Delgado wins debut draw at Aggie Invitational

Friday, September 15

Las Cruces, N.M.

Abilene Christian

New Mexico State Invitational

Photo by: John Vu

Delgado wins debut draw at Aggie Invitational

9/17/2017 6:04:00 PM | Men's Tennis

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Abilene Christian freshman Joaquin Delgado won his first collegiate bracket this weekend, defeating four opponents to capture the Black Flight at the New Mexico State Aggie Invitational.

The Wildcats won 12 of 21 singles matches overall and were a stellar 5-1 during Sunday's final rounds. Delgado beat Alejandro Rosas of New Mexico State, 6-4, 6-4, in their championship match, and earlier he topped Christian Borrero (6-3, 6-1) and Scott Wheeler (6-2, 6-4) of Arizona Christian and Yohaun Prinsen of Mesa CC (6-0, 6-3).

Delgado is a 6-foot-2 competitor out of McAllen, Texas and Sharyland Pioneer High School, and prior to his arrival at ACU he ranked as high as 17th in the USTA rankings for the Texas U18s.

Elsewhere in singles, Junior Cole Lawson beat Michael Tran of New Mexico, 6-1, 6-4 to finish third in the White Flight and sophomore Jackson Fine defeated Prinsen, 7-5, 6-2 to earn fifth-place honors in the Black Flight.

Senior Paul Michael Domanski went 2-2 this weekend with victories over opposition from Arizona and Western New Mexico, but lost his final match Sunday, 6-3, 6-1, to New Mexico State's Sergi Espias to place sixth within the Crimson Flight.

Each flight started with approximately 16 competitors.

All three of ACU's doubles pairings were eliminated by the second round with Delgado and Fine finishing fourth (of eight teams) in their flight after falling, 8-4, to Arizona Christian's Vasquez and Wheeler. Domanski and Gleason won two matches to finish seventh of 16 teams after defeating Mesa's Rendek and Etzberger, today, 8-5.

A recap of ACU's results at the Midland Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational will be posted later tonight.

Aggie Invitational Results
Men's Singles First Round (12-9)
Paul Michael Domanski d. Zachary Grabovic (Western New Mexico), 7-5, 6-3
Segi Espias (New Mexico State) d. Hunter Holman, 6-3, 6-1
Enrique Asmar (New Mexico State) d. Brad Gleason, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
Joaquin Delgado d. Christian Borrero (Arizona Christian), 6-3, 6-1

Second Round
Christofer Gonclaves (New Mexico State) d. Paul Michael Domanski, 6-3, 6-0
Jorge Escutia (New Mexico) d. Hunter Holman, 6-3, 6-3
Griffin Sauer (Mesa), d. Brad Gleason, 6-3, 3-6, 10-4
Cole Lawson d Yusuke Nishitani (New Mexico State), 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-3
Joaquin Delgado d. Yohaun Prinsen (Mesa), 6-0, 6-3
Scott Wheeler (Arizona Christian) d. Jackson Fine, 6-3, 6-4

Third Round
Paul Michael Domanski d. Andres Reyes (Arizona), 6-7 (3), 7-5, 11-9
Gary Rendek (Mesa) d. Hunter Holman, 6-3, 6-4
Enrique Asmar (New Mexico State) d. Cole Lawson, 6-3, 6-3
Joaquin Delgado d. Scott Wheeler (Arizona Christian), 6-2, 6-4
Jackson Fine d. Luka Stanivukovic (Arizona Christian), 6-3, 6-3

Fourth Round (5-1)
Sergi Espias (New Mexico State) d. Paul Michael Domanski, 6-3, 6-1 | 6th place Crimson
Hunter Holman d. Andres Vasquez (Arizona Christian), 6-0, 6-3 | 15th place Crimson

Cole Lawson d. Michael Tran (New Mexico), 6-1, 6-4 | 3rd place White
Brad Gleason d. Ali Moin (Mesa), 6-4, 6-3 | 13th place White

Joaquin Delgado d. Alejandro Rosas (New Mexico State), 6-4, 6-4 | Black Draw Champion
Jackson Fine d. Yohaun Prinsen (Mesa), 7-5, 6-2 | 5th place Black

Men's Doubles First Round (3-7)
Domanski / Gleason d. Tran / Garza (New Mexico State), 8-1
Rendek / Etzberger (Mesa) d. Lawson / Holman, 8-4
Delgado / Fine d. Preiswerk / Borrero (Arizona Christian), 8-7 (5)

Second Round
Goncalves / Flores (New Mexico State) d. Domanski / Gleason, 8-4
Lawson / Holman – Bye
Balderrama / Galeffi (Arizona Christian) d. Delgado / Fine, 8-4

Third Round
Stockman / Escutia (New Mexico) d. Lawson / Holman, 8-6
Asmar / Nishitani (New Mexico State) d. Domanski / Gleason, 8-5
Vasquez / Wheeler (Arizona Christian) d. Delgado / Fine, 8-4 | 4th place White

Fourth Round
Domanski / Gleason vs. Rendek / Etzberger (Mesa), 8-5 | 7th place Crimson
Fraboulet / Grabovic (Western New Mexico) d. Lawson / Holman, 8-5 | 12th place Crimson