DAVIS, Calif. -- Nine Sacramento State men's tennis players took part in this past weekend's Aggie Invitational. The three-day event marked the first of three fall tournaments in which the Hornets will compete.
Seniors Roy Brandys, Marek Marksoo and Tom Miller, juniors Sean Kolar, Joaquin Marquez and Niranjan Ram, sophomore Ayman Abdulwahab, and freshmen Deric Wanland and Kasparas Zemaitelis each competed for the Hornets. Six of the nine Hornets who competed in the singles portion of the tournament picked up at least one victory. However, Brandys (knee), Kolar (shoulder), Marksoo (knee), Ram (back) and Wanland (shoulder) all had to pull out of the singles draw with minor injuries.
Kolar, who missed all of last season with a knee injury, advanced the furthest in the singles draw, making it all the way to the semifinals of Flight A. He defeated opponents from Nevada, Cal and UC Davis, including No. 1 seed Pastor Hasier of Cal in the Round of 16 by a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 score. He was trailing, 6-3, 2-0 in his semifinal match against Cal's Mads Engsted before retiring due to a shoulder injury.
Kolar, Brandys, Marksoo and Ram played in Flight A while Abdulwahab, Marquez, Miller and Zemaitelis played in Flight B, and Wanland competed in Flight C.
The Hornets' doubles teams were comprised of Brandys/Ram and Marksoo/Zemaitelis in Flight A, and Kolar/Wanland and Abdulwahab/Miller in Flight B. The tandems of Kolar/Wanland and Abdulwahab/Miller each won a match before falling in the quarterfinal round.
Complete singles and doubles results from each of Sacramento State's players can be found below. Complete results from the entire tournament can be found by clicking here.
Sacramento State will play again in two weeks when the team competes at the ITA Northwest Regionals in Stanford, Calif., on Oct. 17-20.
SINGLES PLAY
ROY BRANDYS (Flight A)
Oct. 3 - Round of 32 - lost to Youssef Hassan (FS), 6-4, 6-3
Oct. 4 - Consolation Round 1 - lost to Thomas Hunt (SMC), 6-0, ret.
SEAN KOLAR (Flight A)
Oct. 3 - Round of 32 - def. Mile Cilic (NEV), 6-2, 6-4
Oct. 3 - Round of 16 - def. Pastor Hasier (CAL), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Oct. 4 - Quarterfinals - def. Alec Adamson (UCD), 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
Oct. 4 - Semifinals - lost to Mads Engsted (CAL), 6-3, 2-0 (ret.)
MAREK MARKSOO (Flight A)
Oct. 3 - Round of 32 - def. James Wade (UCD), 7-6, 6-3
Oct. 3 - Round of 16 - lost to Nolan Pagie (STAN), 7-5, ret.
NIRANJAN RAM (Flight A)
Oct. 3 - Round of 32 - lost to Andrew Poustie (NEV), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Oct. 4 - Consolation Round 1 - lost to Johan Samuelsson (USF), Ret.
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AYMAN ABDULWAHAB (Flight B)
Oct. 3 - Round of 32 - lost to James Markiewicz (SMC), 5-7, 7-6, 6-4
Oct. 3 - Consolation Round 1 - def. Vincent Paganetti (SON), 6-4, 7-5
Oct. 4 - Consolation Quarterfinals - lost to Adam Levie (UCD), 6-3, 7-6
JOAQUIN MARQUEZ (Flight B)
Oct. 3 - Round of 32 - lost to Alexander Santiago (USF), 6-3, 3-6, 6-0
Oct. 3 - Consolation Round 1 - def. Blaine Mengert (SON), 6-4, 6-3
Oct. 4 - Consolation Quarterfinals - def. Will Martin (SMC), 2-6, 7-6, 10-5
Oct. 4 - Consolation Semifinals - lost to Wyatt Houghton (CAL), 7-6, 6-2
TOM MILLER (Flight B)
Oct. 3 - Round of 32 - lost to Robert Margitfalvi (NEV), 6-4, 6-2
Oct. 3 - Consolation Round 1 - lost to Adam Levie (UCD), 6-1, 7-5
KASPARAS ZEMAITELIS (Flight B)
Oct. 3 - Round of 32 - lost to Robert Allan (NEV), 6-4, 6-4
Oct. 3 - Consolation Round 1 - lost to Ashwin Sharmak (PAC), 4-6, 6-3, 10-8
Oct. 4 - Voluntary Consolation - def. Nic Valko (USF), 6-2, 6-0
Oct. 5 - Voluntary Consolation - def. Samuel Bloore (SMC), 7-6, 4-6, 11-9
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DERIC WANLAND (Flight C)
Oct. 3 - Quarterfinals - def. Matt Weeber (SON), 6-0, 6-0
Oct. 4 - Semifinals - lost to Lance Ngo (PAC), 6-0, 2-1 (ret.)
DOUBLES PLAY
ROY BRANDYS/NIRANJAN RAM (Flight A)
Oct. 3 - Round of 16 - lost to Brandon Sutter/David Wilczynski (STAN), 8-5
Oct. 4 - Consolation Round 1 - lost to Mads Engsted/J.T. Nishimura (CAL), 8-5
MAREK MARKSOO/KASPARAS ZEMAITELIS (Flight A)
Oct. 3 - Round of 16 - lost to Andrew Poustie/Fernando Sunago (NEV), 8-6
Oct. 4 - Consolation Round 1 - lost to James Markiewicz/Samuel Bloore (SMC), ret.
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SEAN KOLAR/DERIC WANLAND (Flight B)
Oct. 3 - Round of 16 - def. Johan Samuelsson/Alexander Santiago (USF), 8-4
Oct. 4 - Quarterfinals - lost to Bernardo Oliveria/Miguel Diaz (PAC), 8-7
AYMAN ABDULWAHAB/TOM MILLER (Flight B)
Oct. 3 - Round of 16 - def. Noah Lee/Blaine Mengert (SON), 8-4
Oct. 4 - Quarterfinals - lost to Jordan Smith/Nikhil Jayashankar (CAL), 8-6