Men's Tennis | 4/24/2015 10:25:00 PM
Ojai Tournament Results Page
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. - The Abilene Christian tennis program won 16 of 19 matches played Friday at the 115th Annual Ojai Valley Tournament and has six individuals and three doubles teams still alive for a major title within the Independent College Division.
Three of the five Wildcat men's competitors were double winners today to reach the quarterfinals. Sixth-seeded sophomore
Nico Agritelley followed a 6-1, 6-2 win over Biola's Luke Mountain with a 6-4, 6-0 triumph against Rohan Shankar of Claremont Mudd Scripps. Agritelley will next be pitted against top-seeded Felix Schueller of Grand Canyon in Saturday's quarterfinals.
On the bottom half of the bracket junior
Jason Proctor opened with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Biola's Brandon Chang and later upset Westmont's seventh-seed Jan Sibbel, 6-0, 6-4, to reach the quarters.
Proctor's next opponent is No. 4 seed Adrian Legarreta of Grand Canyon.
Second-seeded senior
Guilherme Gesser opened with a bye and defeated Hope's Anthony Sena, 6-2, 6-1 in their Round of 16 match. He is scheduled to play junior teammate
Marco Bensley in their quarterfinal. A South Africa native, Bensley today defeated Cal Lutheran's Jesper Lunding Johanssen, 6-2, 6-3, before eliminating GCU's Mitchell Maroscher in three sets, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5.
In men's doubles action, ACU's second-seeded duo of Agritelley and Gesser reached the semifinals following their convincing 6-0, 6-2 win over San Diego Christian's Alessandro Moriana and Daniel Superlano.
Proctor and freshman
Henry Adams won their first-round match vs. a team from Hope, 7-5, 6-4, but lost in the quarters to No. 1 seed Brendan Aguilar and Leonardo Urquidi of San Diego Christian, 6-4, 6-2.
Still alive in the women's singles bracket following two rounds today are senior
Brittney Reed and sophomore
Erin Walker.
Reed - the No. 3 seed - won both her contests in straight sets, toppling No. 12 Laina Matsuda of La Verne, 6-4, 6-2, and GCU's Lana Rinaldi, 6-3, 7-5 in the quarterfinals. Reed's semifinal opponent Saturday will be Westmont's top-seeded Lauren Stratman.
Walker's route today included a shutout victory over 11th-seeded Meagan Zamilpa of Whittier and 6-1, 6-1 triumph over fourth-seeded Caroline Ward of Claremont Mudd Scripps.
Walker and freshman teammate
Lucile Pothier also knocked off Ward in doubles as she her teammate - the tournament's top seeds - fell to the Wildcats, 6-4, 6-2. Next up for Walker and Pothier is a semifinal match against fourth-seeded Bridget Echegaray and Matsuda of La Verne.
Hermsdorf and Reed also made it to the semis after ousting the Whittier combo of Zamilpa and Gabi Echegaray, 6-0, 6-3.
Awaiting Walker in their singles semifinals is No. 2 seed Tatum Prudhomme of Grand Canyon, who survived a three-set war against ACU junior
Nada Marjanovic in the quarterfinals, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (2), 6-4. Marjanovic also had to go to three sets against Hermsdorf in their Round of 16 match and ultimately prevailed, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Men's Singles
Round of 32Marco Bensley d. Jesper Lunding Johanssen, 6-2, 6-3
Jason Proctor d. Brandon Chang, 6-2, 6-1
(6)
Nico Agritelley d. Luke Mountain, 6-1, 6-2
Mauricio Mosquera d.
Henry Adams, 6-3, 6-4
Round of 16(2)
Guilherme Gesser d. Anthony Sena, 6-2; 6-1
Marco Bensley d. Mitchell Maroscher, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5
Jason Proctor d. (7) Jan Sibbel 6-0; 6-4
(6)
Nico Agritelley d. Rohan Shankar, 6-4; 6-0
Men's Doubles Round of 16Adams/Proctor d. Mosquera/Sena, 7-5, 6-4
Quarterfinals(1) Aguilar/Urquidi d. Adams/Proctor, 6-4, 6-2
(2) Agritelley/Gesser d. Moriano/Superlano, 6-0; 6-2
Women's Singles
Round of 16(3)
Brittney Reed d. (12) Laina Matsuda, 6-4, 6-2
(6)
Erin Walker d. (11) Meagan Zamilpa, 6-0; 6-0
Nada Marjanovic d. (7)
Kaysie Hermsdorf, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Quarterfinals(3)
Brittney Reed d. Lana Rinaldi, 6-3, 7-5
(6)
Erin Walker d. (4) Caroline Ward, 6-1, 6-1
(2) Tatum Prudhomme d.
Nada Marjanovic, 7-6(2), 6-7(2), 6-4
Women's Doubles Quarterfinals(7) Pothier/Walker d. (1) Kuosman/Ward, 6-4; 6-2
(3) Hermsdorf/Reed d. Etchegaray/Zamilpa, 6-0; 6-3
