NEWPORT NEWS, VA -- The University of Delaware men’s and women’s tennis teams competed in the Hampton Roads Collegiate Tennis Invitational of Newport News Friday through Sunday.
Top honors for the men included Andrew Blumberg, who went 4-1 on the weekend and picked up the men’s D singles consolation crown by defeating Loyola’s Chris Langley 8-3 in the finals. Another Blue Hen making it to the finals was Camilo Perez who fell to Eric Caudill of Virginia Wesleyan, 8-3, in the men’s C singles consolation final.
The doubles team of Amit Kapur (right) and Jon Schwartz posted a record of 3-1 on the weekend as it advanced to the men’s D doubles final before falling to Washington College’s Rafael Roldan and Arturo Solis, 8-0.
On the ladies side, Kristen Mueller went 3-1 in singles play and reached the women’s C-2 singles finals before losing to Becky Morse-Karzen of Mary Washington 8-2.
In doubles play, the dynamic duo of Susan Pollack and Amanda Campbell won two more matches to advance to the women’s A doubles semifinal before taking their first loss of the season, 8-2, to Radka Ferancova and Yuri Kurashima of Temple. Pollack and Campbell are now 11-1 on the year. Two other doubles teams did reach the finals as Elena Berry and Alexa Dragonette were downed by Magda Bresson and Klaudyna Kasztelaniec of William & Mary, 8-1, in the women’s B doubles final and Brittany Barsky and Julie Schiller also fell to Carmen Pop and Lauren Sabacinski of William & Mary, 8-3, in the women’s C doubles final.
The Delaware men will return to action Thursday when the Blue Hens travel to the University of Pennsylvania for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Fall Regionals. The women will compete in the same tournament starting on Friday at Dartmouth.
AGATE:
Men’s A Singles: Round of 32: Dom Pagan (WM) def. Nolan Greenberg (Delaware) 6-2, 6-4; Austin Longacre (Delaware) def. Brandon Harris (George Washington) 6-7(10), 7-6(5), 1-0(4); Round of 16: Rodrigo Souza (ODU) def. Longacre (Delaware) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0(3); Consolation - Round of 16: Greenberg (Delaware) def. Nick Meros (Virginia) 9-8(5); Quarterfinals: Ted Tywang (Georgetown) def. Greenberg (Delaware) 8-1
Men’s B Singles: Round of 32: Fernando Ferreira (UMBC) def. Sam Barrer (Delaware) 6-2, 6-2; Arturo Solis (Washington College) def. Matt Liebman (Delaware) 6-2, 6-2; Consolation - Round of 32: Barrer (Delaware) def. Princeston Gilbert (Winston Salem) 8-2; Matt Liebman (Delaware) def. Phi Tran (Winston Salem) 8-0; Quarterfinals: Barrer (Delaware) def. Carlo Pangilinan (Drexel) 8-4; Liebman (Delaware) def. Rashko Patnikov (Longwood) 8-5; Semifinals: Mike Smith (JMU) def. Barrer (Delaware) 9-7; Brandon Lindsley (Longwood) def. Liebman (Delaware) default.
Men’s C Singles: Round of 32: Ryan Hunter (GW) def. Camilo Perez (Delaware) 6-1, 6-2; Jonathan Schwartz (Delaware) def. Harrison Clare (Drexel) 6-2, 6-4; Round of 16: Mehrban Iranshad (UMBC) def. Schwartz (Delaware) 1-6, 6-1, 1-0(8); Consolation - Quarterfinals: Perez (Delaware) def. Austin Brawley (Longwood) 8-4; Semifinals: Perez (Delaware) def. Rafael Roldan (Washington College) 8-6; Finals: Eric Caudill (Virginia Wesleyan def. Perez (Delaware) 8-3.
Men’s D Singles: Round of 32: Jarrad Smoke (Navy) def. Andrew Blumberg (Delaware) 6-4, 6-4; Amit Kapur (Delaware) def. Wade Shafer (GW) 6-1, 6-2; Round of 16: Kapur (Delaware) def. Devin Crosby (Virginia Wesleyan) 6-3, 6-3; Quarterfinals: Kevin Cretella (JMU) def. Kapur (Delaware) 6-3, 3-6, 1-0(6); Consolation: Round of 32: Blumberg (Delaware) def. Imran Nayeem (George Mason) 8-2; Quarterfinals: Blumberg (Delaware) def. Tommy Popomaronis (Virginia Wesleyan) 8-1; Semifinals: Blumberg (Delaware) def. Matt Rodgers (Winston Salem) 8-2; Finals: Blumberg (Delaware) def. Chris Langley (Loyola) 8-3.
Men’s A Doubles: Round of 16: Sam Barrer/Nolan Greenberg (Delaware) def. Dom Pagan/Richard Wardell (WM) 9-8(5); Quarterfinals: Barrer/Greenberg (Delaware) def. Milo Johnson/Nick Meros (Virginia) default; Semifinals: Dave Jackson/Irfan Shamasdin (UMBC) def. Barrer/Greenberg 8-6.
