Gustavus tennis men dominate NCCA III Midwest regional
Thursday, 05/14/2009
Gustavus beat University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 5-0 in the semifinals and Luther 5-0 in the finals to capture the NCAA III Regional. It was hosted by Gustavus from May 8 to 10. Other participating teams included Concordia University from Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and University of Texas-Tyler.<br /> <br /> The Gusties now advance to the NCAA III final eight in Claremont, California, hosted by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges. The next match is Tuesday, May 19 at 10 a.m. against #1 ranked Washington University from St. Louis, Missouri. Last year they beat Gustavus in the quarterfinals and went on to win the 2008 NCAA III championship. The Gusties hope to reverse that result this year.<br /> <br /> In other national quarterfinal action on May 19 Middlebury College from Middlebury, VT goes against Amherst College from Amherst, MA; University of California-Santa Cruz meets Williams College from Williamstown, MA; and Emory University from Atlanta, GA plays Kenyon College from Gambier, OH.<br /> <br /> GUSTAVUS 5 UW-WHITEWATER 0 St. Peter, MN, May 9, 2009<br /> 1) John Kauss/Mike Burdakin (GA) def. Kelvin Caiati/Alex Lowe (UWW) 8-3<br /> 2) Charlie Paukert/Ben Tomasek (GA) def. Erich Palecek/Danny Glinert (UWW) 8-3<br /> 3) Nick Hansen/Kevin Stickney (GA) def. Tim Moller/Erik Scanlan (UWW) 9-8 (7-0)<br /> <br /> 1) John Kauss (GA) def. Alex Lowe (UWW) 6-1, 6-0<br /> 2) Mike Burdakin (GA) vs. Mike Harmatys (UWW) 7-6 (7-0), 5-1, unfinished<br /> 3) Charlie Paukert (GA) vs. Danny Glinert (UWW) 5-7, 4-1, unfinished<br /> 4) Ben Tomasek (GA) vs. Kelvin Caiati (UWW) 6-4, 5-4, unfinished<br /> 5) Patrick Clark (GA) vs. Tim Moller (UWW) 3-6, 6-3, unfinished<br /> 6) Nick Hansen (GA) def. Alex Mory (UWW) 6-4, 6-3<br /> <br /> GUSTAVUS 5 LUTHER 0 St. Peter, MN, May 10, 2009<br /> 1) John Kauss/Mike Burdakin (GA) def. Maxwell Busch/Harrison Whiteley (L) 8-5<br /> 2) Charlie Paukert/Ben Tomasek (GA) def. Utsab Rijal/Thomas Orser (L) 8-6<br /> 3) Kevin Stickney/Nick Hansen (GA) def. Scott Sundstrom/Mark Mateski (L) 8-3<br /> <br /> 1) John Kauss (GA) vs. Scott Sundstrom (L) 6-1, 3-2, unfinished<br /> 2) Mike Burdakin (GA) vs. Harrison Whiteley (L) 6-1, 5-2, unfinished<br /> 3) Charlie Paukert (GA) vs. Maxwell Busch (L) 6-2, 2-2, unfinished<br /> 4) Ben Tomasek (GA) def. Utsab Rijal (L) 6-1, 6-4<br /> 5) Patrick Clark (GA) def. Thomas Orser (L) 6-3, 6-1<br /> 6) Nick Hansen (GA) vs. Mark Mateski (L) 6-4, 1-5, unfinished<br />
