PUEBLO, Colo.- After a long day of competing, the Colorado Mesa men's tennis team saw three singles player and one doubles team advance to the quarterfinals at the Colorado College Invite.
The Maverick tandem of
Josema Fas,
Diego Foncillas and
Manu Ferreira were slated to play in the A flight for singles while
Daniel Blanch,
Andrew Lock,
Gavin Hutter and
Luke Burriesci played in the B flight.
Fas was the one seed going into the tournament and he fared well in his first match against Sebastien Moulle-Berteaux of Colorado College beating him 6-4, 6-4. He faced off against his teammate in Ferreira, who had to come back from a set down to win his first match 1-6, 7-6, 10-7. The two played an absolutle barnburner with Pons coming out on top 6-7, 7-6, 10-7 to book his spot in the A flight final. He'll face against another one of his teammates in Foncillas, who won his two matches comfortably beating Alavro Fernandez-Caceres of Western New Mexico 6-0, 6-3 and Benjamin Vriends 6-2, 6-4.
In the B Flight, Hutter fared well as he advanced to the quarters after beating Ross Cockrell of Colorado College 6-2, 6-1 and the number one seed David Guta from Western New Mexico 3-6, 6-0, 10-8. Blanch won his first round 6-3, 6-4 against Nico Lackner of Western New Mexico but lost his next one in a close third set breaker. Burriesci lost his first round match but recieved a bye in the backdraw.
Doubles saw even more good results as Fas/Ferreira teamed up and made it to the semis. They received a bye in the first round and beat Moulle-Berteaux/Logan Milton of Colorado College 6-4. Burriesci and Lock won their first match 7-5 over Cockrell and Mateo Gil of Colorado College before bowing out to the two seeds. Hutter and Blach lost their first round but will have shot to win in the backdraw.
The Mavs overall went 13-8 on the day and will look to continue getting good results tomorrow with play starting at 9 a.m.
Singles Results
A Flight
Quarterfinals
Josema Fas (Colorado Mesa) def. S. Moulle-Bereaux (Colorado College) 6-4, 6-4
Manu Ferreira (Colorado Mesa) def. Markuss Oto Meidrops (Western New Mexico) 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 1-0 (10-3)
Diego Foncillas (Colorado Mesa) def. A. Fernandez Caceres (Western New Mexico) 6-0, 6-3
Semifinals
Josema Fas (Colorado Mesa) def.
Manu Ferreira (Colorado Mesa) 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-4), 1-0 (10-7)
Diego Foncillas (Colorado Mesa) def. Benjamin Vriends (Western New Mexico) 6-2, 6-4
B Flight
Round of 16
Gavin Hutter (Colorado Mesa) def. Ross Cockrell (Colorado College) 6-2, 6-1
Daniel Blanch (Colorado Mesa) def. Nico Lackner (Western New Mexico) 6-3, 6-4
Matisse Pierre (Western New Mexico) def.
Andrew Lock (Colorado Mesa) 6-4, 6-3
Logan Milton (Colorado College) def.
Luke Burriesci (Colorado Mesa) 6-0, 7-5
Quarterfinals
Gavin Hutter (Colorado Mesa) def. David Guta (Western New Mexico) 3-6, 6-0, 1-0 (10-8)
Mateo Gil (Colorado College) def.
Gavin Hutter (Colorado Mesa) 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7)
Backdraw
Djamel-Dine Bey (Western New Mexico) def.
Andrew Lock (Colorado Mesa) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles Results
Round of 16
S. Moulle-Bereaux/Logan Milton (Colorado College) def.
Gavin Hutter/
Daniel Blanch (Colorado Mesa) 7-5
Luke Burriesci/
Andrew Lock (Colorado Mesa) def. Ross Cockrell/Mateo Gil (Colorado College) 7-5
Quarterfinals
Josema Fas/
Manu Ferreira (Colorado Mesa) def. S. Moulle-Bereaux/Logan Milton (Colorado College) 6-4
Markuss Oto Meidrops/David Guta (Western New Mexico) def.
Luke Burriesci/
Andrew Lock (Colorado Mesa) 6-1