DAVIS, Calif. -- Sacramento State sent five players to the Aggie Tennis Invitational, held over the weekend at the Marya Welch Tennis Center in Davis.
The five Hornets -
Nick Bowles,
Henry Lamchinniah,
Gur Libal,
Hayden Rand and
Miles Whitehead - each competed in both the singles and doubles draws of the three-day tournament. Rand is the only returner in the group while the other four are new to the program.
Sacramento State combined for six singles wins, and four doubles victories. That included the doubles team of Libal/Bowles posting a 3-1 record. In singles play, both Libal and Lamchinniah went 2-1. Complete results are listed below.
"I was pleased with our players' effort, and how they battled," Sacramento State head coach
Kevin Kurtz said. "All of our guys played all three days, and wanted to play more. This was a good way to start the fall, and I look forward to watching our guys continue to improve."
The Hornets return to action for their second fall tournament Oct. 17-19 at the ITA Regional Qualifier in Seattle. The ITA Regional tournament will take place Oct. 20-22 in Seattle.
SACRAMENTO STATE RESULTS
SINGLES RESULTS
Nick Bowles
Sept. 27 - Gold - Round of 16 - lost to Tiago Boschmans (SCU), 7-5, 6-2
Sept. 28 - Consolation - lost to Eduardo Gonzalez (UCD), 2-6, 6-2, 10-6
Henry Lamchinniah
Sept. 27 - White - Round of 16 - lost to Ryan Torres (UCD), 6-3, 6-4
Sept. 28 - Consolation - def. John Kim (SCU), 6-4, 6-4
Sept. 29 - Consolation - def.
Jonathan Irwanto (CAL), 6-3, 3-6, 10-5
Gur Libal
Sept. 27 - Blue - Round of 16 - lost to Luca Bluett (SCU), 6-3, 6-3
Sept. 28 - Consolation - def. Bernardo Musk Mesa (Cal), 6-4, 6-2
Sept. 29 - Consolation- def. Jack McGary (CP), 6-0, 7-5
Hayden Rand
Sept. 27 - Grey - Round of 16 - def. Marc Charlanne (WJ), 6-2, 6-1
Sept. 28 - Grey - Quarterfinals - lost to Clayton Anderson (CP), 6-2, 6-2
Sept. 29 - Consolation - lost to Maxime Contet (NEV), 6-1, 6-2
Miles Whitehead
Sept. 27 - Grey - Round of 16 - def. Vadim Francois (WJ), 6-3, 2-1 (ret.)
Sept. 29 - Consolation - lost to Rithvik Katpelly (UCD), 6-2, 6-3
DOUBLES RESULTS
Rand/Lamchinniah
Sept. 27 - Blue - Round of 16 - lost to Katpelly/Torres (UCD), 8-6
Sept. 27 - Blue - Consolation - def. Watt/Aney (SMC), 8-0
Sept. 29 - Consolation - lost to Haviv/Kamyshev (CP), 8-6
Libal/Bowles
Sept. 27 - White - Round of 16 - lost to Greco/Carpenter (SMC), 8-6
Sept. 27 - White - Consolation - def. Roothman/McGary (CP), 8-1
Sept. 28 - Consolation - def. Khurana/Jim On (SCU), 8-5
Sept. 29 - Consolation - def. Roothman/McGary (CP), 8-5
Whitehead (played with Cal Poly's Clayton Anderson)
Sept. 27 - White - Round of 16 - lost to Lieutaud/Duran (SMC), 8-2
Sept. 27 - White - Consolation - lost to Rodriguez/Poling (WJ), 8-5