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QUARTERFINALS SET FOR ITA
NATIONAL MEN'S TEAM INDOORS
No. 1 seed and three-time defending champion Virginia advances over host
Washington
SEATTLE - The Quarterfinals have been set for the 16 teams competing in
the 2011 ITA National Men's Team Indoor Championship hosted by the
University of Washington at the Nordstrom Tennis Center and Seattle
Tennis Club.
ITA National Men's Team Indoor Championship: First Round
#1 Virginia 4, #16 Washington 1
#8 Illinois 4, #9 Texas A&M 1
#4 Ohio State 4, #13 Texas Tech 1
#5 Texas 4, #12 Kentucky 2
#6 UCLA 4, #11 Louisville 1
#3 Tennessee 4, #14 Georgia 2
#10 Florida 4, #7 Stanford 3
#15 Duke 4, #2 USC 3
More on the Quarterfinalists:
#1 VIRGINIA: Top-ranked Virginia (11-0) began its quest for a fourth
consecutive ITA National Team Indoor Championship with a 4-1 victory
over No. 29 Washington Friday night at the Nordstrom Tennis Center. In
doubles, the Cavaliers debuted three new pairings to take the opening
point from the host Huskies (6-3). Michael Shabaz and Alex Domijan
topped No. 24 Kyle McMorrow and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 8-3 at the top
spot. Steven Rooda and Drew Courtney teamed at No. 3 to defeat Marton
Bots and Daniel Schmidt 8-3 to clinch the doubles point. In singles, the
Cavaliers, who have five players ranked in the top 25 of the Campbell/ITA
College Tennis Rankings, took the early edge by winning all six first
sets. The Virginia lead was extended to 2-0 as No. 2-ranked Domijan
defeated McMorrow 6-3, 7-5 at the No. 2 position. Courtney made the
score 3-0 with his 7-5, 6-3 win over Tobi Obenaus. However, the Huskies
forced third sets in the other four matches. Washington cut the lead to
3-1 with Martin Kildahl's 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 win over Singh at No. 3 but the
Huskies hope quickly faded as Julen Uriguen closed out the Cavalier win
with his 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 victory at No. 6. Virginia faces the 9th-ranked
Illini tomorrow in a rematch which saw the top-ranked Cavs post a
dominating 7-0 shutout in Charlottesville on Jan. 21.
First Round Matchup: No. 1 Virginia 4, No. 16 Washington 1
Quarterfinal Matchup: No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 8 Illinois
Virginia 4, Washington 1
Doubles
1. Shabaz/Domijan (UVa) def. #24 McMorrow/Nedunchezhiyan (UW) 8-3
2. Singh/Jenkins (UVa) vs. #67 Kildahl/Obenaus (UW) 5-4 DNF
3. Courtney/Rooda (UVa) def. Bots/Schmidt (UW) 8-3
Singles
1. #15 Michael Shabaz (UVa) vs. #66 Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (UW) 6-2, 5-7,
2-3 DNF
2. #2 Alex Domijan (UVa) def. #42 Kyle McMorrow (UW) 6-3, 7-5
3. #125 Martin Kildahl (UW) def. #13 Sanam Singh (UVa) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
4. #25 Jarmere Jenkins (UVa) vs. Daniel Schmidt (UW) 6-1, 5-7, 4-3 DNF
5. #23 Drew Courtney (UVa) def. Tobi Obenaus (UW) 7-5, 6-3
6. #78 Julen Uriguen (UVa) def. Marton Bots (UW) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
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#3 TENNESSEE: In the only matchup that featured two conference foes
squaring off against one another, tension filled the air in a
hard-fought match that lasted more than four hours, with the Vols' three
seniors leading the way to a 4-2 victory over Georgia. Three of the six
singles matches lapsed into third sets, and senior Matteo Fago rallied
from behind in the final frame to defeat 31st-ranked Sadio Doumbia 2-6,
7-5, 7-6 (1) to clinch the Tennessee's win on court 3. The opening round
conference match between the long-time SEC rivals marked the first time
the schools had faced each other on neutral courts in a decade. When
Tennessee last faced Georgia, it was in the semifinals of the 2010 NCAA
Championships, and the doubles point was decided with a tiebreaker on
the final court. At the ITA National Team Indoors, the story was just
the same. With everything coming down to court 1, which featured a
finals rematch of the SEC Indoor Championships, UT's Boris Conkic and
John-Patrick Smith and UGA's Javier Garrapiz and Hernus Pieters 8-5,
provided a very entertaining rematch in which the Vols prevailed to
claim the doubles point, 9-8 [2]. In singles, the Vols faced the
challenge of playing without Sandgren in the lineup to due a fever.
