Ray Sarmiento pounded out a run to the Sherwood Collegiate Cup singles titl...
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THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF. -- The winner of last year's Sherwood Collegiate Cup doubles championship, Ray
Sarmiento has added a singles title to his resume thanks to a series of wins over UCLA opponents in this 2013 edition of the individual tourney in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sarmiento raged through straight sets throughout his singles draw until today's final, where the junior lost the first before making his comeback win to beat UCLA's Adrien
Puget in the title match. USC also had a spot in the doubles final, but Trojans Emilio Gomez and Eric Johnson were upended in the final by third-seeded Bruin pair Giron/Novikov.
The Trojans had eight players on the docket in singles and four doubles teams in the mix for USC's first competition of 2013. Four Trojan sophomores -- Sarmiento, Roberto Quiroz, Yannick Hanfmann and Eric Johnson -- reached the singles quarterfinals, but only Sarmiento emerged from that group as he set his course toward the championship.
So, too did the Trojan pack four teams into the doubles quarterfinal round, with all but one notching wins to move into the semifinals. That set up an all-Trojan semi between Emilio Gomez /Johnson and Hanfmann/Sarmiento to guarantee a USC team in the final. Gomez/Johnson would advance to the title match to take on No. 3 seeded Bruins Gironv/Novikov, who had edged out Trojans De Vroome/Quiroz in their semifinal collision. Gomez/Johnson took the Bruins down to the wire, but fell 8-7 (4) in the doubles final.
Complete USC results from the Sherwood Collegiate Cup are below:
Sherwood Collegiate Cup (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)
SINGLES
First Round - Jan. 18
[1] Ray Sarmiento (USC) def. Ryoto Tachi (UCLA) - 7-5, 6-4
Jonny Wang (USC) def. Wyatt Houghton (CAL) - 6-4, 6-1
[4] Roberto Quiroz (USC) def. Seth Stolar (UCLA) - 6-2, 6-4
Marko Krickovic (BAY) def. Michael Grant (USC) - 6-3, 6-3
Emilio Gomez (USC) def. Trey Strobel (STAN) - 6-1 6-2
Yannick Hanfmann (USC) def. Daniel Ho (STAN) - 6-4 6-4
Eric Johnson (USC) def. Robert Verzaal (BAY) - 6-2, 6-2
Max de Vroome (USC) def. Danis Lin (STAN) - 6-3, 7-5
Round of 16 - Jan. 19
[1] Ray Sarmiento (USC) def. Nolan Paige (STAN) - 6-4, 6-3
[5] Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) def. Jonny Wang (USC) - 6-4, 6-1
[4] Roberto Quiroz (USC) def. Mads Engsted (CAL) - 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
Adrien Puget (UCLA) def. Emilio Gomez (USC) - 6-4, 6-1
Yannick Hanfmann (USC) def. Karue Sell (UCLA) - 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
Eric Johnson (USC) def. John Morrissey (STAN) - 6-3, 6-3
[2] Marcos Giron (UCLA) def. Max de Vroome (USC) 6-4, 6-2
Quarterfinals - Jan. 19
[1] Ray Sarmiento (USC) def. [5] Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) - 7-5, 6-4
[5] Dennis Novikov (UCLA) def. [4] Roberto Quiroz (USC) - 6-4, 6-4
Adrien Puget (UCLA) def. Yannick Hanfmann (USC) - 6-1, 6-2
[2] Marcos Giron (UCLA) def. Eric Johnson (USC) - 6-2, 7-6 (1)
Semifinals - Jan. 20
[1] Ray Sarmiento (USC) def. [5] Dennis Novikov (UCLA) - 7-6 (2), 6-2
Championship - Jan. 21
[1] Ray Sarmiento (USC) def. Adrien Puget (UCLA) - 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
DOUBLES
Round of 16 - Jan. 19
[1] Hanfmann/Sarmiento (USC) def. Romanowicz/Stineman (STAN) - 8-3
Gomez/Johnson (USC) def. Engsted/Houghton (CAL) - 8-7 (1)
Grant/Wang (USC) def. Galeano/Zsiga (BAY) - 8-6
[2] De Vroome/Quiroz (USC) def. Stolar/Tachi (UCLA) - 8-1
Quarterfinals - Jan. 19
[1] Hanfmann/Sarmiento (USC) def. Brigham/Mrktchian (UCLA) - 8-3
Gomez/Johnson (USC) def. Puget/Sell (UCLA) - 8-5
[3] Giron/Novikov (UCLA) def. Grant/Wang (USC) - 8-6
[2] De Vroome/Quiroz (USC) def. Paige/Strobel (STAN) - 8-4
Semifinals - Jan. 20
Gomez/Johnson (USC) def. [1] Hanfmann/Sarmiento (USC) - 6-3, ret. (inj.)
[3] Giron/Novikov (UCLA) def. [2] De Vroome/Quiroz (USC) - 8-6
Championship - Jan. 21
[3] Giron/Novikov (UCLA) def. Gomez/Johnson (USC) - 8-7 (4)
CONSOLATION/BACKDRAW SINGLES & DOUBLES
Michael Grant (USC) def. Ball (STAN) - 6-2, 7-5
Michael Grant (USC) def. Zsiga (BAY) - 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7)
Morrissey (STAN) def. Roberto Quiroz (USC) - 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-5)
Eric Johnson (USC) def. Kandath (STAN) - 6-2, 6-2
Jonny Wang (USC) def. Romanowicz (STAN) - 6-2, 6-1
Paige (STAN) def. Max de Vroome (USC) - 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4)
Emilio Gomez (USC) def. Krickovic (BAY) - 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5)
Grant/Wang (USC) def. Paige/Strobel (STAN) - 8-2
