SINGLES RESULTS |
DOUBLES RESULTS
(FRESNO, Calif.) PLNU Men's Tennis had a trio of semifinalists at a successful ITA West Regional Championships for the Sea Lions over the weekend in Fresno.
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Marcos Alogo-Piqueras reached the semifinals in singles as the No. 12 seed, while
Finn Kirschner and
Stanislas Noel advanced to the doubles semifinals as the top seed.
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Alogo-Piqueras defeated No. 14 seed and teammate
Paul Sobich in the quarterfinals to advance the furthest of any Sea Lion in singles.
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Last season's ITA West Region Rookie of the Year then nearly booked a spot in the championship match, winning the first set 6-2 and playing in a second set tiebreak against the eventual singles champion Guilherme Gracioli of Biola.
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Third-seeded
David Fisinger and seventh-seeded Kirschner also reached the Round of 16, as four Sea Lions advanced to the final 16 in singles for the second consecutive season.
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Fisinger, Kirschner and Sobich all made their second straight Round of 16 singles appearance at the regional tournament.
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Point Loma's First Team All-PacWest doubles duo of Kirschner and Noel reached the semifinals before falling to eventual champions Austin Stone and JD Drake of Westmont in a tiebreak.
Fisinger and Alogo-Piqueras, the third-seeded doubles team, advanced to the quarterfinals after a pair of victories.
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The pairing of Kirschner and Noel in doubles, as well as Alogo-Piqueras in singles, will hope to receive an at-large berth to the ITA Division II Singles & Doubles Championships in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Nov. 4-8).