Hokie ClubATHENS, Ga. - Virginia Tech had one doubles team advance on the second day of the Southern Intercollegiate Championships being played at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on the University of Georgia campus. Sebastien Jacques (So., Magog, Quebec, Canada)/Yoann Re (Jr, Verdun, Quebec, Canada) advanced to the quarterfinals with an 8-6 win over Array/Johannsen (Armstrong Atlantic State). The AASU duo are currently ranked No. 2 in the nation in NCAA Division II.
The Hokies were not as successful in singles as both Nicolas Delgado de Robles (Sr., Madrid, Spain) and Sebastien Jacques (So., Magog, Quebec, Canada) were eliminated in the Division I bracket. Jacques lost in the Round of 32 to 39th-ranked Reid Carleton (Duke), 5-7, 6-1, 6-0, while Delgado de Robles lost in the Round of 16 versus 33rd-rankded Guillermo Gomez (Georgia Tech). Elsewhere Patrick Daciek (Fr., Severna Park, Md.) and Jon Pine (Fr., Vienna, Va.) both won matches in the Division II bracket before being eliminated in the Round of 16.C
Complete results of Saturday's matches:
Southern Intercollegiate Saturday Results
Division Round Result
I 32 #39 (6) Reid Carleton (Duke) def. Sebastian Jacques (Virginia Tech), 5-7, 6-1, 6-0
I 32 #75 Nicolas Delgado de Robles (Virginia Tech) def. Andrew Brasseaux (Wake Forest), 6-2, 7-6 (4)
I 16 #33 (5) Guillermo Gomez (Georgia Tech) def. #75 Nicolas Delgado (Virginia Tech), 6-2, 6-1
I CONS Brandon Corace (Virginia Tech) def. Renzo Airaldi (USC-Upstate), w/o
I CONS Yoann Re (Virginia Tech) def. Tim Johannsen (Armstrong Atlantic), 6-4, 7-5
II 32 Patrick Daciek (Virginia Tech) def. Alex Ahlgren (ETSU) 6-3, 7-6 (4)
II 32 Jon Pine (Virginia Tech) def. Don Cash (Florida) 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2
II 16 Terek Ben Soltane (Central Florida) def. Patrick Daciek (Virginia Tech) 6-1, 6-4
II 16 Alex DiValerio (Vanderbilt) def. Jon Pine (Virginia Tech) 6-4, 6-4
II CONS Preston Lemon (Virginia Tech) def. Alex Hill (Georgia) 6-3, 7-6 (2)
Doubles
I 16 Jacques/Re (Virginia Tech) def. Array/Johannsen (Armstrong Atlantic State) 8-6
II 32 Brasseaux/Hopkins (Wake Forest) def. Daciek/Pine (Virginia Tech) 8-3
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Luka Somen advanced to the finals in the A1 singles Saturday at the Steve Baras Collegiate Fall Classic being held at the Champions Club. Two other Hokies dropped their semifinals while another advanced to a consolation final.
Somen (Fr., Karlovac, Crotia) defeated Scott Robertson (Jacksonville State) 6-4, 0-6, 6-3, and will play Andrey Bubnov (UNC Greensboro) in Sunday's final. Two other Hokies were not as fortunate as Corrado Tocci (Fr., Reggio Emilia, Italy) lost his A2 semifinal, 1-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4, against Rodrigo Amaral (Belmont) while Eduardo Pinto lost 5-7, 6-4, 7-5, in the B2 semifinals.
Zach Pine (Fr., Vienna, Va.) won two matches Saturday in the B1 consolation bracket. Pine defeated Chapman Mitchell (Mercer), 6-2, 6-1, then defeated Stefan Solomon (Jacksonville, State), 7-6 (4), 6-1. He will face Fernando Armendaris (Mercer) in Sunday's final.
In doubles action, Pine/Pinto won two matches to advance to the A2 Doubles final Sunday against Amaral/Lima (Belmont). Somen/Tocci lost their A1 competition quarterfinal, 8-6, to Ewels/Moser (UAB).
Steve Baras Collegiate Fall Classic Saturday Results
Division Round Result
A1 Semi Luka Somen (Virginia Tech) def. Scott Robertson (Jacksonville State) 6-4, 0-6, 6-3
A2 Semi Rodrigo Amaral (Belmont) def. Corrado Tocci (Virginia Tech) 1-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4
B1 Cons Zach Pine (Virginia Tech) def. Chapman Mitchel (Mercer) 6-2, 6-1
B1 Cons Zach Pine (Virginia Tech) def. Stefan Solomon (Jacksonville State) 7-6 (4), 6-1
B2 Semi William John (UNC Greensboro) def. Eduardo Pinto (Virginia Tech) 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
A1 DBLS Qtr Ewels/Moser (UAB) def. Somen/Tocci (Virginia Tech), 8-6
A2 DBLS Qtr Pine/Pinto (Virginia Tech) def. Murrell/Pierron (Lee), 8-4
A2 DBLS Semi Pine/Pinto (Virginia Tech) def. Armendaris/Diaz (Mercer), 8-4