Hosono and the No. 3 doubles squad win region titles as the Tiger men place second as a team

The Tigers got individual region titles from Dan Hosono at No. 2 singles and the No. 3 doubles tandem of Vaughn Smith and Guilherme Coelho.

Pratt, the tournament host, finished as the Region VI champion, winning five flights and finishing with 12.5 team points. Cowley was second with 8.5 points, while Seward (6.5 points) and Barton (4 points) rounded out the competition.

"The boys fought until the end," Cowley head coach Marcel Miasato said. "Unfortunately, the boys were two matches away from winning the tournament."

Cowley will now have some time to prepare for the NJCAA Division 1 Tennis Championships scheduled for May 11-15 in Plano, TX.

Results:

MEN

SINGLES

*No. 1 – Haruki Okude (CC) lost to Gaspard Bicrel Bantegny (Seward) 6-4, 1-6, 4-6; defeated Kodjo Tchotchodji (Barton) 6-4, 7-6(8).

*No. 2 – Dan Hosono (CC) defeated Matthew Harris (Pratt) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; defeated Raphael Ankrah (Barton) 6-4, 6-1 in the region title match.

*No. 3 – Luca Laurindo (CC) lost to Sam Dinneen (Pratt) 4-6, 6-7(5); defeated Santiago Villarroya (Barton) 6-3, 7-6 (5).

*No. 4 – Wojtek Biela (CC) defeated Eytan Miessen (Seward) up 4-1 when Miessen retired from the match; lost to Kenta Kawada (Pratt) 4-6, 5-7 in the region title match.

*No. 5 – Guilherme Coelho (CC) lost to Esi Molefe (Barton) 0-6, 1-6; lost to Juan Luzuriaga (Seward) 3-6, 3-6.

*No. 6 – Vaughn Smith (CC) lost to Kristian Tesevic (Barton) 4-6, 6-7 (9); defeated Diogo Borges (Seward) 6-4, 6-0.

DOUBLES

*No. 1 – Okude/Hosono (CC) defeated Cabre/Bicrel Bantegny (Seward) 6-2, 6-4; lost to Dinneen/Rabinad Vila 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(7) in the region title match.

*No. 2 – Biela/Laurindo (CC) defeated Genevrier/Borges (Seward) 6-2, 6-4; lost to Tshivhase/Kawada (Pratt) 6-7(5), 4-6 in the region title match.

*No. 3 – Smith/Coelho (CC) defeated Blinov/Westfall (Pratt) 6-3, 6-4; defeated Luzuriaga/Barriga (Seward) 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-3 in the region title match.