Matteo Fago stepped into Sandgren's spot, followed by Conkic at 4 and Ed
Jones at 5. Freshman Jarryd Chaplin had to make his debut in UT's lineup
on court 6, where he lost to Pieters 6-1, 6-4 to tie the match 1-1.
Conkic gave the Vols the lead at 2-1 with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Drake
Bernstein, but Georgia tied the match at 2-2 when Taboada broke Jones
late in the second set to win 6-4, 7-5 on court 5. Smith on court 2 and
Fago on court 3 had both lost their first sets, but the two seniors did
not flinch. Smith, ranked 17th, was down a break in the second set but
stormed back to beat 12th-ranked Spencer 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 to give the Vols
a 3-2 lead. Fago, playing in the top half of the lineup for the first
time since his sophomore season, lost the first set 6-2 to Doumbia on
court three before rallying to take the second set 7-5 but faced a match
point in the third set while serving at 5-4. The senior was able to hold
on and eventually force a tiebreaker, winning it 7-2 to send to the Vols
to the quarterfinals.
First Round Matchup: No. 3 Tennessee 4, #14 Georgia 2
Quarterfinal Matchup: No. 3 Tennessee vs. No. 6 UCLA
#3 Tennessee 4, #14 Georgia 2
Doubles
1. #8 Smith/Conkic (UT) def. #12 Garrapiz/Pieters (UGA), 9-8 [2]
2. #41 Doumbia/Taboada (UGA) def. Sandgren/Williams (UT), 8-6
3. Jones/Fago (UT) def. #37 Bernstein/Spencer (UGA), 8-4
Singles
1. #1 Rhyne Williams (UT) vs. #24 Javier Garrapiz (UGA), 6-7 [2], 3-2
DNF
2. #17 John-Patrick Smith (UT) def. #12 Wil Spencer (UGA), 3-6, 7-5, 6-1
3. #68 Matteo Fago (UT) vs. #31 Sadio Doumbia (UGA), 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 [1]
4. #119 Boris Conkic (UT) def. Drake Bernstein (UGA), 6-2, 6-4
5. Ignacio Taboada (UGA) def. Edward Jones (UT), 6-4, 7-5
6. Hernus Pieters (UGA) def. Jaryd Chaplin (UT), 6-1, 6-4
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#4 OHIO STATE: Even though the third-seeded Buckeyes posted a 4-1
victory over No. 14 Texas Tech, the match was more competitive than the
score reflected. The Red Raiders won two of the three doubles matches to
grab a 1-0 lead over the Buckeyes. The No. 59 Texas Tech duo of Gonzalo
Escobar and Vitor Manzini topped Ohio State's No. 10 doubles pair, Matt
Allare and Peter Kobelt, 8-5 to clinch the first point of the match and
give some hope for the Raiders, who were facing a Buckeye team that
leads the ITA Men's Team Indoor field with seven players ranked in the
top 125 in the Campbell/ITA singles rankings. OSU quickly bounced back
after some inspiring words from Coach Ty Tucker to his players. The
motivation seemed to work as Ohio State won four of the six singles
matches to push the Big Ten's best to the next roundmatch win. At No. 1
singles, OSU's No. 5 Blaz Rola stopped No. 18Gonzalo Escobar, 6-3, 6-3,
to even the match at 1-1. Buckeye Balazs Novak defeated Red Raider
Raphael Pfister at No. 6 singles, 6-2, 6-0 while No. 55 Devin McCarthy
downed Tech's Gabriel Wanderley, 6-3, 6-4 to build the Buckeye lead to
3-1. Ohio State ended Texas Tech's upset plans when No. 45 Matt Allare
prevailed in a tight match over Vitor Manzini, 7-6, 6-4.
