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Men's Tennis
2006 PSAC Men's Tennis Championship
at Shippensburg University
updated
March 25, 2008
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY 4/21 - 1/3 PM
Kutztown 5, Slippery Rock 0
Millersville 5, Bloomsburg 0
SUNDAY 4/23 - 5PM
Kutztown 5, Millersville 0
RESULTS
SUN 4/23
Kutztown "Three-Peats" as
PSAC Champions
SHIPPENSBURG, PA - Kutztown won its
third-straight Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference men's tennis
championship with a 5-0 win over Millersville at Shippensburg
University's Robb Sports Complex.
Kutztown (12-2) jumped out to a 3-0
lead after doubles, picking up victories from Harsh Sharma and
Lukas Labitsch at first doubles, Santiago Baquerizo and
Jose Castro at second doubles, and Lukas Beman and
Somdeep Appineni at third doubles.
In singles, KU needed just two points
to finish off the match, getting those points from Labitsch
at third singles and Rubens Vianna at fifth singles. Both won
in straight sets. The other four singles matches were not
finished after KU recorded the decisive team points.
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Labitsch |
Labitsch was named the
tournament's most valuable player, after winning both his singles
and doubles matches in KU's two wins in the championships.
The PSAC title is the sixth in the
last seven years for Kutztown and head coach Suresh Ramamurthi.
It is the second time in program history that the team has won
three-straight conference crowns, winning three consecutive from
2000-02.
Doubles
1. Harsh Sharma/Lukas Labitsch (K) def. Cliff Boyd/Greg Bennett (M)
8-3
2. Santiago Baquerizo/Jose Castro (K) def. Brandon Kessler/Chris
Paolini (M) 8-2
3. Lukas Beman/Somdeep Appineni (K) def. Jimmy Treires/Chris Matisse
(M) 8-0
Singles
1. Baquerizo (K) vs. Bennett (M) did not finish
2. Sharma (K) vs. Boyd (M) did not finish
3. Labitsch (K) def. Paolini (M) 6-2, 6-1
4. Appineni (K) vs. Kessler (M) did not finish
5. Rubens Vianna (K) def. Matisse (M) 6-2, 6-0
6. Sendur Gautham (K) vs. Marty Makowski (M) did not finish
FRI 4/21
Kutztown advances to PSAC
Men's Tennis Final
SHIPPENSBURG, PA - Kutztown cruised
to an 8-0 win over Slippery Rock in a Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference men's tennis semifinal at Shippensburg's Robb Sports
Complex.
Kutztown swept the doubles matches,
with Harsh Sharma and Lukas Labitsch winning #1,
Radoslaw Hlubinski and Santiago Baquerizo winning #2 and
Jose Castro and Rubens Vianna winning #3. KU won
the first and second matches, as well as the fourth-through-sixth
singles. Baquerizo and Labitsch won at #1 and
#2. Lukas Beman, Castro and Sendur Gautham
won #4-#6. Somdeep Appineni led the # singles match by
a set, but it did not finish.
Kutztown, which improves to 12-2 with
the win, will face the winner of Friday's other semifinal, between
Millersville and Bloomsburg, in Saturday's finals at 11:00 AM.
Doubles
1. Harsh Sharma/Lukas Labitsch (K) def. Nick Bolea/Zack Thomas (SR)
8-1
2. Radoslaw Hlubinski/Santiago Baquerizo (K) def. John Crossley/Jim
Norris (SR) 8-3
3. Jose Castro/Rubens Vianna (K) def. R.J. Vighetti/Matt Montague
(SR) 8-4
Singles
1. Baquerizo (K) def. Bolea (SR) 6-2, 6-0
2. Labitsch (K) def. Thomas (SR) 6-0, 6-0
3. Somdeep Appineni (K) vs. Crossley (SR) 6-1, 3-3 (did not finish)
4. Lukas Beman (K) def. Adam Shosky (SR) 6-1, 6-1
5. Castro (K) def. Luke Miller (SR) 6-1, 6-0
6. Sendur Gautham (K) def. Brad Zangle (SR) 6-0, 6-0
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