Anteaters Take Singles, Doubles Crowns in GCU Invite

PHOENIX, Ariz. --- UC Irvine had a successful weekend winning 15 of 18 matches they took part in over the weekend at the Grand Canyon University Invite in Phoenix, Ariz.

The 'Eaters brought home a pair of titles beginning with junior Nico Mertens who went 4-0 to take the Flight 2 singles crown. He posted four straight-set wins including a 6-2,6-4 win over Grant Taylor in the final.

Elsewhere, Tyler Pham and Jonathan Hammel ran the table in doubles action winning that title with an 8-5 defeat of the duo of Pousite-Sungao from Nevada.

Hammel added to his weekend by winning three of four in Flight 2 singles while Pham and Caryl Hernandez each went 2-1 in Flights 1 and 3, respectively.

Below are the full results:

Flight 1 Singles

Tyler Pham         def. Philip Kuehnen (GCU) – 6-4, 6-3
                                loss Moez Charqui (NEV) – 6-0, 7-5
                                def. Jordan Gobatie (NAU) – 6-1, 6-4

Flight 2 Singles

Jonathan Hammel           def. Andrew Parks (AFA) – 6-2, 6-4
                                                def. Mitch Maroscher (GCU) – 6-4, 6-4
                                                loss Felix Schueller (GCU) – 6-4, 7-6 (3)
                                                def. Grant Taylor (AFA) – 6-2, 6-4

Nico Mertens    def. Sean Yun (UCR) – 6-4, 6-2
                                def. Alexandre Locci (NAU) – 3-6, 7-5, 6-1
                                def. Grant Taylor (AFA) – 6-1, 6-4
                                def. Felix Schueller (GCU) – 7-6 (), 4-6, 7-6 (7)

Flight 3 Singles

Caryl Hernandez               def. Mathiew Ounanian (GCU) – 7-5, 6-0
                                                loss Nicolas Carpenter (AFA) – 6-3, 7-5
                                                def. Dillon Launius (AFA) – 6-2, 6-4

Doubles

Pham/Hammel def. Parks/Olson (AFA) – 8-6
                                def. Cilic/Charqui (NEV) – 8-5
                                def. Gobatie/Locci (NAU) – 8-2
                                def. Poustie/Sunago (NEV) – 8-5

The 'Eaters wrap up fall play, and will pick things back up in January with a season kick-off against Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas Tech.

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