First Round Matchup: No. 4 Ohio State 4, No. 13 Texas Tech 1
Quarterfinal Matchup: No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 5 Texas
#4 Ohio State 4, #13 Texas Tech 1
Doubles
1. #76 Carvalho/Garcia (TT) def. #6 Buchanan/Rola (OSU), 8-4
2. #59 Escobar/Manzini (TT) def. #10 Allare/Kobelt (OSU), 8-5
3. #66 McCarthy/Novak (OSU) def. Phister/Gonzalez (TT), 8-2
Singles
1. #5 Blaz Rola (OSU) def. #18 Gonzalo Escobar (TT), 6-3, 6-3
2. #22 Raony Carvalho (TT) def. #21 Chase Buchanan (OSU), 6-3
3. #116 Rafael Garcia (TT) def. #103 Ille Van Engelen (OSU), 6-3,
4. #45 Matt Allare (OSU) def. Victor Manzini (TT), 7-6, 6-4
5. #55 Devin McCarthy (OSU) def. Gabriel Wanderley (TT), 6-3, 6-4
6. Balkazs Novak (OSU) def. Raphael Phister (TT), 6-2, 6-0
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#5 TEXAS: Texas senior Ed Corrie registered a timely service break of
Kentucky's third-ranked Eric Quigley and defeated the UK All-American to
preserve a 4-2 Longhorns victory over the 12th-ranked WildcatsTexas
(8-0) claimed matches at the first and second doubles slots to secure
the doubles point and take a 1-0 lead before Kentucky would bounce back
even the score with a win at second singles, where UT's Andersen fell
victim to Kentucky's 70th-ranked Alex Musialek, 6-2, 7-6. The Wildcats'
Tom Jomby put Kentucky on top with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 win over Daniel
Whitehead at sixth singles before the Longhorns would sawn their rally
caps. At third singles, UT's Damico dropped the first set to UK's Cox,
but Damico took control from there and won the next two sets, 6-3, 6-2
to even the match at two. Texas' Mladenov put the Horns on top for good
at fifth singles, where he dealt the Wildcats' 79th-ranked Anthony Rossi
a 7-5, 6-3 defeat to give UT a 3-2 lead. The Corrie-Quigley match at
first singles proved to be the deciding point in the Longhorns' favor.
Corrie took the first set, 6-3 before Quigley answered to take set two,
6-4. At 4-all in the final set, Corrie fought off several break points
and held serve for a 5-4 lead. With Quigley serving 15-40, Corrie
managed to register the final service break he needed, closing out the
final set and the match for the men in orange.
First Round Matchup: No. 5 Texas 4, No. 12 Kentucky 2
Quarterfinal Matchup: No. 5 Texas vs. No. 4 Ohio State
#5 Texas 4, #12 Kentucky 2
Doubles
1. #2 Corrie/Anderson (UT) def. Quigley/Cox (UK), 8-4
2. Damico/Holiner (UT) def. Jomby/Gonzalez (UK), 8-6
3. Calligari/Derognat (UK) vs. Mladenov/Chen (UT), 7-4 DNF
Singles
1. #91 Ed Corrie (UT) def. #3 Eric Quigley (UK), 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
2. #70 Alex Musialek (UK) def. #55 Jean Andersen (UT), 6-2, 7-6
3. #61 Kellen Damico (UT) def. Brad Cox (UK), 6-7, 6-2, 6-2
4. Alberto Gonzalez (UK) def. #97 Ben Chen (UT), 7-5, 4-6, 4-1 DNF
5. #93 Vasko Mladenov (UT) def. #79 Anthony Ross (UK), 7-5, 6-3
6. Tom Jomby (UK) def. Daniel Whitehead (UT), 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
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#6 UCLA: The sixth-seeded Bruins ended the day as the only team from Los
Angeles that will be playing in Saturday's quarterfinals after
registering a 4-1 opening-round victory over No. 11 Louisville at the
Seattle Tennis Club. UCLA (8-0) had a great start to Friday's match,
claiming wins at court Nos. 2 and 3 to take the doubles point. Puget
then gave UCLA a 2-0 advantage not long after singles began, as he was a
6-0, 6-3 winner at court No. 5. The Bruins' lead then jumped to 3-0
after Amit Inbar quickly dispatched Viktor Maksimcuk, 6-3, 6-3 at court
No. 2. Just when it looked like UCLA was going to run away with it, the
Cardinals (8-2) managed to get on the board when 2010 NCAA Singles
Runner-Up Austen Childs notched a 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 63 Daniel
Kosakowski at court No. 1. Needing to win just one of the final three
matches to pull out the win, UCLA got what it needed at court No. 4,
where Holden Seguso downed Alejandro Calligari, 6-3, 6-2 to clinch the
victory for the Bruins. Seguso's win would prove key for UCLA, which was
trailing at court Nos. 3 and 6 when play was suspended.
