LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The red-hot ACU Widlcats continued their roll through the Las Vegas Invitational on Wednesday with their second win over a top-10 opponent in as many days, this time a 5-4 win over No. 5 West Florida at the Darling Tennis Center.
The Wildcats' second straight 5-4 win over a top-10 foe pushes them to 11-6 on the season. After beating No. 8 Concordia (N.Y.) late Tuesday night and No. 5 West Florida on Wednesday, the Wildcats are taking No. 3 Armstrong Atlantic State (Ga.) at 9 a.m. (Vegas time) Thursday in their final match of the tournament.
The Argonauts (12-7) jumped out to a 2-1 lead after doubles play with ACU's only victory coming at No. 1 where
Hans Hach and
Jake Hendrie knocked off the UWF tandem of Leandro Ferreira and Andrey Pozhidaev, 9-7.
UWF led the match 3-2 after Pozhidaev knocked off ACU's
Eldad Campbell, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 2 singles, but ACU stormed back to win three of the final four singles matches and take the match.
Bryan Joiner got the comeback started with a 6-1, 6-2 in over Mike Lue at No. 5 singles to knot the match at 3-3. Hach – ranked No. 17 in the nation in singles – knocked off 15th-ranked Ferreira, 6-4, 6-3, at No. 1 singles to give the Wildcats a 4-3 lead. ACU clinched the match at No. 3 singles when
Alfredo Desiati knocked off Sean Gunnels, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, to give ACU an insurmountable 5-3 lead.
#10 ACU 5, #5 WEST FLORIDA 4
Singles
Hans Hach, ACU, def. Leandro Ferreira, UWF, 6-4, 6-3
Andrey Pozhidaev, UWF, def.
Eldad Campbell, ACU, 6-0, 6-1
Alfredo Desiati, ACU, def. Sean Gunnels, UWF, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
Jake Hendrie, ACU, def. Jose Carlos Tolentino, UWF, 5-1 (ret.)
Bryan Joiner, ACU, def. Mike Lue, UWF, 6-1, 6-2
Domenico Sano, UWF, def.
Nick Plum, ACU, 7-6, 4-6, 11-9
Doubles
Hach-Hendrie, ACU, def. Ferreira-Pozhidaev, UWF, 9-7
Sano-Tolentino, UWF, def. Plum-Joiner, ACU, 8-5
Lue-Lukas Larsson, UWF, def. Campbell-
John Strahl, ACU, 8-4
