Tennis DIVISION I Men’S
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Tennis DIVISION I MEN’S Highlights Southern California wins team tennis title: Southern California downed Ohio State to capture the Division I Men’s Tennis Championship May 19 at Texas A&M. The Trojans outlasted the Buckeyes, 4-1, to earn their first team title in seven years. Southern California’s Robert Farah defeated Ohio State’s Bryan Koniecko in three sets to clinch the championship for the Trojans. Farah dropped the first set, 5-7, but re- sponded decisively, taking the second, 6-1. Early in the third set, the opponents remained on serve, but after going up a break, 4-3, about midway through the frame, Farah went on to serve out the match with a 6-4 win. Southern California also registered victories at the No. 4 and No. 6 singles positions. Senior Abdullah Magdas defeated Matt Allare, 6-2, 6-3, while freshman Daniel Nguyen beat Chase Buchanan in straight sets, 6-0, 6-2. The Buckeyes’ lone point on the day came from Justin Kronauge’s victory over Jaak Poldma in No. 3 singles. Kronauge earned the first set, 7-6, in a tiebreak before taking the second set, 6-4. Southern California took an early lead in doubles after Farah and Steve Johnson posted an 8-3 win over Kronauge and Allare. Ohio State’s Koniecko and Shuhei Uzawa evened the contest, beating Magdas and Nguyen, 8-4, at the No. 2 position. Then Southern California’s Poldma teamed with Matt Kecki at the No. 3 position to down the Ohio State tandem of Buchanan and Steven Moneke, 9-7, to earn the doubles point for the Trojans. In the individual portion of the tournament, Mississippi freshman Devin Britton captured the men’s singles championship with a three-set victory over Ohio State’s Moneke. After dropping the first set, 3-6, to Moneke, a two-time All-American riding a 22-match winning streak entering the final, Britton took the next two, 6-2, 6-3, to become the first Rebel in program history to win a national title. He also was the first freshman to earn the title since 1996 and the first unseeded player to take the individual crown since 1997. Facing his third seeded player in the tournament, Britton kept pace early in the contest. But Moneke broke the freshman to take a 4-3 lead and ultimately won the set, 6-3. In the second set, Britton fought off two break points at 2-2 to forge a 4-2 lead and surge to a 6-2 win. The freshman also established a sizable lead in the decisive third set, breaking Moneke to go up 4-2. After building a 5-3 advantage, Britton clinched the championship on an ace. In men’s doubles action, Dominic Inglot and Michael Shabaz of Virginia rallied after losing the first set and surviving a tiebreak in the second set to win the doubles title. Inglot and Shabaz defeated the second-seeded tandem of John-Patrick Smith and Davey Sandgren of Tennessee, 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 to become the first unseeded team in six years to win the championship. Inglot and Shabaz also became the first team representing the Atlantic Coast Conference to win a doubles title. In the decisive third set, the Cavaliers broke the Vols in the third game to earn a 2-1 lead, and then the match remained on serve for eight games. Serving for the match and the championship, Shabaz generated two aces and two service winners to clinch the title for Virginia. Inglot and Shabaz finished the season with a school record 41 victories. Mississippi 4, Alcorn St. 0 Ohio St. 4, Baylor 1 2009 Team Results UCLA 4, Mississippi 3 SEcond ROUND May 9 SEMIFINALS FIRST ROUND Virginia 4, North Carolina 0 May 18 at Texas A&M May 8 Florida St. 4, Auburn 1 Southern California 4, Texas 1 Virginia 4, Navy 0 Southern California 4, Minnesota 0 Ohio St. 4, UCLA 3 North Carolina 4, South Carolina 0 Stanford 4, Pepperdine 1 Florida St. 4, Jacksonville St. 0 Georgia 4, Virginia Tech 1 CHAMPIONSHIP Auburn 4, South Fla. 0 Illinois 4, Louisville 1 May 19 at Texas A&M Southern California 4, UC Santa Barbara 0 Tennessee 4, Duke 1 Southern California 4, Ohio St. 1 Minnesota 4, New Mexico 0 Texas 4, Washington 0 Stanford 4, Sacramento St. 0 Wake Forest 4, Kentucky 2 Doubles: No. 1—Robert Farah-Steve Johnson, Pepperdine 4, California 1 Baylor 4, Tulsa 0 Southern California, def. Justin Kronauge-Matt Allare, Ohio St., 8-3; No. 2—Shuhei Uzawa-Bryan Koniecko, Georgia 4, South Carolina St. 0 Boise St. 4, Alabama 3 Virginia Tech 4, UNC Wilmington 2 Ohio St., def. Abdullah Magdas-Daniel Nguyen, Ohio St. 4, Michigan 1 Southern