First Round Matchup: No. 6 UCLA 4, #11 Louisville 1
Quarterfinal Matchup: No. 6 UCLA vs. No. 3 Tennessee
#6 UCLA 4, #11 Louisville 1
Doubles
1. #26 A. Childs/Maksimcuk (LOU) def. Brigham/Inbar (UCLA), 8-5
2. Puget/Seguso (UCLA) def. #50 S. Childs/Carter (LOU), 8-1
3. Kosakowski/Hardie (UCLA) def. Calligari/Derognat (LOU), 8-2
Singles
1. #11 Austen Childs (LOU) vs. #63 Daniel Kosakowski (UCLA), 6-3, 6-2
2. #84 Amit Inbar (UCLA) vs. #100 Viktor Maksimcuk (LOU), 3-6, 3-6
3. Clay Thompson (UCLA) vs. Simon Childs (LOU), 6-4, 5-5, DNF
4. Holden Seguso (UCLA) vs. Alejandro Calligari (LOU), 6-3, 6-2
5. Adrien Puget (UCLA) vs. Andrew Carter (LOU), 6-0, 6-3
6. Alex Brigham (UCLA) vs. Dante Terenzio (LOU), 6-4, 2-6, 0-1, DNF
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#8 ILLINOIS:
First Round Matchup: No. 8 Illinois 4, No. 9 Texas A&M 1
Quarterfinal Matchup: No. 8 Illinois
#8 Illinois 4, #9 Texas A&M 1
Doubles
1. #1 Krajicek/Dadamo (TAMU) vs. Souza/Hamui (ILL), 9-7
2. Ore/Grigorov (TAMU) def. Roth/Hoh (ILL), 8-3
3. #57 Hoover/Bautista (TAMU) vs. Abdelnour/Nevolo (ILL), 8-6
Singles
1. #8 Dennis Nevolo (ILL) vs. #29 Austin Krajicek (TAMU), 7-5, 3-6, 6-5,
DNF
2. #33 Johnny Hamui (ILL) vs. #49 Jeff Dadamo (TAMU), 6-3, 5-7, 3-4, DNF
3. KU Singh (ILL) vs. #121 Alexis Klegou (TAMU), 6-4, 6-3
4. Alexey Grigorov (TAMU) vs. #65 Abe Souza (ILL), 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
5. Steven Hoh vs. Colin Hoover (TAMU), 7-5, 6-2
6. Junior Ore (TAMU) vs. Bruno Abdelnour (ILL), 6-2, 6-4
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#10 FLORIDA: The 10th-seeded Florida men's tennis team opened the ITA
National Men's Team Indoor Championship with a nail-biter of a 4-3 win
against No. 7-seed Stanford, marking the 400th victory of head coach
Andy Jackson's career. The Gators improve to 7-1 on the season and
advance to the event's quarterfinals for the second consecutive year.
The Gators got on the board first with the doubles point, as Sekou
Bangoura Jr. and Andrew Butz posted an 8-5 court two victory before
Billy Federhofer and Bob van Overbeek earned the clincher, 8-6, on court
three. Federhofer was first off the singles courts for UF, winning 6-2,
6-2 against Matt Kandath at No. 6. Denis Lin then gave Stanford its
first point of the night, topping van Overbeek on court four, but
Bangoura pushed the UF advantage to 3-1, taking a 6-4, 6-2 win over No.
52 Ryan Thacher on court two. Stanford refused to go away, as Greg
Hirshman posted a court five win against Spencer Newman and Clayton
defeated Slilam to set up the final fireworks between two top-10 ranked
players in Florida's ninth-ranked Alexandre Lacroix and Stanford's
seventh-ranked Bradley Klahn, the defending NCAA singles champion. With
UF holding a 3-2 edge, Lacroix went down a break early in the set as
Nassim Slilam tried to force a third set on court three against No. 64
Alex Clayton. Lacroix was able to rally from a 2-1 deficit, winning five
of the final six games to claim the decisive set, 6-3 and boosting the
Frenchman head-to-head record against Klahn to 2-0, having also defeated
him in the Round of 16 at the USTA/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor
Championships.
