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ABILENE, Texas - Playing in numerous matches throughout the day scattered throughout the city of Abilene, the LeTourneau University men's tennis team managed to pick up seven wins in singles action and advance the doubles duo of Jeffrey Golladay and Zac Crowley-Kurth to the "C" Flight doubles semifinals tomorrow morning at the ITA NCAA Division III Fall Regional Tournament in Abilene, Texas on Friday, September 28th. 

Leading the way for LETU in singles play was juniors Dale Wallace and Collin Patterson as both would pick up a pair of wins in the "E" flight singles to advance to semifinal action on Saturday. Wallace managed to pick up a 6-1, 6-1 win over Matthew Santos of McMurry and a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Tyrese Sheffield of East Texas Baptist while Patterson took victories by scores of 6-4, 6-0 and 6-4, 6-3 over Roel Olvera of Texas Lutheran and Garrett Govea of Schreiner. 

Bouncing back from opening round losses in the "A" flight singles bracket would be Christian Farris, Bobby Clark, and Jimmie Henson while Nathan Schmidt ("B" flight) and Crowley-Kurth ("C" flight) will play in consolation semifinal matches in their respective flights tomorrow morning. 

Doubles action on Friday saw close matches throughout for the YellowJackets as Farris and Henson would fall by a final of 9-7 to Christian Settles and Lars Wiik of Trinity University while Estrada and Schmidt dropped an 8-5 decision to Alonso Fernandez and Tyler Norman of Southwestern. Golladay and Crowley-Kurth advanced to semifinals in their respective flight Saturday morning after earning an 8-1 win over Isaiah Crowley and Seasn Oberhauser of Schreiner before picking up an 8-6 win over Chris Causer and Trey Fambrough of McMurry. 

Friday Results:Men's Tennis ITA Regional Singles
Christian Farris – "A" Flight – L (4-6, 2-6) to Lars Wiik (Trinity University), Consolation "A" W (6-4, 7-6 (10-3)) over Alex Mackellar (Mary Hardin-Baylor)
Bobby Clark – "A" Flight – L (2-6, 2-6) to Wilson Lambeth (Trinity University), Consolation "A" W (7-5, 6-0) over Jed De Luna (Texas-Dallas)
Rodrigo Vazquez Chairez – "A" Flight – L (1-6, 1-6) to Carlos Martinez (McMurry University), Consolation "A" L (6-4, 1-6, 6-10) to Griffin Weinkam (Hardin-Simmons)
Jimmie Henson – "A" Flight – L (4-6, 2-6) Matt Tyer (Trinity University), Consolation "A" W (6-2, 6-2) over Andrew Albright (Schreiner)
Nathan Schmidt – "B" Flight – L (6-1, 4-6, 4-10) to Adam Compton (Concordia TX), Consolation "B" – W (6-2, 6-1) over Adam Morris (East Texas Baptist)
James Estrada – "C" Flight – L (3-6, 4-6) Jacob Galindo (Texas Lutheran), Consolation "C" – L (3-6, 2-6) to  Mario Gallinar (Schreiner)
Zac Crowley-Kurth – "C" Flight – L (3-6, 6-4, 7-10) to Evan Pena (Concordia Texas), Consolation "C" – W (6-4, 6-0) over Juan Ortiz (Schreiner)
Dale Wallace – "E" Flight – W (6-1, 6-1) over Matthew Santos (McMurry), W (6-3, 6-3) over Tyrese Sheffield (East Texas Baptist)
Collin Patterson – "E" Flight – W (6-4, 6-0) over Roel Olvera (Texas Lutheran), W (6-4, 6-3) over Garrett Govea (Schreiner)
 
Men's Tennis ITA Regional Doubles
Christian Farris / Jimmie Henson – "A" Flight – L (7-9) to Christian Settles / Lars Wiik (Trinity University)
Bobby Clark / Rodrigo Vazquez Chairez – "A" Flight – L (0-8) to Alexis Mianche / Alex Joseph (Southwestern)
James Estrada / Nathan Schmidt – "B" Flight – L (5-8) to Alonso Fernandez / Tyler Norman (Southwestern) 
Collin Patterson / Dale Wallace – "C" Flight – L (8-9 {7-10}) to Eric Wendt / Joshua Bowman (Texas Lutheran)
Jeffrey Golladay / Zac Crowley-Kurth – "C" Flight – W (8-1) over Isaiah Crowley / Sean Oberhauser (Schreiner), W (8-6) over Chris Causer / Trey Fambrough (McMurry University)