Saturday, October 19
Malibu, Calif.
10:00 AM
UC Irvine
at
ITA Southwest Regional
Smolicki Advances to Consolation Championship at ITA Regionals
October 19, 2019 | Men's Tennis
Results
MALIBU, Calif. - Junior Mateusz Smolicki continued his run through the ITA Southwest Regionals singles back draw Saturday at Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.
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Smolicki won a pair of three-set matches to advance to Sunday's consolation championship. In the quarterfinals, he took down Lucas Labrunie of Hawai'i, 7-5, 6-7, 10-8. He then came back to defeat Pepperdine's Evan Shamlian, 2-6, 6-2, 10-8.
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Smolicki will square off against Ethan Prost (LMU) in Sunday's final at 10 a.m.
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The Anteaters also won four of seven extra matches on Saturday. Freshman Ali Amiri toppled Juan Cartier of LMU, 6-2, 6-0. Sophomore Mark Peneff also defeated San Diego State's Jan Kirchhoff in straight sets, 6-0, 7-6 (1).
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Sophomore Mike Mkrtchian bounced back from a narrow first-set loss to earn a 6-7 (7), 6-4, 10-4 win overΒ SDSU's Alex Scemanenco. Junior Jeremy Merville also upended Nabil Abdallah (UCR), 3-6, 6-2, 10-4. Β
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MALIBU, Calif. - Junior Mateusz Smolicki continued his run through the ITA Southwest Regionals singles back draw Saturday at Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center.
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Smolicki won a pair of three-set matches to advance to Sunday's consolation championship. In the quarterfinals, he took down Lucas Labrunie of Hawai'i, 7-5, 6-7, 10-8. He then came back to defeat Pepperdine's Evan Shamlian, 2-6, 6-2, 10-8.
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Smolicki will square off against Ethan Prost (LMU) in Sunday's final at 10 a.m.
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The Anteaters also won four of seven extra matches on Saturday. Freshman Ali Amiri toppled Juan Cartier of LMU, 6-2, 6-0. Sophomore Mark Peneff also defeated San Diego State's Jan Kirchhoff in straight sets, 6-0, 7-6 (1).
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Sophomore Mike Mkrtchian bounced back from a narrow first-set loss to earn a 6-7 (7), 6-4, 10-4 win overΒ SDSU's Alex Scemanenco. Junior Jeremy Merville also upended Nabil Abdallah (UCR), 3-6, 6-2, 10-4. Β
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