Men’s B Doubles: Quarterfinals: Nate Grover/Rodrigo Souza (ODU) def. Andrew Blumberg/Austin Longacre (Delaware) 8-6.
Men’s C Doubles: Round of 16: Matt Liebman/Camilo Perez (Delaware) def. Daniel Balke/Elliott Daniels (GW) 8-5; Quarterfinals: Liebman/Perez (Delaware) def. Tim Koch/Matt Rodgers (Loyola) 8-1; Semifinals: Eddie Glidewell/John Mook (Christopher Newport) def. Liebman/Perez (Delaware) 9-7
Men’s D Doubles: Round of 16: Amit Kapur/Jon Schwartz (Delaware) def. Kevin Repper/Dylan Young (Christopher Newport) 8-3; Quarterfinals: Kapur/Schwartz (Delaware) def. Tom Arasz/Chris Langley (Loyola) 8-1; Semifinals: Kapur/Schwartz (Delaware) def. Alex James/Jarrad Smoke (Navy) 9-8(2); Finals: Rafael Roldan/Arturo Solis (Washington College) def. Kapur/Schwartz (Delaware) 8-0.
Women’s A Singles: Round of 32: Susan Pollack (Delaware) def. Alice Chen (UMBC) 6-1, 6-2; Round of 16: Pollack (Delaware) def. Radka Ferancova (Temple) 6-3, 7-6(6); Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (WM) def. Amanda Campbell (Delaware) 6-4, 6-0; Quarterfinals: Ragini Acharya (WM) def. Pollack (Delaware) 6-1, 7-5; Consolation - Quarterfinals: Yuri Kurashima (Temple) def. Campbell (Delaware) 8-4.
Women’s B-1 Singles: Round of 16: Christine Clermont (Temple) def. Alexa Dragonette (Delaware) 6-2, 6-2; Consolation - Round of 16: Daniella Milano (Radford) def. Dragonette (Delaware) 8-6.
Womens’s B-2 Singles: Round of 16: Stacey Kent (Hofstra) def. Elena Berry (Delaware) 2-6, 6-4, 1-0(8); Consolation - Round of 16: Maricel Ballester (GMU) def. Berry (Delaware) 8-4.
Women’s C-1 Singles: Round of 16: Brittany Barsky (Delaware) def. Anita Sagar (GMU) 6-0, 6-2; Quarterfinals: Stephanie Kurti (Mary Washington) def. Barsky (Delaware) 6-2, 6-3
Women’s C-2 Singles: Kirra Summers (JMU) def. Kristen Mueller (Delaware) 6-1, 7-5; Consolation - Quarterfinals: Mueller (Delaware) def. Lauren Cassle (Loyola) 8-3; Semifinals: Mueller (Delaware) def. Claudia Antezano (GMU) 8-1; Finals: Becky Morse-Karzen (Mary Washington) def. Mueller (Delaware) 8-2.
Women’s D-1 Singles: Round of 16: Julie Schiller (Delaware) def. Michele Petraskol (Pittsburgh) 6-3, 6-2; Quarterfinals: Kate Malpeli (Mary Washington) def. Schiller (Delaware) 6-3, 6-2.
Women’s D-2 Singles: Round of 16: Ann Piccirillo (Pittsburgh) def. Laura Honig (Delaware) 6-2, 6-0; Consolation - Quarterfinals: Annie Day (James Madison) def. Honig (Delaware) 8-4.
Women’s A Doubles: Round of 16: Susan Pollack/Amanda Campbell (Delaware) def. Anna Khoor/Mary Napier (JMU) 8-4; Quarterfinals: Pollack/Campbell (Delaware) def. Lena Leonchuk/Vera Petrashevitch (VCU) default; Semifinals: Radka Ferancova/Yuri Kurashima (Temple) def. Pollack/Campbell (Delaware) 8-2.
Women’s B Doubles: Quarterfinals: Elena Berry/Alexa Dragonette (Delaware) def. Barbara Costa/Linda Garder (ODU) 8-6; Semifinals: Berry/Dragonette (Delaware) def. Daniella Milano/Camila Noldin (Radford) 8-2; Finals: Magda Bresson/Klaudyna Kasztelaniec (WM) def. Berry/Dragonette (Delaware) 8-1.
Women’s C Doubles: Round of 16: Brittany Barsky/Julie Schiller (Delaware) def. Hana Stecova/Jaimee Wylie (Drexel) 8-1; Quarterfinals: Barsky/Schiller (Delaware) def. Madison McGuire/Ally Spector (Radford) 8-1; Semifinals: Barskey/Schiller (Delaware) def. Eileen Boyle/Courtney Olsen (Georgetown) 8-5; Finals: Carmen Pop/Lauren Sabacinski (WM) def. Barsky/Schiller (Delaware) 8-3.
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