 1 doubles tandem, Emanuel Fraitzl and Max Wimmer, edged Paul Bishop and Mikk Irdoja, 8-6, and Ales Svigelj and Andrew Sharnov registered a 9-7 victory at No. 2 doubles against the Pirates’ Array and Tim Johannsen, giving the Bucs a 2-1 advantage entering the singles portion of the contest. Irdoja tallied a singles point for Armstrong Atlantic with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Sharnov at No. 3, but Barry once again responded. The Bucs’ Wimmer earned the victory at the No. 4 singles position, handing Armstrong Atlantic’s Paul Fitzgerald his first dual match singles loss on the year. Johannsen defeated Jakub Fefjar at No. 6 singles, 6-4, 6-0, to even the championship match at 3-3. Barry surged into the lead after Fraitzl’s straight sets win over Bishop at No. 2 singles and needed just one more point to claim the title, but Svigelj fell to Armstrong Atlantic’s Eudaldo Bonet, 7-6, 6-0, in No. 1 singles, to knot the score at 4-4 and set up Array’s dramatic singles victory for the title. Barry finished the season 27-3. At Queens (NY) ROUnd of 16 2009 Team Results Concordia (NY) 5, USP 0 Merrimack 5, Adelphi 4 May 13 at Altamonte Springs, Fla. Northwood (MI) 5, Western N.M. 0 At Queens (NY) Concordia (NY) 5, Bloomsburg 0 FIRST ROUND Queens (NY) 5, Bentley 0 Barry 5, BYU-Hawaii 0 May 7-8 Stonehill 5, Philadelphia U. 0 Georgia College 5, Abilene Christian 3 At Armstrong Atlantic At Rockhurst Lynn 5, Kutztown 0 Francis Marion 5, Mars Hill 1 Rockhurst 5, Indianapolis 0 Armstrong Atlantic 5, Queens (NY) 0 Lander 5, Augusta St. 1 Drury 5, Northern Ky. 3 Hawaii Pacific 5, St. Edward’s 1 Drury 5, Metro St. 3 At Barry At St. Cloud St. West Fla. 5, Morehouse 0 Western N.M. 5, Minn. St. Mankato 0 Flagler 5, Ala.-Huntsville 0 QUARTERFINALS At Georgia College THIRD ROUND May 14 at Altamonte Springs, Fla. Anderson (SC) 5, Wingate 2 May 8-9 Concordia (NY) 5, Northwood (MI) 3 Lees-McRae 5, Limestone 3 Barry 5, Georgia College 0 At Abilene Christian Armstrong Atlantic 5, Lynn 2 At Lynn Abilene Christian 5, Washburn 0 Hawaii Pacific 5, Drury 1 Rollins 5, West Ala. 0 At Armstrong Atlantic Fla. Southern 5, Florida Tech 2 Armstrong Atlantic 5, S.C. Aiken 0 SEMIFINALS SECOND ROUND At Barry May 15 at Altamonte Springs, Fla. Barry 5, West Fla. 0 Barry 5, Concordia (NY) 3 May 7-8 Armstrong Atlantic 5, Hawaii Pacific 1 At Abilene Christian At Bloomsburg Washburn 5, Southwest Baptist 4 Bloomsburg 5, West Va. Wesleyan 3 CHAMPIONSHIP At Armstrong Atlantic At BYU-Hawaii May 16 at Altamonte Springs, Fla. S.C. Aiken 5, Francis Marion 1 BYU-Hawaii 5, Hawaii Hilo 4 Armstrong Atlantic 5, Lander 0 At Cameron Armstrong Atlantic 5, Barry 4 At Barry St. Edward’s 5, Cameron 4 Singles: No. 1—Eudaldo Bonet, Armstrong Atlantic, def. Ales Svigelj, Barry, 7-6, 6-0; No. 2—Emanuel Fraitzl, West Fla. 5, Ouachita Baptist 2 At Georgia College Barry 5, Flagler 0 Barry, def. Paul Bishop, Armstrong Atlantic, 6-3, 6-4; Georgia College 5, Columbus St. 0 No. 3—Mikk Irdoja, Armstrong Atlantic, def. Andrew At Bloomsburg At Hawaii Pacific Sharnov, Barry, 6-2, 6-1; No. 4—Max Wimmer, Barry, West Va. Wesleyan 5, Virginia St. 0 Hawaii Pacific 5, UC San Diego 1 def. Paul Fitzgerald, Armstrong Atlantic, 6-2, 6-3; No. Bloomsburg 5, West Liberty 1 At Kutztown 5—Rafael Array, Armstrong Atlantic, def. Roman At Cameron Kutztown 5, Shaw 1 Werschel, Barry, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3; No. 6—Tim Johannsen, St. Edward’s 5, Northwest Mo. St. 0 Armstrong Atlantic, def. Jakub Fejfar, Barry, 6-4, 6-0. At Lynn At Georgia College Lynn 5, Valdosta St. 4 Doubles: No. 1—Fraitzl-Wimmer, Barry, def. Bishop- Columbus St. 5, Anderson (SC) 3 Irdoja, Armstrong Atlantic, 8-6; No. 2— Svigelj-Sharnov, Georgia College 5, Lees-McRae 1 At Metro St. Barry, def. Array-Johannsen, Armstrong Atlantic, 9-7; Metro St. 5, Colorado St.