California, 8-4; No. 3—Matt Kecki-Jaak Illinois 4, Western Mich. 0 Miami (FL) 4, Florida 3 Poldma, Southern California, def. Chase Buchanan- Louisville 4, Wisconsin 3 UCLA 4, Hawaii 0 Steven Moneke, Ohio St., 9-7. Tennessee 4, East Tenn. St. 0 Texas A&M 4, Arizona 0 Singles: No. 1—Farah, Southern California, def. Duke 4, Radford 0 Mississippi 4, LSU 2 Texas 4, Sacred Heart 0 Koniecko, Ohio St., 5-7, 6-1, 6-4; No. 2—Johnson, Southern California, vs. Moneke, Ohio St., 7-6(4), 4-6 Washington 4, Texas Tech 3 ROUND OF 16 (did not finish); No. 3—Kronauge, Ohio St., def. Poldma, Wake Forest 4, Northwestern 0 Southern California, 7-6(1), 6-4; No. 4—Magdas, Kentucky 4, Cleveland St. 0 May 14 at Texas A&M Virginia 4, Florida St. 2 Southern California, def. Allare, Ohio St., 6-2, 6-3; Tulsa 4, TCU 0 No. 5—Balazs Novak, Ohio St., vs. Kecki, Southern Baylor 4, UMKC 0 Southern California 4, Stanford 2 Georgia 4, Illinois 3 California, 7-5, 3-3 (did not finish); No. 6—Nguyen, Boise St. 4, Middle Tenn. 0 Texas 4, Tennessee 3 Southern California, def. Buchanan, Ohio St., 6-0, 6-2. Alabama 4, Furman 0 Baylor 4, Wake Forest 1 Michigan 4, Notre Dame 1 Ohio St. 4, Xavier 0 Ohio St. 4, Boise St. 0 Miami (FL) 4, Columbia 0 UCLA 4, Miami (FL) 1 Mississippi 4, Texas A&M 1 Florida 4, Marist 0 Hawaii 4, Oklahoma St. 3 QUARTERFINALS UCLA 4, Southern Ill. 0 Arizona 4, A&M-Corpus Christi 0 May 16 at Texas A&M Texas A&M 4, Binghamton 0 Southern California 4, Virginia 0 Texas 4, Georgia 2 LSU 4, Rice 0 2 DIVISION I Men’S TENNIS—Individual Results Carolina, 6-3, 7-6(5); Singh, Virginia, def. Kutrovsky, Pollock, Texas A&M, def. Antoine Benneteau-Joey 2009 Individual Results Texas, 6-2, 6-0; Weinacker, North Carolina St., def. Burkhardt, Florida, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5; Robert McKenzie-John Cubas, South Carolina, 7-6(1), 6-4; Moneke, Ohio Peers, Middle Tenn., def. Austen Childs-Simon Childs, St., def. Olivares, East Tenn. St., 6-3, 6-3; Agostinelli, Louisville, 7-6(3), 6-4; Tim Puetz-Alexey Tsyrenov, SINGLES Kentucky, def. Parkes, New Mexico, 7-5, 6-4; Johnson, Auburn, def. Dennis Nevolo-Ruan Roelofse, Illinois, Southern California, def. Gomez, Georgia Tech, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0; Robert Farah-Steve Johnson, Southern At Texas A&M 6-3, 6-2; Britton, Mississippi, def. Inglot, Virginia, 6-4, California, def. Emanu Brighiu-Adrian Simon, TCU, First Round – May 22 3-6, 6-3; Rosa, Rice, def. Bowles, Florida St., 5-7, 7-5, 6-0; 6-2, 6-4; Geoff Chizever-Pedro Zerbini, California, def. Arnau Brugues, Tulsa, def. Kiril Dimitrov, Duke, 6-0, 6-2; Schnugg, Georgia, def. Nevolo, Illinois, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5; Tobias Fanselow-Aleksandr Seleznev, Old Dominion, Roy Kalmanovich, Illinois, def. Clancy Shields, Boise Clayton, Stanford, def. Koniecko, Ohio St., 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-0; Jamie Hunt-Nate Schnugg, Georgia, def. St., 6-2, 6-1; Ishay Hadash, Minnesota, def. Cory Parr, 6-1; Pollock, Texas A&M, def. Gooch, Elon, 7-6(8), 7-6(2); Houston Barrick-Sanam Singh, Virginia, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4); Wake Forest, 6-3, 7-6(1); Omar Altmann, Pepperdine, Jackson, San Diego, def. Venus, LSU, 7-6(7), 6-3; Strode, Nathan Byrnes-Oleksandr Nedovyesov, Oklahoma St., def. Alex Lacroix, Florida, 6-3, 6-4; John-Patrick Smith, Arkansas, def. Siwy, Fresno St., 6-2, 6-3; Nedovyesov, def. Jean-Yves Aubone-Vahid Mirzadeh, Florida St., Tennessee, def. Jean-Yves Aubone, Florida St., 6-3, Oklahoma St., def. Helgeson, Notre Dame, 6-3, 6-4. 6-2, 6-2; Steve Forman-Cory Parr, Wake Forest, def. 6-1; Clay Donato, North Carolina, def. Austin Krajicek, Bruno Agostinelli-Brad Cox, Kentucky, 6-3, 7-6(5); Kean Texas A&M, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6(4); Dimitar Kutrovsky, Texas, Round of 16 – May 22 Brugues, Tulsa, def. Altmann, Pepperdine, 7-6(3), 6-3; Feeder-James Meredith, Boise St., def. Daniel Buikema- def. Jonas Berg, Mississippi, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5; Sanam Singh, Mathieu Thibaudeau, Alabama, 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-4; Davey Virginia, def. Christoph Muller, Rice, 6-3, 6-1; Diego Singh, Virginia, def. Smith, Tennessee, 6-4, 7-5; Moneke, Ohio St., def. Weinacker, North Carolina St., 4-6, 6-1, Sandgren-John-Patrick Smith, Tennessee, def. David Cubas, South Carolina, def. Denes Lukacs, Baylor, 2-6, Galic-Jordan Rux, Baylor, 6-4, 6-2. 6-4, 6-4; Jay Weinacker, North Carolina St., def.