Drury Men's Tennis Falls to No. 4 Barry in National Quarterfinals
Eric Pannell, Drury
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. - The No. 17 Drury men's tennis team fell 5-1 to the fourth-ranked Bucs of Barry University Wednesday in the Round of 16 at the NCAA-II Championships at the Sanlando Tennis Park.
The Panthers trailed Barry 2-1 after doubles play with Roman Gonda and Ivan Marevic defeating Barry's No. 1 team of Alex Svigelj and Max Wimmer 9-8(10-9) in the final doubles match. The Bucs No. 3 team of Andrew Sharnov and Sergio Velez scored the first point of the match with an 8-1 win over Drury's Lukas Zielen and Alex Kacamakis. Barry won doubles No. 2 over Antonio Garcia Santos and Jesus San Roman Garcia 8-3 to go up 2-0.
In singles Alex Kacamakis playing at No. 3 suffered the first DU loss falling 6-2,6-3 to #32 ranked Emmanuel Fraitzel. The Bucs went up 4-1 when singles No. 5 Sharnov downed Marevic 6-1,6-2. Barry captured the 5-1 match win with a 7-6(7-4) 6-2 win by #36 Svigelj over Gonda at No. 2 singles.
Drury (17-5), made its 12th straight appearance in the NCAA-II Sweet 16 and has faced a Barry team that's sent the Panthers home from nationals in three of the four times they've met in the tourney. The Bucs improved to 22-4 this season.
#4 Barry University 5, #17 Drury University Panthers 1
May 12, 2010 at Sanlando Tennis Park
(Altamonte Springs, Florida)
| Singles competition |
| 1. #31 Jesus Ramon Garcia (DUMEN) vs. #16 Marco Mokrzycki (BARRY) 6-7 (6-8), 1-3, unfinished |
| 2. #36 Alex Svigelj (BARRY) def. Roman Gonda (DUMEN) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 |
| 3. #32 Emanuel Fraitzl (BARRY) def. Alex Kacamakis (DUMEN) 6-2, 6-3 |
| 4. A. Garcia Santos (DUMEN) vs. Max Wimmer (BARRY) 4-6, 3-5, unfinished |
| 5. Andrew Sharnov (BARRY) def. Ivan Marevic (DUMEN) 6-1, 6-2 |
| 6. Lukas Zielen (DUMEN) vs. Sergio Velez (BARRY) 2-6, 6-6, unfinished |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Roman Gonda/Ivan Marevic (DUMEN) def. Alex Svigelj/Max Wimmer (BARRY) 9-8 (10-9) |
| 2. Marco Mokrzycki/Emanuel Fraitzl (BARRY) def. Jesus Ramon Garcia/A. Garcia Santos (DUMEN) 8-3 |
| 3. Andrew Sharnov/Sergio Velez (BARRY) def. Lukas Zielen/Alex Kacamakis (DUMEN) 8-1 |
| Match Notes |
| Barry University 22-4; National ranking #4 |
| Drury University Panthers 17-5; National ranking #17 |
| NCAA-II Sweet 16 |