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NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Championships
Photo Galleries Doubles - First and Quarterfinal Rounds Seeberger, Uyar and Bristow win NCAA Titles Seeberger, the tournament’s fourth seed, defeated John Michael Cham-A-Koon of Claremont Mudd-Scripps 6-1, 6-4 in the championship match in the morning. He broke Cham-A-Koon’s serve twice early on to build a 3-0 lead before coasting to a win in the first set, then battled back from a 3-0 deficit to prevail in the second set. Uyar and Bristow took out CMS’s Cham-A-Koon and Kyle Ellison in the doubles semifinals, winning 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. Redlands’ Michael Thoeresz and Brian Murphy, the No. 2 seeded doubles pair, dispatched Michael Malvitz and Julian Seelan of Kalamazoo in the semifinals before falling to the Mary Washington pair 7-5, 6-3. Monday ResultsDay Two Release
Cham-A-Koon started the day by finishing up a first round doubles match with teammate Kyle Ellison which was suspended by rain on Saturday with a 6-2, 6-2 straight set win. He moved to the singles draw, beating Redlands’ Brian Murphy 6-3, 6-1 in the quarterfinals before defeating Williams’ Andrew Murray 7-5, 6-2 in the semifinals. Cham-A-Koon and Ellison capped the day with a 7-6 (3), 6-1 win over top-seeded Mark Odgers and Alex Rogers of Emory in the doubles quarterfinals. Cham-A-Koon will face UC Santa Cruz first-year Matt Seeberger, the tournament’s No. 4 seed, in the singles championship at 9 a.m. on Monday. Seeberger defeated Carthage’s Dane Schmidgall 7-5, 6-2 in the quarterfinals, then beat Brian Marsden of Trinity (Conn.) 7-5, 6-2 in the semifinal round. The doubles semifinals will begin at 11 a.m., with Cham-A-Koon and Ellison facing Mary Washington’s Dan Uyar and Paul Bristow. Michael Malvitz and Julian Seelan of Kalamazoo will play Redlands’ Murphy and Michael Thoeresz, the second-seeded doubles team. Thedoubles championship is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Monday.
The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds will be contested on Sunday. Matt Seeberger of UC Santa Cruz, the tournament’s No. 4 seed, was the only seeded player to advance to the singles quarterfinals with a straight set win over Brian Alvo of Washington (Mo.) and a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 win over Piedmont’s Sebastian Stanescu. Washington and Lee’s David Shay earned a spot in the quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Tindell and will face Brian Marsden of Trinity (Conn.). Seeberger will play Carthage’s Dane Schmidgall, who defeated No. 6 seed Mark Odgers in the first round. Williams’ Andrew Murray will face Washington & Lee’s Paul McClure, and Brian Murphy, who defeated No. 8 seed Will Boe-Wiegaard of Bates, will face John Michael Cham-A-Koon from Claremont Mudd-Scripps. Three doubles matches were completed before play was suspended due to lightning. The top seeds, Mark Odgers and Alex Jacobs, coasted to a straight set victory to advance to the quarterfinals. UC Santa Cruz’s Matt Brunner and Kellen Ali-Christie and Kalamazoo’s Michael Malvitz and Julian Seelan also earned spots in the quarterfinals. Play will resume on Sunday morning at 9 a.m. Singles - First and Second Round Results |
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