Temple University Athletics
Thursday, October 17
Blacksburg, Va.
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ITA Regional
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Six Men's Tennis Players Active in Qualifying Singles at USTA/ITA Atlantic Regional
10.17.13 | Men's Tennis
BLACKSBURG, Va. – Six Temple men's tennis players were in action on the first day of play at the USTA/ITA Atlantic Region Championship, hosted by Virginia Tech at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center. Hicham Belkssir, Maros Januvka, Vineet Naran, Nicolas Paulus, Sam Rundle and Hernan Vasconez played in the singles qualifying draws on Thursday.
Paulus was awarded a bye in his opening round and took on Penn State's David Kohan in the round of 16. The sophomore bounced back from a first set loss to win the second, but ultimately dropped a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 decision.
Belkssir and Rundle were TU's lone winners on the day. Belkssir opened play with a 6-1, 6-0 decision over Dan Barrus of Saint Joseph's. The sophomore then fell to Navy's Blake Daniel, 6-2, 7-5, to end his quest for the main draw. Rundle was a 6-4, 6-3 winner over Chris Young of Penn State in the round of 32. He then fell to Nic Wilson of Virginia Tech, 6-3, 6-3 in the round of 16.
Kristian Marquart and Santiago Canete get started in the main singles draw tomorrow afternoon, but first, four Temple doubles teams will compete in the morning. Rundle and Naran face Mehdi Mekaoui and Harry Walshe of Duquesne in the opening round. Marquart and Belkssir drew Old Dominion's Jonas Kuwert and Zvonimir Podvinski, while Canete and Paulus team up to take on Biyik Akinshemoyin and Eliott Loubatie of UMBC. Rounding out the Temple duos are Januvka and Vasconez, who will face Kamal Patel and Kevin Hsieh, also of UMBC, in the opening round.
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Paulus was awarded a bye in his opening round and took on Penn State's David Kohan in the round of 16. The sophomore bounced back from a first set loss to win the second, but ultimately dropped a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 decision.
Belkssir and Rundle were TU's lone winners on the day. Belkssir opened play with a 6-1, 6-0 decision over Dan Barrus of Saint Joseph's. The sophomore then fell to Navy's Blake Daniel, 6-2, 7-5, to end his quest for the main draw. Rundle was a 6-4, 6-3 winner over Chris Young of Penn State in the round of 32. He then fell to Nic Wilson of Virginia Tech, 6-3, 6-3 in the round of 16.
Kristian Marquart and Santiago Canete get started in the main singles draw tomorrow afternoon, but first, four Temple doubles teams will compete in the morning. Rundle and Naran face Mehdi Mekaoui and Harry Walshe of Duquesne in the opening round. Marquart and Belkssir drew Old Dominion's Jonas Kuwert and Zvonimir Podvinski, while Canete and Paulus team up to take on Biyik Akinshemoyin and Eliott Loubatie of UMBC. Rounding out the Temple duos are Januvka and Vasconez, who will face Kamal Patel and Kevin Hsieh, also of UMBC, in the opening round.
For complete results, click here.
For more information on Temple men's tennis, visit www.owlsports.com, www.facebook.com/Temple-University-Mens-Tennis and www.twitter.com/Temple_MTen.
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