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March 31, 2010

Cowley men’s tennis blasts Emporia State, falls to Washburn

Playing without its top player, Lloyd Bruce-Burgess, the No. 5-ranked Cowley College men’s tennis team had other players pick up the slack as they took on a pair of NCAA Division II schools Tuesday in Emporia.
Opening against Washburn, Cowley lost by a score of 6-3. However, the Tigers came back to beat Emporia State University 7-2.

After losing two of three doubles matches vs. Emporia State, the Tigers dominated singles play by winning all six matches. Having beaten Emporia State by the same score a year ago, Cowley head coach Josh Cobble thought his team may have entered the match a little over confident.

“We started off slow with our doubles teams but really stepped up our play in singles,” Cobble said. “I think we kind of expected to cruise a bit, but regrouped and did a nice job of taking care of business.”

Along with its entire singles lineup picking up wins, Cowley got a win from the No. 1 doubles team of Renato Mendes and Felipe Pimenta.

Kevin Schoon, son of Cowley College Natural Science Department Chair, Michelle Schoon, teamed with Spencer Pozek to defeat the Tigers’ Roger White and Alex Dickson 9-7 in No. 2 doubles play.

However, White and Dickson fared better against Washburn by beating Branden Joost and Ryan Ward 8-0. Joan Valls moved up to play No. 1 singles and went 2-0 on the day, while White went 2-0 at No. 2 singles.

“Those were great wins for them,” Cobble said. “They stepped up and helped us fill those spots in our lineup.”

Cowley will now turn its focus to this weekend’s Seminole (OK) Junior College Invitational where they will face three teams ranked in the top-five of the national poll. On Friday, Cowley will play No. 3-ranked Collin College at noon before facing No. 4-ranked Seminole Junior College later that day at 4 p.m.

On Saturday, the Tigers will play No. 25-ranked Barton County at 9 a.m. and No. 1-ranked Tyler Junior College at 1 p.m.

“We will need to play tough,” Cobble said. “I hope we play to our potential. If so, we should be right in the mix with those teams.”

Results vs. Washburn:
DOUBLES

  • No. 1 — Renato Mendes/Felipe Pimenta (CC) lost to Ryan Ward/Simon Blondin (WU) 1-8.
  • No. 2 — Roger White/Alex Dickson (CC) defeated Branden Joost/Adam Rens (WU) 8-0.
  • No. 3 — Joan Valls/Tom Gibaud (CC) lost to Yann Kasay/Emmanuel Laurent (WU) 6-8.

SINGLES

  • No. 1 — Valls (CC) defeated Joost (WU) 7-5, 6-3.
  • No. 2 — White (CC) defeated Ward (WU) 6-2, 5-7, 10-5.
  • No. 3 — Pimenta (CC) lost to Blondin (WU) 3-6, 1-6.
  • No. 4 — Mendes (CC) lost to Kasay (WU) 1-6, 6-7 (5).
  • No. 5 — Dickson (CC) lost to Rens (WU) 1-6, 2-6.
  • No. 6 — Gibaud (CC) lost to Laurent (WU) 0-6, 5-7.

Results vs. ESU:
DOUBLES

  • No. 1 — Mendes/Pimenta (CC) defeated Ryan Harris/Nick Stiefer (ESU) 8-6.
  • No. 2 — White/Dickson (CC) lost to Kevin Schoon/Spencer Pozek (ESU) 7-9.
  • No. 3 — Gibaud/Samir Haikal (CC) lost to Mitch Kibbe/Matt Van Horn (ESU) 7-9.

SINGLES

  • No. 1 — Valls (CC) defeated Schoon (ESU) 6-2, 6-3.
  • No. 2 — White (CC) defeated Harris (ESU) 6-0, 6-1.
  • No. 3 — Pimenta (CC) defeated Pozek (ESU) 6-1, 6-0.
  • No. 4 — Mendes (CC) defeated Kibbe (ESU) 6-2, 3-6, 10-1.
  • No. 5 — Gibaud (CC) defeated Andy Schneider (ESU) 6-1, 6-1.
  • No. 6 — Dickson (CC) defeated Van Horn (ESU) 6-2, 6-1.

EXHIBITION

  • Haikal (CC) defeated Stiefer (ESU) 8-6.