Box Score MOBILE, Ala. – The William Woods University men's tennis team, sponsored by Fulton Medical Center, season came to a close on Friday morning when they Owls were knocked out of the NAIA Men's Tennis National Championship by Georgia Gwinnett College in the Quarterfinals. The Owls were defeated 5-0 by the Grizzlies.
The Owls finish the season with a record of 16-7 and advanced to its second straight quarterfinal appearance in the NAIA Men's Tennis National Championship.
Full results can be seen below.
The top seed and undefeated Grizzlies came out strong as they took No. 2 doubles, 8-1, over
Jesus Amezcua and
Stefan Simic taking a 1-0 lead. They grew the lead to 2-0 after taking No. 3 doubles, 8-2, over
Christian Barbieri and
Oscar Barreiro. The Owls battled in No. 1 doubles but could not get the point as Georgia Gwinnett took No. 1 doubles, 8-5, over
Javier Callejo and
Christopher Vleeming Ortiz.
The Owls could not a comeback coming in singles as the Grizzlies took No. 2 singles 6-1, 6-0 over
Javier Callejo. Moments later, Valentino Caratini defeated
Nathan Cooke, 6-1, 6-1 in No. 6 singles clinching the match for the Grizzlies.
The Owls trailed in every other singles match up No. 3 singles where
Christopher Vleeming Ortiz was up a set. He took set one, 6-4, but trailed 2-1 in the second set before the match was called.
Results
Singles
No. 1 – Kevin Konfederak vs.
Christian Barbieri, 6-2, 4-1 unfinished
No. 2 – Gilad Berman def.
Javier Callejo, 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 – Christopher Vleeming Ortiz vs. Ayed Zatar, 6-4, 1-2 unfinished
No. 4 – Rafael Coutinho vs.
Oscar Barreiro, 6-2, 3-2 unfinished
No. 5 – F. Herrera Duran vs.
Jesus Amezcua, 6-2, 4-3 unfinished
No. 6 – Valentino Caratini def.
Nathan Cooke, 6-1, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 – Kevin Konfederak/Gilad Berman def.
Javier Callejo/
Christopher Vleeming Ortiz, 8-5
No. 2 – Rafael Coutinho/F/ Herrera Duran def.
Jesus Amezcua/
Stefan Simic, 8-1
No. 3 – Ayed Zatar/Valentino Caratini def.
Christian Barbieri/
Oscar Barreiro, 8-2