CORPUS CHRISTI — The UTSA men's tennis team opened the 2015 fall campaign with four victories at last weekend's Marco & Catering Islanders Open.
In the doubles main draw, Fabian Brand and Mark Ginting advanced to the second round with an 8-6 win against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Paul Cook and Ricardo Mayagoitia. The duo later fell to UT-Rio Grande Valley’s tandem of Juan Cruz Soria and Koby Jensen by an 8-3 deficit in the semifinals. Meanwhile, Eric Buchalter and Harley Pearson posted an 8-6 triumph over UTRGV’s Ethan Ammon and Elliot Johnstone in the first round, but they were ousted in the semifinals with an 8-2 loss to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's Kevin Bettenfroffer and Guillaume Rauseo.
In singles action, Ginting advanced to the quarterfinal round with a walkover victory against the host team's Arthur Bedel. The sophomore from Indonesia then fell to Mayagoitia, 6-1, 6-2. Pearson eliminated UTRGV's Cosme Jubera Munoz in the first round (6-2, 5-7, 6-3) before being eliminated by Bettendroffer, 7-5, 6-1.
UTSA will return to the court this weekend at the Rice Fall Invitational in Houston. The three-day tournament is scheduled to begin on Friday.
2015 Marco & Co. Catering Islanders Open
(UTSA results)
Singles
Second Round
Mark Ginting (UTSA) def. Arthur Bedel (TAMUCC) walkover
Harley Pearson (UTSA) def. Cosme Jubera Munoz (UTRGV) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
Joey Vatanadiok (UIW) def. Fabian Brand (UTSA) 6-3, 6-3
Mario Muniesa (UTA) def. Christian Carrillo (UTSA) 6-4, 6-2
Pablo Colvee (UTA) def. Ricardo Gonzalez (UTSA) 6-2, 6-0
Mitchell Cook (TAMUCC) def. Eric Buchalter (UTSA) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
Quarterfinals
Ricardo Mayagoitia (TAMUCC) def. Mark Ginting (UTSA) 6-1, 6-2
Kevin Bettendroffer (TAMUCC) def. Harley Pearson (UTSA) 7-6 (8-3), 6-2
Doubles
Second Round
Brand/Ginting (UTSA) def. Cook/Mayagoitia (TAMUCC) 8-6
Buchalter/Pearson (UTSA) def. Ammon/Johnstone (UTRGV) 8-6
Pablo Colvee/Andres Hernandez (UTRGV) def. Carrillo/Gonzalez (UTSA) 8-6
Semifinals
Cruz Soria/Jensen (UTRGV) def. Brand/Ginting (UTSA) 8-3
Bettendroffer/Rauseo (TAMUCC) def. Buchalter/Pearson (UTSA) 8-2