Wildcats Crowned Champions of Two Flights at Ron Wesbrooks Invitational
10/6/2025 12:25:00 PM | Men's Tennis
BEAUMONT - The ACU men's tennis wrapped up a successful weekend with two flight championships at the Ron Wesbrooks Invitiational, hosted by the Lamar Cardinals.
The Wildcats earned a victory in one singles flight, took second in another, and had an all-ACU finals in a doubles flight.
Luis Jose Nakamine cruised to a Flight 1 Singles win -- defeating Lamar's Maxwell Lindstedt, 6-1, 6-0. Merse Deli finished runner-up in Flight 2 Singles. In doubles, Nakamine and Tomas Quesada defeated teammates Deli and Alejandro Verdasco, 6-4, for the championship.
Nakamine won every match he played over the weekend: 4-0 in singles, and 3-0 in doubles.
Below are the results from Day 3 of the tournament.
Singles
Flight 1 - Championship
Luis Jose Nakamine def. Maxwell Lindstedt (Lamar), 6-1, 6-0
Flight 1 - Third Place
Tomas Quesda def. Leon Nickel (Lamar), 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 [10-4]
Flight 2 - Championship
Ethan Dassett (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) def. Merse Deli, 6-4, 6-2
Flight 3 - Third Place
Josu Garmendia (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) def. Phillipp Huebert, 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 [10-6]
Flight 4
Vicente Monge (Lamar) def. Ford Elizondo, 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
Flight 1 - Championship
Quesada / Nakamine def. Deli / Verdaso, 6-4
Flight 2 - Consolation Championship
Huebert / Elizondo def. Drapeau / Monge (Lamar), 7-5
The Wildcats earned a victory in one singles flight, took second in another, and had an all-ACU finals in a doubles flight.
Luis Jose Nakamine cruised to a Flight 1 Singles win -- defeating Lamar's Maxwell Lindstedt, 6-1, 6-0. Merse Deli finished runner-up in Flight 2 Singles. In doubles, Nakamine and Tomas Quesada defeated teammates Deli and Alejandro Verdasco, 6-4, for the championship.
Nakamine won every match he played over the weekend: 4-0 in singles, and 3-0 in doubles.
Below are the results from Day 3 of the tournament.
Singles
Flight 1 - Championship
Luis Jose Nakamine def. Maxwell Lindstedt (Lamar), 6-1, 6-0
Flight 1 - Third Place
Tomas Quesda def. Leon Nickel (Lamar), 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 [10-4]
Flight 2 - Championship
Ethan Dassett (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) def. Merse Deli, 6-4, 6-2
Flight 3 - Third Place
Josu Garmendia (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) def. Phillipp Huebert, 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 [10-6]
Flight 4
Vicente Monge (Lamar) def. Ford Elizondo, 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
Flight 1 - Championship
Quesada / Nakamine def. Deli / Verdaso, 6-4
Flight 2 - Consolation Championship
Huebert / Elizondo def. Drapeau / Monge (Lamar), 7-5
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