Men's Tennis

2006 PSAC Men's Individual Tennis Championship
at Bloomsburg University

updated March 25, 2008

Kutztown Wins Both PSAC Individual Titles

BLOOMSBURG, PA - Santiago Baquerizo and the team of Somdeep Appineni and Rubens Vianna claimed the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Individual Championships on Sunday.

Baquerizo and teammates Vianna and Radoslaw Hlubinski made up three of the four singles semifinalists.  Baquerizo cruised through straight set victories in the first round and quarterfinals, before facing Vianna in the singles semifinal.  Baquerizo won 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the finals.  Hlubinski also won in the semifinals, defeating Bloomsburg's Dan Gal, 2-6, 6-2, (10-0 super tie-breaker).  Baquerizo then downed Hlubinski, 6-0, 6-3, to claim the singles crown.

In the doubles bracket, Appineni and Vianna recorded an 8-2 win over Jon Crossley and Adam Shosky of Slippery Rock in the first round.  In the semifinals, KU's team upset the top seeded tandem of Cliff Boyd and Greg Bennett of Millersville, 8-4.  Appineni/Vianna then made short work of East Stroudsburg's Patrick Luchowski and Jeff Kurz to win the doubles title.

Kutztown Singles Results
First Round
#1 Santiago Baquerizo (KU) def. Matt Stevenson (WCU) 6-0, 6-3
Rubens Vianna (KU) def. Greg Bennett (Mill) 6-2, 6-3
Radoslaw Hlubinksi (KU) def. Chris Matisse (Mill) 6-1, 6-1

Quarterfinals
Baquerizo def. Cliff Boyd (Mill) 6-1, 6-2
Vianna def. Jon Crossley (SRU) 6-2, 6-1
Hlubinski def. Nick Bolea (SRU) 6-2, 6-0

Semifinals
Baquerizo def. Vianna 6-3, 6-2
Hlubinski def. Dan Gal (Bloom) 2-6, 6-2, (10-0, super tiebreaker)

Finals
Baquerizo def. Hlubinski 6-0, 6-3

Kutztown Doubles Results
Quarterfinals
Somdeep Appineni/Rubens Vianna (KU) def. Jon Crossley/Adam Shosky (SRU) 8-2

Semifinals
Appineni/Vianna def. #1 Cliff Boyd and Greg Bennett (Mill), 8-4

Finals
Appineni/Vianna def. Patrick Luchowski/Jeff Kurz (ESU) 8-2

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