Sept. 23, 2007
Winter Park, Fla. (www.ucfathletics.com) - On Sunday, the UCF men's tennis team finished the three-day Rollins College C.L. Varner Memorial Invitational with a singles and doubles championship. All eight Knights who competed in the singles portion of the tournament advanced to at least the third round of play.
In Flight A, sophomore Johan Beigart (Vaxjo, Sweden) defeated three different opponents to reach the title match against Brock Newton of Palm Beach Atlantic. However, the championship match was canceled due to rain.
Also competing in flight A was senior Sinan Sudas (Adana, Turkey), junior Brock Sakey (Gulf Breeze, Fla./Gulf Breeze) and freshman Bob VanDeLaar (Apeldoorn, Holland). Sakey fell 6-4, 6-5 to Brian Compton of Rollins College, which kept Sakey away from playing teammate Johan Beigart in the semifinals.
Freshman Claudio Romano (Valencia, Venezuela) was the top seed in flight B. Romano knocked off three opponents and earned his fourth victory (6-4, 6-0) in the finals against Pablo Seijo of Rollins to win the B bracket.
Junior Jimmy Roesch (Melbourne, Fla./Eau Gallie), freshman Blaze Schwartz (Pensacola, Fla./Washington) and junior Danny Colon (Jacksonville, Fla./Englewood) also competed in the B bracket. Roesch and Schwartz, along with Romano made up three of the four semifinalists in flight B.
In doubles competition, Beigart and Sakey teamed together for a 9-7 victory against Rollins' Compton and Jonathan Gomez in the championship in bracket A. Beigart and Sakey were given the top seed in flight A.
UCF will have six days before the start of the ITA All-American Tournament in Tulsa, Okla. at the University of Tulsa's Michael D. Case Tennis Center.
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UCF's Singles Results from C.L. Varner Memorial Invitational
Johan Beigart
Flight A
First Round - Bye
Second Round - def. Paul Segodo (Palm Beach Atlantic) 6-2, 6-2
Third Round - def. Adrian Tan (Rollins) 6-4, 6-4
Semifinals - def. Brian Compton (Rollins) 6-2, 6-2
Finals - vs. Brock Newton (Palm Beach Atlantic) Rained Out
Danny Colon
Flight B
First Round - def. Drew Hollis (Florida Tech) 6-2, 6-1
Second Round - def. Max Kjellin (Florida Southern) 6-1, 6-1
Third Round - lost to Pablo Seijo (Rollins) 6-2, 6-2
Jimmy Roesch
Flight B
First Round - def. Riley Schulb (Rollins) 6-0, 6-0
Second Round - def. Andy Johnson (Rollins) 6-1, 4-0 Ret.
Third Round - def. JJ Bolock (Florida Southern) 6-0, 6-2
Semifinals - lost to Claudio Romano (UCF) 6-3, 6-2
Claudio Romano
Flight B
First Round - Bye
Second Round - def. Tyler Dealy (Palm Beach Atlantic) 6-1, 6-0
Third Round - def. Steve Binninger (Florida Gulf Coast) 6-3, 6-1
Semifinals - def. Jimmy Roesch (UCF) 6-3, 6-2
Finals - def. Pablo Seijo (Rollins) 6-3, 6-0
Brock Sakey
Flight A
First Round - Bye
Second Round - def. Mikkel Muller (Florida Gulf Coast) 4-6, 6-3(3)
Third Round - lost to Brian Compton (Rollins) 6-4, 6-5
Blaze Schwartz
Flight B
First Round - def. Jack Barrett (Rollins) 6-1, 6-0
Second Round - def. CJ Johnson (Florida Southern) 4-6, 2-0 Ret.
Third Round - def. Ray Duyungan (Florida Southern) 6-0, 6-1
Semifinals - lost to Pablo Seijo (Rollins) 6-2, Ret. Inj.
Sinan Sudas
Flight A
First Round - Bye
Second Round - def. Gustavo Carvalho (Rollins) 7-6(5), Ret.
Third Round - lost to Michael Knoedler (Florida Southern) 6-3, 4-6(4)
Bob VanDeLaar
Flight A
First Round - def. Brian de Montfort (Florida Southern) 6-3, 6-2
Second Round - def. Andrew Bailey (Florida State) 4-6, 6-0 (10)
Third Round - lost to Brock Newton (Palm Beach Atlantic) 7-6(4), 6-3
UCF's Doubles Results from C.L. Varner Memorial Invitational
Johan Beigart and Brock Sakey
Flight A
First Round - Bye
Second Round - def. O'Shea/Bailey (Florida State) 8-6
Third Round - def. Carvalho/Seijo (Rollins) 8-3
Finals - def. Compton/Gomez (Rollins) 9-7
Sinan Sudas and Claudio Romano
Flight A
First Round - def. LaFlamme/Taylor (Florida Southern) 9-8(2)
Second Round - lost to Muller/Garibovic (Florida Gulf Coast) 9-7
Bob VanDeLaar and Blaze Schwartz
Flight B
First Round - Bye
Second Round - def. Henderson/Devilla (Florida Gulf Coast) 8-3
Third Round - lost to Hubscher/Johnson (Rollins) Won by Default
Jimmy Roesch and Danny Colon
Flight B
First Round - def. Barrett/Hackenbruch (Rollins) 8-1
Second Round - def. Binninger/Acierto (Florida Gulf Coast) 8-4
Third Round - def. Tan/Rockwood (Rollins) 8-4
Finals - lost to Hubscher/Johnson (Rollins) 8-2