Michigan State University
Frank Beeman Invitational
Spartans Conclude Beeman Invite on Successful Note
9/18/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Sept. 18, 2011
Final Results
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State men's tennis team concluded it's first fall tournament of the season in impressive fashion, taking victories in 5 of the 6 flights, with champions in both doubles flights.
It was an all MSU final in the doubles A flight, where sophomore Aaron Pfister and junior Denis Bogatov defeated freshman Gijs Linders and senior Austin Brooks in a tightly contested match, 9-8 (5). In the B flight, juniors Ronnie Hulewicz and Will Davis took down Mojsejev and Emerson of IUPUI, 8-3.
Hulewicz continued his success in singles play as he defeated Gijs Linders in the White Flight finals 7-6 (4), 2-6 (10-6).
Head Coach Gene Orlando was pleased with the success of his team, most notably Pfister and Hulewicz, who took finals victories in both singles and doubles.
"It was really one of our goals for the fall was to win the flights, we put ourselves in the position and feel good about almost accomplishing a sweep. It was a good start for the team. Having Pfister and Hulewicz win both their singles and doubles flights was a great accomplishment."
Taking the crown in the Green Flight was Pfister, who edged out Aram Abgaryan of Duquesne 7-5, 6-5. Brooks and Bogatov both earned consolation victories on the final day of play in the Green Flight, as Brooks defeated Streeter of Detroit Mercy 7-5, 6-3, and Bogatov earned a victory over Pete Carpenter of Duquesne 7-6, 6-1.
MSU suffered two narrow defeats in the Spartan Flight, as Davis fell to Josh Maylon of Dayton 6-3, 6-4, while Chris Cheung of Detroit Mercy defeated sophomore Ryan Richmond in the consolation match 7-6 (8), 6-3.
Freshman Harry Jadun capped off an impressive Spartan debut by winning the State Flight over Mike Fitzgerald of Wayne State 6-2, 7-6 (2).
While Orlando enjoyed the success of his team, he will continue to use the fall tournaments to determine the lineup before spring competition begins.
"It is still the first tournament and we still have three more to decide what the lineups going to be, I wouldn't be able to decide at this point. These tournaments are a great tune-up for the players to hone in on their skills and work on these things for the next 7 or 8 weeks and put it to the test when we play these next tournaments and gauge from week to week."
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