#SWACMTEN Tournament Recap: Day Two
NEW ORLEANS – Alabama State and Alabama A&M will clash for the 2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference Men’s Tennis Tournament championship after advancing to the semifinals following Saturday action at the City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center.
The defending champion Hornets downed Prairie View A&M 4-0, picking up the doubles point thanks to wins by Juan Rodriguez and Chris Andre in the No. 2 doubles match and Tomas Fernandez and Carl-Louis Luckmann at the No. 3 doubles flight.
In singles competition, newly-crowned Player of the Year Ion Efrim defeated Rodrigo Yoshikata in straight sets, and Fernandez and Rodriguez followed suit, as the clinch-clinch scenario sent Alabama State back to the championship round.
The No. 2 seed Bulldogs defeated Jackson State 4-0 as well. Jackson State looked poised to take the doubles point as Juan Soria and Lebelo Mosehle won the No. 3 doubles match 6-3, but Alabama A&M picked up wins in the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles matches, with No. 1 pair Hsiang Yi Wang and Cheng Chang outlasting Andrey Alawi and Richy Gamo 9-7 to clinch the doubles’ point after Nishangan Nadaraja and Shakir Elvin won its match 6-2.
From there, Elvin, Nadaraja and Fermin Ruiz eased past their opponents in straight-set wins, sending the Bulldogs to the finals.
Full match results are below.
Alabama State 4, Prairie View A&M 0
(ASU advances)
No. 1 Doubles: Ion Efrim/Alexis Collard (ASU) vs. Xavier Lawrence/Jorge Juarez Caballero (PVAMU), unfinished
No. 2 Doubles: Juan Rodriguez/Chris Andre (ASU) def. Taqel Lewis/Zachary Suico (PVAMU), 6-4
No. 3 Doubles: Tomas Fernandez/Carl-Louis Luckmann (ASU) def. Kevin Ugarteche/Rodrigo Yoshikata (PVAMU), 6-4
No. 1 Singles: Ion Efrim (ASU) def. Rodrigo Yoshikata (PVAMU), 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 Singles: Chris Andre (ASU) vs. Xavier Lawrence (PVAMU), unfinished
No. 3 Singles: Alexis Collard (ASU) vs. Jorge Juarez Caballero (PVAMU), unfinished
No. 4 Singles: Tomas Fernandez (ASU) def. Kevin Ugarteche (PVAMU), 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 Singles: Juan Rodriguez (ASU) def. Zachary Suico (PVAMU), 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 Singles: Carl-Louis Luckmann (ASU) vs. Taqel Lewis (PVAMU), unfinished
Alabama A&M 4, Jackson State 0
(AAMU advances)
No. 1 Doubles: Hsiang Yi Wang/Cheng Chang (AAMU) def. Andrey Alawi/Richy Gamo (JSU), 9-7
No. 2 Doubles: Nishangan Nadaraja/Shakir Elvin (AAMU) def. Thomas Torres/Fritz Jacobs (JSU), 6-2
No. 3 Doubles: Juan Soria/Lebelo Mosehle (JSU) def. Cristian Bigott/Rodrigo Arana Rios, 6-3
No. 1 Singles: Hsiang Yi Wang (AAMU) vs. Andrey Alawi (JSU), unfinished
No. 2 Singles: Nishangan Nadaraja (AAMU) def. Thomas Torres (JSU), 6-3, 6-0
No. 3 Singles: Fermin Ruiz (AAMU) def. Fritz Jacobs (JSU), 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 Singles: Rodrigo Arana Rios (AAMU) vs. Lebelo Mosehle (JSU), unfinished
No. 5 Singles: Shakir Elvin (AAMU) def. Richy Gamo (JSU) 6-4, 6-3
No. 6 Singles: Cheng Chang (AAMU) vs. Juan Soria (JSU), unfinished