Tiger men’s tennis team is currently third after day two of the national tourney
Advancing all three doubles teams and three singles players to the semifinals of the NJCAA Division 1 Men’s Tennis National Championships in Plano, TX, the Cowley College men’s tennis team is currently in third place after day two of the tournament.
Cowley (20 points) trails only Pratt (24 points) and Tyler Junior College (21 points) entering play on Wednesday.
In doubles, the Tigers' top two doubles teams each won their quarterfinal matches in three sets, while Cowley's No. 3 doubles team of Guilherme Coelho and Vaughn Smith defeated a duo from USC-Sumter 7-6, 6-3.
In singles, freshman Wojciech Biela rallied from a first-set loss to Seward's Eytan Miessen to win his No. 4 singles match 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Fellow freshman Luca Laurindo defeated East Florida's Johan Mottlau 6-4, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of No. 3 singles. Sophomore Dan Hosono was the other Tigers' singles player to advance to the semifinals with a 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 victory over Pratt's Kenneth Rabinad Vila.
The tournament will resume on Wednesday morning.
Results:
MEN
SINGLES
*No. 1 – Haruki Okude (CC) received a bye in the first round; lost to Fernando Martinez (East Florida) 2-6, 1-6 in the quarterfinals.
*No. 2 – Dan Hosono (CC) received a bye in the first round; defeated Kenneth Rabinad Vila (Pratt) 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 in the quarterfinals.
*No. 3 – Luca Laurindo (CC) received a bye in the first round; defeated Johan Mottlau (East Florida) 6-4, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.
*No. 4 – Wojtek Biela (CC) received a bye in the first round; defeated Eytan Miessen (Seward) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals.
*No. 5 – Guilherme Coelho (CC) defeated Juan Luzuriaga (Seward) 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 in the first round; lost to Alejandro Pardo (Tyler) 1-6, 2-6 in the quarterfinals.
*No. 6 – Vaughn Smith (CC) received a bye in the first round; lost to Ignacio Sendra (East Florida) 3-6, 3-6 in the quarterfinals.
DOUBLES
*No. 1 – Okude/Hosono (CC) received a bye in the first round; defeated Andrew Griffith/Erdem Turgut (USC-Sumter) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.
*No. 2 – Biela/Laurindo (CC) received a bye in the first round; defeated Meryl Genevrier/Eytan Miessen (Seward) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 in the quarterfinals.
*No. 3 – Smith/Coelho (CC) received a bye in the first round; defeated Jet Capasso/Hugo Sjostrand (USC-Sumter) 7-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.