| Oct. 8, 2004 Contact: Rick Nixon (210) 458-4551 Three Roadrunners advance to quarterfinals to highlight first day action at UTSA/Sonterra Invitational Updated Bracket
SAN ANTONIO - Senior Dennis Andrade, junior Joe Michael Olfindo and freshman Anthony Portois each won two singles matches apiece and advanced to Saturday's quarterfinals to highlight day one action at the UTSA/Sonterra Men's Tennis Inviational held at the UTSA Tennis Center.
Andrade scored wins over Amrit Narasimhan (7-5, 5-0 (ret.) of Tyler Junior College and Aurelio Martinez (6-2, 6-0) of Texas Southern. Olfindo defeated Oscar Castaneda (6-4, 6-0) of Texas Southern and Gary Bianco ((2-6, 6-1, 6-2) of Texas-Pan American, while Portois was victorious over Kenton Venhuisen (6-3, 6-2) of St. Edward's and Zack Malmgren (6-2, 1-6, 6-1) of Texas A&M.
Play will continue on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. Andrade is set to take on Andrei Radulescu of Texas in the quarterfinals, Olfindo will play Marcus Lunt of Tyler Junior College, while Portois will match up against Javier Herrera of Tyler Junior College. 2004 UTSA / Sonterra Country Club Men’s Tennis Invitational @ UTSA Tennis Center, San Antonio, Texas Teams: UTSA, Texas A&M, Texas, St. Edward’s, Texas-Pan American, Texas Southern, Tyler Junior College
Friday, Oct. 8, 2004 Doubles First Round: Smith/Narasimhan, TJC def. Porter/Cantu, UTPA 9-8 (7-0)
Second Round: Smith/Narasimhan, TJC def. Wodzinski/Rueda, TSU 8-3 Connell/Malmgren, A&M def. Venhuizen/Jimenez, St. Ed’s 8-5 Knoblach/Castaneda, TSU def. Hunter/Sahn, TJC 8-5 Herrera/Lunt, TJC def. Camargo/Martinez, TSU 8-4 Bianco/Steil, UTPA def. Smashy/Quintero, St. Ed’s 8-5 Boyce/Lyon, St. Ed’s def. Chaves/Portois, UTSA 8-4 Salvo/Esmail, UTPA def. Olfindo/Becker, UTSA 8-4 Gonzales/Tonelli, TJC def. Rodulescu/Hubbard, UT 8-3
Qualifying Singles: Amrit Narasimhan, TJC def. Eric Fernandez, St. Ed’s 6-1, 6-1 Jorge Jimenez, St. Ed’s def. Armando Martinez, UTPA 6-1, 6-3 D. Sanh, TJC def. Adam Becker, UTSA 6-3, 7-5 Kenton Venhuizen, St. Ed’s def. Pete Rios, TSU 6-0, 6-2 Tyler Lyon, St. Ed’s def. Rehman Esmail, UTPA 6-3, 6-0 Nate Avila, UTSA def. T. Smith, TJC 4-6, 6-4 (10-3) Andres Camargo, TSU Default
Singles: Dennis Andrade, UTSA def. Amrit Narasimhan, TJC 7-5, 5-0 (ret.) Aurelio Martinez, TSU def. Nik Porter, UTPA 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 Dash Connell, A&M def. Materisz Wodzinski, TSU 6-4, 7-6 Guillaume Tonelli, TJC def. Andres Camargo, TSU 6-3, 6-1 Jeremy Salvo, UTPA def. Simon Boyce, St. Ed’s 6-2, 6-1 Oliver Steil, UTPA def. D. Sanh, TJC 6-7, 7-6, 6-1 Kendall Smashy, St. Ed’s def. T. Gonzales, TJC 6-1, 6-4 Anthony Portois, UTSA def. Kenton Venhuizen, St. Ed’s 6-3, 6-2 Zack Malmgren, A&M def. Brent Hunter, TJC 6-2, 7-5 Javier Herrera, TJC def. Jeremy Hubbard, UT 6-4, 6-4 Joe Michael Olfindo, UTSA def. Oscar Castaneda, TSU 6-4, 6-0 Marcus Lunt, TJC def. Mario Quintero, St. Ed’s 6-3, 6-0 Marvin Rolle, A&M def. Pierre Cantu, UTPA 6-0, 6-4 Andrei Radulescu, UT def. Jorge Jimenez, St. Ed’s 6-1, 6-1 Tyler Lyon, St. Ed’s def. Martin Knoblcah, TSU 6-4, 6-3 Gary Bianco, UTPA def. Nate Avila, UTSA 1-6, 6-2, 6-1 Andrei Radulescu, UT, def. Dash Connell, A&M 6-2, 6-0 Guillaume Tonelli, TJC, def. Jeremy Salvo, UTPA 6-1, 6-4 Marcus Lunt, TJC, def. Marvin Rolle, A&M 6-4, 6-4 Dennis Andrade, UTSA, def. Aurelio Martinez, TSU 6-2, 6-0 Jarvier Herrera, TJC, def. Tyler Lyon, St Ed’s 6-4, 6-4 Kendall Samshy, St. Ed’s, def. Oliver Steil, UTPA 6-3, 6-3 Anthony Portois, UTSA, def. Zack Malmgren, A&M 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 Joe Michael Olfindo, UTSA, def. Gary Bianco, UTPA 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 |