Cowley men’s tennis comes up just short in three of four matches

Continuing to grow as a team, the Cowley College men’s tennis squad played three competitive matches at the Seminole Trojan Festival held Friday and Saturday in Oklahoma City, Okla.

Cowley opened with a 7-2 loss to Collin College on Friday, but bounced back to defeat Arkansas Fort Smith 5-4 on Saturday. Cowley nearly made it two wins on the weekend before suffering a hard fought 5-4 loss to Seminole State.

The Tigers then hosted Johnson County in a match on Monday. The Cavaliers won four of six singles matches and two of three doubles matches as they won the match by a score of 6-3.

“Johnson has got their best team I can remember them having in quite a while,” Cowley head coach Josh Cobble said.

Although the team came up on the short end in three of its four matches, Cobble likes what he is seeing from his squad.

“When I put the schedule together I was not worried about wins and losses, I am more worried about preparing us for regionals and nationals,” Cobble said. “I think we are real close to putting it all together.”

Freshman Boomer Saia picked up a pair of wins at No. 6 singles as he rallied to defeat Seminole State’s Nick Steifer 4-6, 6-4, 10-5, and Arkansas Fort Smith’s Nate Bergman 3-6, 6-4, 10-1.

“Boomer played some good tennis for us, winning two three-set matches,” Cobble said.

The doubles combination of Diego Motivar and Richard Filkuka (pictured) played exceptional tennis for the Tigers at No. 1 doubles as they won all four of their matches. The duo also continued their stellar singles play as Motivar won all four of his matches at No. 2 singles, while Filkuka went 3-1 at No. 1 singles.

The Tiger tennis team will be back in action Saturday when they play at Barton County at noon. They will then play at Bethany College Sunday at 11 a.m.

Results:
Friday vs. Collin
DOUBLES
•No. 1 — Richard Filkuka/Diego Motivar (CC) defeated Scott Bradley/Carlos Bataller (Collin) 8-1.
•No. 2 — Marius Tangen/Daily Kaforin (Collin) defeated Sean Cobble/Boomer Saia (CC) 9-7.
•No. 3 — Manuel Mendoza/Viscacen (Collin) defeated Ignacio Velez/Bruce Maytubby (CC) 8-0.

SINGLES
•No. 1 — Mendoza (Collin) defeated Filkuka (CC) 6-4, 4-6, 10-5.
•No. 2 — Motivar (CC) defeated Tangen (Collin) 6-4, 3-6, 10-3.
•No. 3 — Bataller (Collin) defeated Velez (CC) 7-5, 6-2.
•No. 4 — Kaforin (Collin) defeated Cobble (CC) 7-5, 5-7, 10-8.
•No. 5 — Damish Altman (Collin) defeated Mathew Slovacek (CC) 6-0, 6-0.
•No. 6 — Scott Bradley (Collin) defeated Saia (CC) 6-0, 6-4.

Saturday vs. Arkansas Fort Smith
DOUBLES
•No. 1 — Filkuka/Motivar (CC) defeated Caio Cardosa/Tiago Vilariaho (AFS) 8-5.
•No. 2 — Piche/Bujnour (AFS) defeated Cobble/Saia (CC) 8-1.
•No. 3 — Jay Noonan/Holmes (AFS) defeated Velez/Maytubby (CC) 9-8 (8-6).

SINGLES
•No. 1 — Filkuka (CC) defeated Cardosa (Collin) 0-6, 6-2, 10-3.
•No. 2 — Motivar (CC) defeated Vilariaho (Collin) 6-1, 6-2.
•No. 3 — Velez (CC) defeated Noonan (Collin) 6-7, 6-3, 11-9.
•No. 4 — Ryan Harris (Collin) defeated Cobble (CC) 6-4, 6-1.
•No. 5 — Evan Price (Collin) defeated Maytubby (CC) 6-0, 7-5.
•No. 6 — Saia (CC) defeated Nate Bergman (Collin) 3-6, 6-4, 10-1.

Saturday vs. Seminole State
DOUBLES
•No. 1 — Filkuka/Motivar (CC) defeated Andres Nunez/Metrean (SS) 9-8 (8-6).
•No. 2 — Brett Little/Arnando Mareles (SS) defeated Cobble/Saia (CC) 9-7.
•No. 3 — Andrew Carter/Aaron Goote (SS) defeated Velez/Maytubby (CC) 8-2.

SINGLES
•No. 1 — Filkuka (CC) defeated Nunez (SS) 6-3, 6-1.
•No. 2 — Motivar (CC) defeated Little (SS) 6-3, 6-3.
•No. 3 — Carter (SS) defeated Velez (CC) 6-1, 6-0.
•No. 4 — Mareles (SS) defeated Cobble (CC) 6-2, 6-3.
•No. 5 — Goote (SS) defeated Maytubby (CC) 6-0, 6-2.
•No. 6 — Steifer (SS) defeated Saia (CC) 4-6, 6-4, 10-5.

Monday vs. Johnson County
DOUBLES
•No. 1 — Filkuka/Motivar (CC) defeated Tai Harrison/Dylan Gatton (JC) 8-6.
•No. 2 — Adam Rens/Zach Buenger (JC) defeated Cobble/Saia (CC) 8-3.
•No. 3 — Luis Sperb/Pieree LeGrange (JC) defeated Velez/Maytubby (CC) 8-1.

SINGLES
•No. 1 — Filkuka (CC) defeated Harrison (JC) 6-1, 3-6, 10-6.
•No. 2 — Motivar (CC) defeated Gatton (JC) 6-4, 6-2.
•No. 3 — Rens (JC) defeated Velez (CC) 6-2, 6-1.
•No. 4 — Buenger (JC) defeated Cobble (CC) 6-4, 6-2.
•No. 5 — Sperb (JC) defeated Maytubby (CC) 6-1, 6-3.
•No. 6 — Keith Pipkin (JC) defeated Saia (CC) 6-4, 6-1.