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Jonah McGinty Julian Lee ITA Regionals 2019
Jonah McGinty (left) advanced to Saturday's singles semifinals.

Men's Tennis

McGinty, Cressio Shine at ITA Regionals

RESULTS

GEORGETOWN, Texas -- LeTourneau University's Jonah McGinty and Paulo Cressio each delivered a couple victories at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Southwest Regional Friday.

McGinty beat McMurry's Trey Fambrough, 6-3, 6-4, in the opening round of the D singles bracket. He then advanced to Saturday's semifinals with a 2-6, 6-3, 10-8 win over Texas Lutheran's Johari Draminga. 

Cressio defeated St. Thomas' Dorian Cudina, 6-3, 6-2, in his opening round match of the C bracket. He fell to Austin College's Tate Nelson, 7-6 (10-8), 6-0, in the quarterfinals.

Cressio and Jeffrey Golladay paired for an 8-2 victory over Mary Hardin-Baylor's Brandon Huckabee and Robert Galligan in the C doubles quarterfinals. The YellowJackets tandem lost in a great semifinals battle to Southwestern's Kyle Brown and Tyler Norman, 8-7 (7-4).

In the A singles draw, Julian Lee defeated McMurry's Chase Daniel, 3-6, 7-5, 10-2, in the opening round. He fell to 30th-ranked and top-seeded Jordan Pitts of Trinity, 6-1, 6-3. Nathan Schmidt lost to fourth-seeded Angelo Yasuro Ito Toast of Ozarks, 6-4, 6-2. Jimmie Henson dropped his match to Hardin-Simmons' dia Ndumbe, 6-4, 6-4. Christian Farris fell to Trinity's fifth-seeded Cameron Krimbell, 6-4, 6-2. 

In the A consolation bracket, Henson and Farris each won by default. Schmidt lost to Ashwin Vaithianathan of the University of Texas at Dallas, 0-6, 6-0, 10-7.

In the B bracket, Miles Grubbs lost to Austin College's Preston Spivey, 6-2, 6-2. In the C draw, Golladay fell to Schreiner's Austin Cervantes, 1-6, 6-3, 10-5. Gavin Meyer dropped his D bracket match to Schreiner's top-seeded William Ueckert, 6-2, 6-3.

In the B consolation bracket, Grubbs advanced after his opponent withdrew. Golladay was a 6-0, 6-0 winner over Centenary's Divine Martin in the C consolation bracket.

In the E bracket, Dale Wallace beat East Texas Baptist's Colton Berryhill, 6-0, 6-1. He dropped his quarterfinals match to TLU's Josh Bowman, 6-0, 6-3. Collin Patterson fell to Texas Lutheran's top-seeded Simon Carandang, 6-3, 6-1.

In the D consolation bracket, Meyer beat Johnathan Villarreal, 6-4, 6-3. In the E consolation bracket, Patterson lost to UHMB's Ty Marshall, 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 12-10.

Wallace and Patterson lost their D doubles semifinals match to Bowman and Carandang, 8-3.

Play will continue Saturday with singles matches for the YellowJackets.

 
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Players Mentioned

Christian Farris

Christian Farris

6' 4"
Senior
Jimmie Henson

Jimmie Henson

6' 3"
Senior
Collin Patterson

Collin Patterson

6' 2"
Senior
Nathan  Schmidt

Nathan Schmidt

5' 10"
Sophomore
Dale Wallace

Dale Wallace

6' 2"
Senior
Miles Grubbs

Miles Grubbs

5' 9"
Freshman
Jonah McGinty

Jonah McGinty

6' 4"
Freshman
Julian Lee

Julian Lee

6' 5"
Freshman
Gavin Meyer

Gavin Meyer

5' 9"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Christian Farris

Christian Farris

6' 4"
Senior
Jimmie Henson

Jimmie Henson

6' 3"
Senior
Collin Patterson

Collin Patterson

6' 2"
Senior
Nathan  Schmidt

Nathan Schmidt

5' 10"
Sophomore
Dale Wallace

Dale Wallace

6' 2"
Senior
Miles Grubbs

Miles Grubbs

5' 9"
Freshman
Jonah McGinty

Jonah McGinty

6' 4"
Freshman
Julian Lee

Julian Lee

6' 5"
Freshman
Gavin Meyer

Gavin Meyer

5' 9"
Freshman