First Round Matchup: No. 10 Florida 4, No. 7 Stanford 3
Quarterfinal Matchup: No. 10 Florida vs. No. 15 Duke
#10 Florida 4, #7 Stanford 3
Doubles
1. #11 Thacher/Klahn (STAN) def. #15 Lacroix/Slilam (UF), 8-3
2. #60 Bangoura/Butz (UF) def. Kelly/Clayton (STAN), 8-5
3. Federhofer/Overbeek (UF) def. Lin/Hirshman (STAN) vs. 8-6
Singles
1. #9 Alexander Lacroix (UF) def. #7 Bradley Klahn (STAN), 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
2. #43 Sekou Bangoura (UF) def. #52 Ryan Thacher (STAN), 6-2, 6-4
3. #64 Alex Clayton (STAN) vs. Nassim Slilam (UF), 7-6, 6-4
4. Denis Lin (STAN) vs. #74 Bob Van Overbeek (UF), 6-0, 6-3
5. Greg Hirshman (STAN) vs. Spencer Newman (UF), 7-6, 6-0
6. Billy Federhofer (UF) def. Matt Kandath (STAN) vs. 6-2, 6-2
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#15 DUKE: Senior Reid Carleton fought off match point in a comeback
victory that helped the 17th-ranked Blue Devils knock off the two-time
defending national champions and No. 2 Southern California, 4-3, in the
first round of the ITA National Team Indoor Championships in Seattle,
Wash. Trailing 5-3 and facing match point, No. 6 Carleton found a way to
get back in the match and force a second set tiebreaker. After
controlling play for a 7-3 tiebreaker win he went to a third and final
set with No. 16 Daniel Nguyen, the player who clinched each of Southern
California's back-to-back national championship victories. The score was
tied at 3-3 in the third when Carleton utilized his off-season fitness
training to his advantage and won three straight games to clinch the
match and send Duke on to the quarterfinals. The Blue Devils got off to
a slow start by dropping the doubles point for just the third time in 10
matches this season. No. 10 Henrique Cunha was in a dual with another
top 10 player in No. 4 Steve Johnson at the No. 1 spot in the order. It
was a rematch of the deciding match last season in Duke's 4-3 upset
victory over the No. 3 Trojans when Cunha was ranked ninth and clinched
the victory by taking a second-set tiebreaker to knock off the
top-ranked Johnson in straight sets. This time around Cunha again pulled
out the second-set tiebreaker after facing match point but Johnson was
too strong in the third set, claiming a 6-2 win to knot the score at 3-3
before Carleton's fantastic finale. Carleton became the ninth player in
school history to record at least 20 singles victories in four straight
seasons. He is now 20-4 on the season with 12 victories coming against
ranked players.
First Round Matchup: No. 15 Duke 4, No. 2 USC 3
Quarterfinal Matchup: No. 15 Duke vs. No. 10 Florida
#15 Duke 4, #2 USC 3
Doubles:
1. #9 Cunha/Carleton (DUKE) def. Nguyen/Gomez (USC), 8-4
2. Poldma/Sundling (USC) def. Pinsky/Saba (DUKE), 8-6
3. Johnson/Grant (USC) def. Mengel/Holland (DUKE), 8-3
Singles:
1. #4 Steve Johnson (USC) def. #10 Henrique Cunha (DUKE), 6-4, 6-7 [5],
6-2
2. #6 Reid Carleton (DUKE) def. #16 Daniel Nguyen 5-7, 7-6 [3], 6-3
3. #38 Jaak Poldma (USC) def. Chris Mengel (DUKE), 7-5, 6-3
4. Fred Saba (DUKE) def. #37 Raymond Sarmiento (USC), 6-4, 4-2 [inj.]
5. Jared Pinsky (DUKE) def. Emilio Gomez (USC), 7-6 [6], 6-1
6. Luke Marchese (DUKE) def. JT Sundling (USC) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
For complete results, visit www.itatennis.com. Play on Saturday begins
at 9 am PT at the Nordstrom Tennis Center and Seattle Tennis Club.
