University of Minnesota Athletics
10/21/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Tournament Scores
The Golden Gophers collected 10 singles match wins Friday at the ITA Central Region Championships in Stllwater, Okla.
Six Minnesota student-athletes advanced to the singles main draw round of 32 and one advanced to the round of 16.
Singles
Freshman Stefan Milicevic won his first singles match of the day 6-2, 6-1 but fell in the round of 32 to Michael Redlicki of Arkansas 6-3, 6-2.
Jeremy Lynn fell in the round of 64 to Johan den Toom of Arkansas 6-1, 6-3 but rebounded in the consolation draw with a 6-3, 6-0 win over South Dakota State's Gustavo Almeida.
Justyn Levin defeated Toby Boyer of Nebraska 6-3, 6-0 in the round of 64 but ended up falling 7-6, 6-2 in the round of 32 to Jurence Mendoza of Oklahoma State.
The next Gopher to advance to the round of 32 was Matic Spec who defeated Arkansas's Branch Terrell 6-4, 6-1. Spec was the lone Gopher to advance to the singles round of 16 after beating Haru Inoue of Wichita State 6-2, 6-0.
George Lovitt won his second match of the tournament 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 but fell in the round of 32 to Oklahoma's Alex Ghilea 6-2, 6-0.
Tulsa's Okkie Kellerman was defeated by Felix Corwin (6-1, 4-6, 6-2) in the round of 64
Marino Alpeza was victorious versus Brooks Kendall of Creighton (6-3, 6-3) but fell to Oklahoma State's Julian Cash (6-3, 6-0) in the round of 32.
Felix Corwin won his first match 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 but ended up falling to a familiar foe, Arjun Kadhe of Oklahoma State 6-3, 6-3 in the round of 32.
After falling in the first round of the main singles draw, Eli Ogilvy won his first match in the consolation draw 6-3, 6-4.
Josip Krstanovic also picked up his first singles victory of the tournament, defeating Aaron Chalstorm of Creighton 7-6, 6-1.
Jesse Sprinkel fell in a tough consolation match to Tulsa's Mitchell Pritchard 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (11).
Doubles
In the round of 16, Alpeza and Milicevic fell to Arkansas's Mike Redlicki and Jose Salazar. No. 13 Corwin and Spec fell to the duo from Southern Illinois 8-5 in the round of 16.
The Gophers will continue play tomorrow and you can follow along on Twitter and Facebook.
