Friday, October 6
Boise, ID
All Day
University of Oregon
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Boise Invitational
Ducks Soar During Friday Tournament Play
10/06/17 | Men's Tennis
It was a banner day for the Oregon men's tennis team as Thomas Laurent advanced to the sweet 16 while the remaining Ducks combined for 10 wins at the Boise State Fall Classic.
EUGENE, Ore. – It was a red-letter day for the Oregon men's tennis team Friday as junior Thomas Laurent advanced to the sweet 16 at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla. while the rest of the team nearly went undefeated in the opening rounds of the Boise State Fall Classic.
Full All-American draws here.
Full Boise State Fall Classic draws here.
ITA All-Americans: In his second match of the fall season, Laurent looked dominant against Georgia Tech's Carlos Divar cruising to a 6-1 victory in the opening set. The French international took his foot off the gas in the second set falling behind early, but rallied to win the final set and the match by a score of 6-1, 6-4.
"Tom was very consistent once again today," head coach Nils Schyllander said. "He dug deep into his toolbox to turn a 2-4 second set deficit into a 6-4 win."
With the win, Laurent becomes the first player in Oregon men's tennis history to advance to the sweet 16 at the ITA All-Americans. He will now look ahead to Saturday's match against eighth-seeded Constantin Schmitz of Tulane who is currently ranked 13th in the nation according to the ITA.
"Tomorrow is another great opportunity against a very solid opponent that got the best of us last year, but Tom is up for the challenge and ready to go," said Schyllander.
Schmitz and Laurent met during last year's regular season with Schmitz recording the win 6-4, 6-2.
Boise State Fall Classic: Meanwhile in Boise, the remaining five Ducks opened the Boise State Dar Walters Fall Classic in remarkable fashion winning 10 of their 11 matches.
Four Ducks advanced to the round of 16 Saturday while both doubles pairs advanced to the second day of play as well.
Doubles play opened the day Friday morning with the top-seeded pair of senior Simon Stevens and sophomore Ty Gentry almost blanking the Whitman College duo of Bear Lee and Andreas Mueller-Immergluck 8-1.
In their first match ever together, senior Cormac Clissold and junior Armando Soemarno followed their teammates into the next round downing their Eastern Washington counterparts 8-3.
In singles play, Clissold powered through to the round of 16 with duplicate 6-3, 6-3 victories over Ben Kirsch of Whitman College and Arshak Ghazaryan of Seattle.
Stevens had similar results with back-to-back 6-2, 6-0 decisions in his first two matches over Seattle's Trenton Nield and Abilene Christian's Henry Adams to set up a showdown against teammate Ethan Young-Smith. The junior Oregon native fought his way to the round of 16 with a 6-2, 6-0 win of his own in his opening match before rallying to beat Alex Canellopoulos of Montana in three sets 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (11-9).
Gentry is the final Duck to earn a spot in the sweet 16 thanks to victories over Edin William of Idaho State 6-3, 6-1 followed by Boise State's Ryland McDermott 6-2, 6-2.
In only his sixth career singles match, Soemarno gave No. 4 seed Nathan Boniel of Portland State a run for his money rallying to force a decisive third set, but Boniel would hang on for the win 6-4, 4-6, 1-0(10-5).
"I thought the guys competed very well today," said associate head coach Jonas Piibor. "We went 10-1 on the day and our only loss was Armando in three sets. We are looking forward to another solid day tomorrow."
Up Next: It will be another action packed day for the Ducks Saturday as Laurent looks to exercise his demons from last year and earn a quarterfinal berth at the ITA All-Americans. If Laurent can defeat
In Boise, four Ducks will open the round of 16 at 9:30 am PT with the potential to play in the quarterfinals later in the day. Apart from the all-Duck matchup of Stevens and Young Smith, Clissold will challenge Montana's Yannick Schmidt while Gentry will face Vincent Rettke of Gonzaga. Soemarno will move on to the consolation bracket Saturday.
In doubles play, Gentry and Stevens will square off against the duo from Seattle University while Clissold and Soemarno will face Henry Adams and Bradley Gleason of Abilene Christian.
Full All-American draws here.
Full Boise State Fall Classic draws here.
ITA All-Americans: In his second match of the fall season, Laurent looked dominant against Georgia Tech's Carlos Divar cruising to a 6-1 victory in the opening set. The French international took his foot off the gas in the second set falling behind early, but rallied to win the final set and the match by a score of 6-1, 6-4.
"Tom was very consistent once again today," head coach Nils Schyllander said. "He dug deep into his toolbox to turn a 2-4 second set deficit into a 6-4 win."
With the win, Laurent becomes the first player in Oregon men's tennis history to advance to the sweet 16 at the ITA All-Americans. He will now look ahead to Saturday's match against eighth-seeded Constantin Schmitz of Tulane who is currently ranked 13th in the nation according to the ITA.
"Tomorrow is another great opportunity against a very solid opponent that got the best of us last year, but Tom is up for the challenge and ready to go," said Schyllander.
Schmitz and Laurent met during last year's regular season with Schmitz recording the win 6-4, 6-2.
Boise State Fall Classic: Meanwhile in Boise, the remaining five Ducks opened the Boise State Dar Walters Fall Classic in remarkable fashion winning 10 of their 11 matches.
Four Ducks advanced to the round of 16 Saturday while both doubles pairs advanced to the second day of play as well.
Doubles play opened the day Friday morning with the top-seeded pair of senior Simon Stevens and sophomore Ty Gentry almost blanking the Whitman College duo of Bear Lee and Andreas Mueller-Immergluck 8-1.
In their first match ever together, senior Cormac Clissold and junior Armando Soemarno followed their teammates into the next round downing their Eastern Washington counterparts 8-3.
In singles play, Clissold powered through to the round of 16 with duplicate 6-3, 6-3 victories over Ben Kirsch of Whitman College and Arshak Ghazaryan of Seattle.
Stevens had similar results with back-to-back 6-2, 6-0 decisions in his first two matches over Seattle's Trenton Nield and Abilene Christian's Henry Adams to set up a showdown against teammate Ethan Young-Smith. The junior Oregon native fought his way to the round of 16 with a 6-2, 6-0 win of his own in his opening match before rallying to beat Alex Canellopoulos of Montana in three sets 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (11-9).
Gentry is the final Duck to earn a spot in the sweet 16 thanks to victories over Edin William of Idaho State 6-3, 6-1 followed by Boise State's Ryland McDermott 6-2, 6-2.
In only his sixth career singles match, Soemarno gave No. 4 seed Nathan Boniel of Portland State a run for his money rallying to force a decisive third set, but Boniel would hang on for the win 6-4, 4-6, 1-0(10-5).
"I thought the guys competed very well today," said associate head coach Jonas Piibor. "We went 10-1 on the day and our only loss was Armando in three sets. We are looking forward to another solid day tomorrow."
Up Next: It will be another action packed day for the Ducks Saturday as Laurent looks to exercise his demons from last year and earn a quarterfinal berth at the ITA All-Americans. If Laurent can defeat
In Boise, four Ducks will open the round of 16 at 9:30 am PT with the potential to play in the quarterfinals later in the day. Apart from the all-Duck matchup of Stevens and Young Smith, Clissold will challenge Montana's Yannick Schmidt while Gentry will face Vincent Rettke of Gonzaga. Soemarno will move on to the consolation bracket Saturday.
In doubles play, Gentry and Stevens will square off against the duo from Seattle University while Clissold and Soemarno will face Henry Adams and Bradley Gleason of Abilene Christian.
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