-Pueblo 0 No. 3—Akos Torok-Bonet, Armstrong Atlantic, def. At Kutztown Fejfar-Sergio Velez, Barry, 8-4. Kutztown 5, Millersville 0 At Northwood (MI) Shaw 5, Concord 0 Northwood (MI) 5, Ferris St. 0 At Lynn At Queens (NY) Valdosta St. 5, Rollins 0 Concordia (NY) 5, Merrimack 0 Lynn 5, Fla. Southern 0 At Queens (NY) At Metro St. Queens (NY) 5, Stonehill 2 Colorado St.-Pueblo 6, Mesa St. 2 At Rockhurst Drury 5, Rockhurst 4 At Northwood (MI) Northwood (MI) 5, Michigan Tech 0 At St. Cloud St. Ferris St. 5, Grand Valley St. 4 Western N.M. 5, St. Cloud St. 1 DIVISION II MEN’S TENNIS—Team Results 11 History Team Results Year Champion Coach Score Runner-Up Host or Site Attendance 1963 Cal St. L.A. Scotty Deeds 9-7 Southern Ill. Washington-St. Louis — 1964 Cal St. L.A. Scotty Deeds 15 DePauw — Southern Ill. Carl Sexton 15 1965 Cal St. L.A. Scotty Deeds 20-16 Redlands Cal St. L.A. — 1966 Rollins Norm Copeland 17-12 Cal St. L.A. Sewanee — 12 Long Beach St. 1967 Long Beach St. Dan Campbell 18-14 Lamar Chicago — 1968 Fresno St. Richard Murray 19-14 Cal St. L.A. Fort Worth, Texas — 1969 Cal St. Northridge Dave Sterle 17-16 Truman East Stroudsburg — 1970 UC Irvine Myron McNamara 25-12 Cal Poly Cal St. East Bay — 1971 UC Irvine Myron McNamara 25-22 Rollins DePauw — 1972 UC Irvine Myron McNamara 22 Kalamazoo — Rollins Norm Copeland 22 1973 UC Irvine Myron McNamara 28-17 Cal Poly East Stroudsburg — 1974 San Diego Hans Wichary 25-20 UC Irvine UC Irvine — 1975 UC Irvine Myron McNamara 22 Colorado St.-Pueblo — San Diego Hans Wichary 22 1976 Hampton Robert Screen 23-18 UC Irvine Northwest Mo. St. — 1977 UC Irvine Myron McNamara 20-15 SIU Edwardsville San Diego — 1978 SIU Edwardsville Kent DeMars 14-12 Hampton San Diego — 12 San Diego 1979 SIU Edwardsville Kent DeMars 21-15 San Diego UALR — 1980 SIU Edwardsville Kent DeMars 24-12 Nicholls St. SIU Edwardsville — 1981 SIU Edwardsville Kent DeMars 22-12 Rollins UALR — 12 Texas St. 1982 SIU Edwardsville Kent DeMars 22-13 Cal St. Bakersfield FIU — 1983 SIU Edwardsville Kent DeMars 5-4 Texas St. Texas St. — 1984 SIU Edwardsville Kent DeMars 5-4 Texas St. Texas St. — 1985 Chapman Mike Edles 5-4 Hampton Cal St. Northridge — 1986 Cal Poly Hugh Bream 5-4 Chapman Cal St. Northridge — 1987 Chapman Mike Edles 5-1 Hampton Cal St. Northridge — 1988 Chapman Mike Edles 5-2 Hampton Sonoma St. — 1989 Hampton Robert Screen 5-1 Cal Poly Southwest Baptist — 1990 Cal Poly Kevin Platt 5-4 UC Davis SIU Edwardsville — 1991 Rollins Norm Copeland 5-3 Cal Poly Central Okla. — 1992 UC Davis John Nelson 5-1 Hampton Central Okla. — 1993 Lander Joe Cabri 5-2 Hampton Central Okla. — 1994 Lander Joe Cabri 5-3 Hampton Southwest Baptist — 1995 Lander Joe Cabri 4-2 North Florida UC Davis — 1996 Lander Joe Cabri 4-1 Rollins Central Okla. — 1997 Lander Joe Cabri 5-1 West Fla. Springfield, Mo. — 1998 Lander Joe Cabri 5-1 Barry Springfield, Mo. — 1999 Lander Joe Cabri 5-1 Barry West Fla. — 2000 Lander Joe Cabri 5-2 Hawaii Pacific West Fla. — 2001 Rollins Jim Poling 5-0 Hawaii Pacific West Fla. — 2002 BYU-Hawaii David Porter 5-4 Drury Kansas City, Mo. — 2003 BYU-Hawaii David Porter 5-4 Hawaii Pacific Altamonte Springs, Fla. — 2004 West Fla. Derrick Racine 5-2 Valdosta St. Altamonte Springs, Fla. — 2005 West Fla. Derrick Racine 5-0 North Florida Altamonte Springs, Fla. — 2006 Valdosta St. John Hansen 5-2 Lynn Kansas City, Mo. — 2007 Lynn Mike Perez 5-1 Valdosta St. Altamonte Springs, Fla. — 2008 Armstrong Atlantic Simon Earnshaw 5-0 Barry Houston, Tex. #651 2009 Armstrong Atlantic Simon Earnshaw 5-4 Barry Altamonte Springs, Fla. #239 (Note: Before 1983, individual wins were counted in the team’s total points. Beginning in 1983, a dual-match, single-elimination team championship was initiated, eliminating the points system.) #Combined men’s and women’s championships attendance, both conducted at same site. TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL TITLES, CarEER SIU Edwardsville 5, UC Irvine 4, Rollins 3, UC Davis 2, 5—Juan Farrow, SIU Edwardsville (singles 1977-78-80, (Note: Totals include co-championships.) doubles 1979-80); Ken Flach, SIU Edwardsville (singles Long Beach St.