University of Minnesota Athletics
Ticer and Estes Eliminated at ITA All-American Pre-Qualifiers
10/5/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Ticer opened the day with 6-3, 6-4 loss to Vlad Obradovic of Florida. For the tournament, Ticer went 3-1 and was the lone Golden Gopher to win a match in the singles draw
In doubles play, Ticer and Estes fell to Zach Dailey/Lewis Smith of Vanderbilt, 8-4, finishing the tournament with a 2-1 record.
The ITA All-American Pre-Qualifiers continue through Monday, Oct. 6, at the Champions Club in Chattanooga, Tenn.
The ITA All-American Championships is the first of three national championship events during the 2003-04 collegiate tennis season. The tournament includes six days of qualifying matches leading up to the Oct. 9-12, 64-player, 32-doubles team main draw. The Icy Hot/ITA Men's All-American Championship, the largest single tournament in the country, offer the first national singles and doubles titles of the season, and are followed by the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships in November and the the season-ending NCAA Championships in May.
2003 ITA All-American Pre-Qualifiers
Oct. 3-6, 2003
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Minnesota Results - Through Day Three
Singles
Clay Estes
lost to Bastian Faisst (Arkansas), 6-2, 6-3
Sion Wilkins
lost to Federico Ochoa (East Tennessee St.), 7-5, 6-0
Brian Lipinski
lost to Alex Bucewicz (Memphis), 3-6, 6-0, 6-2
Avery Ticer
def. Joshua Bales (Tennessee-Chattanooga), 6-2, 6-2
def. Jeff Das (San Diego), 7-5, 6-2
def. Tom Lloyd (Arizona), 6-4, 6-2
lost to Vlad Obradovic (Florida), 6-3, 6-4
Doubles
Lipinski/Wilkins
lost to Mark Edney/Alexei Poutchinets (Arkansas), 8-0
Estes/Ticer
def. Raul Martin/Johnny Thornton (Tennessee), default
def. Marek Gebicki/Federico Ueltschi (Montana St.), 8-6
lost to Zach Dailey/Lewis Smith (Vanderbilt), 8-4
