Oct. 3, 2009
TULSA, Okla.— Four members of the University of New Mexico men’s tennis team advanced to round three of the ITA All-American Pre-Qualifying today with sophomore Carl Ho jumping to the fourth and final round due to a round three opponent default. Along with Ho, junior Joe Wood and freshmen Conor Berg and Jadon Phillips defeated their round two opponents to stay alive in the event.
All six Lobos participating received first round byes, should the trio in round three pick up two wins tomorrow and Ho one, they will advance to the qualifying rounds beginning Monday, Oct. 5.
Round Two, D’Novo/ITA All-American Tennis Championships Pre-Qualifying Singles
Conor Berg (NM) def. Skip Span (Illinois State) 7-6 (5), 6-0
Joe Wood (NM) def. Connor Roth (Illinois) default
Artem Gramma (Pacific) def. Ben Dunbar (NM) 6-3, 7-6 (3)
Carl Ho def. Will Vasos (Iowa) 7-6, 6-3
Jadon Phillips def. Colin Hoover (Texas A&M) 6-4, 6-1
Marcel Thiemann (Ole Miss) def. Phil Anderson (NM) 6-1, 6-3
Round Three, Sunday, Oct. 4 (Times Mountain)
Conor Berg (NM) vs. Mehdi Bouras (UNLV)-8 a.m.
Joe Wood (NM) vs. Alberto Gonzalez (Kentucky)-9:30 a.m.
Jadon Phillips (NM) vs. Juan Gomez (San Diego State)-10:00 a.m.
Round Four, Sunday, Oct. 4
Carl Ho (NM) vs. TBA-1:00 p.m.