MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.
- The Drake men's
tennis team had five players advance in the main singles draw at the
Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Central Regional on Friday (Oct. 19)
after posting a 5-1 mark in singles en route to an 8-4 combined
singles/doubles ledger overall.
In doubles, the
59th-rated duo of seniors Anis Ghorbel (Sfax, Tunisia) and James McKie (Edinburgh, Scotland) earned a pair of victories to move into
the round of 16. The tandem opened
its day edging Luke Elifson and Parker Lawley of South Dakota State, 8-2,
before downing Minnesota's Mathieu Froment and Juan Pablo Ramirez, 8-5.
Senior Jean Erasmus (Windhoek,
Namibia) moved forward in the main singles draw downing Bradley's Juan Diego
Cuadrado, 6-2, 7-5.
Ghorbel, who is
ranked No. 87 in the preseason ITA singles rankings, dispatched Abdul Alawadhi
of Missouri, 6-1, 6-4.
Junior Robin Goodman (Cambridge, England) opened his tournament besting in-state
foe Matt Hagen of Iowa, 6-3, 6-2.
Sophomore Alen Salibasic (Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina) was forced to go three sets
in his showdown with Alejandro Espejo Sanchez of Tulsa before pulling out a
6-2, 4-6, 6-2 victory.
McKie capped off the
day for Drake registering a 6-1, 6-0 win over James Thorp of South Dakota
State.
Competition in the
main draw in both singles and doubles resumes on Saturday (Oct. 20).
ITA CENTRAL
REGIONAL
OCT. 19 •
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
SINGLES:
Jean Erasmus (DU) def.
Juan Diego Cuadrado (BU), 6-2, 7-5
Anis Ghorbel (DU)
def. Abdul Alawadhi (MIZZOU), 6-1, 6-4
Matheus Pereira (WSU)
def. Ben Mullis (DU), 6-3, 6-2
Robin Goodman (DU)
def. Matt Hagen (IOWA), 6-3, 6-2
Alen Salibasic (DU)
def. Alejandro Espejo Sanchez (TULSA), 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
James McKie (DU) def.
James Thorp (SDSU), 6-1, 6-0
DOUBLES:
Lawrence Fornmentera/Harry
Warden (OKLA) def. Ryan Drake/Grant Tesmer (DU), 8-1
No. 59 Ghorbel/McKie
(DU) def. Luke Elifson/Parker Lawley (SDSU), 8-2
No. 59 Ghorbel/McKie
(DU) def. Mathieu Froment/Juan Pablo Ramirez (MINN), 8-5
Peerakit
Siributwong/Leonard Stakhovsky (OKLA) def. Lott/Salibasic (DU), 8-6
Erasmus/Goodman (DU)
def. Chris Haworth/Trevor Horstmann (OKST), 8-1
Guillermo
Alcorta/Axel Alverez (OKLA) def. Erasmus/Goodman (DU), 8-6
