ABILENE, Texas - Setting themselves up for a good showing on day two of the 2018 American Southwest Conference Fall Championships, the LeTourneau University men's tennis team earned three top-three finishes between singles and doubles action in flighted action on Saturday, September 15th.
Following a successful day one, LETU managed to make the most of their opportunities as
Bobby Clark would win the singles flight "D" championship with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Josh Newman of Schreiner University. After winning twice yesterday, newcomer
James Estrada would also show well in the flight "G" singles championship before ultimately falling 2-6, 1-6 to Keenan Nash of Hardin-Simmons while
Nathan Schmidt and
Dale Wallace each finished fourth after falling in the third-place match of their respective singles matches.
The YellowJackets also saw one championship match in doubles play as the duo of
Collin Patterson and Wallace took on Gallinar and Galvan of Schreiner in the flight "E" doubles championship match while Clark and
Zac Crowley-Kurth took third in flight "C" doubles.
Full results involving LETU athletes from Saturday can be viewed below:
Men's Singles Day 2
Alex Moreau – Flight "J" – W (6-3, 6-2) over McKinzie (LETU)
Pierce McKinzie – Flight "J" – L (3-6, 2-6) to
Alex Moreau (LETU)
Dale Wallace – Flight "I" – L (0-6, 7-6, 6-10) to Jack Johns (Schreiner)
Collin Patterson – Flight "I" – W (6-2, 6-2) over Matthew Santos (McMurry)
Jeffrey Golladay – Flight "H" – L (5-7, 4-6) to Ethan Espiritu (Schreiner)
James Estrada – Flight "G" – L (2-6, 1-6) to Keenan Nash (Hardin-Simmons)
Nathan Schmidt – Flight "F" – L (6-3, 3-6, 8-10) to Josh Roselius (UMHB)
Zac Crowley-Kurth – Flight "E" – W (6-3, 6-1) over Rudy Perez (Howard Payne)
Bobby Clark – Flight "D" – W (6-1, 6-3) over Josh Newman (Schreiner)
Rodrigo Vazquez Chairez – Flight "C" – W (6-0, 6-2) over Tyler Howard (ETBU)
Christian Farris – Flight "B" – L (3-6, 3-6) to Jace Mahan (UMHB)
Jimmie Henson – Flight "A" – W (3-6, 6-2, 11-9) over Holt Fields (Hardin-Simmons)
Men's Doubles Day 2
Patterson/Wallace – Flight "E" – L (1-8) to Gallinar/Galvan (Schreiner)
McKinzie/Moreau – Flight "E" – L (0-8) to Santos/Collins (McMurry)
Estrada/Golladay – Flight "D" – W (8-5) over Villarreal/Glynn (Concordia Texas)
Clark/Crowley-Kurth – Flight "C" – W (8-5) over Ramsey/Herr (ETBU)
Vazquez Chairez/Schmidt – Flight "B" – L (1-8) to Shoendorf/Lopez (Hardin-Simmons)
Henson/Farris – Flight "A" – L (7-9) to Bode/Le (Concordia Texas)