Courtesy of Pima Athletics
Tucson, AZ – The Pima Community College men’s tennis team completed the second day of competition at the NJCAA Division I National Championship on Tuesday in Plano, TX.
Sophomore Tomothy Ou advanced in the No. 1 singles flight consolation bracket as he beat Peter Kovats from the University of South Carolina Sumter 6-2, 6-3. He advanced to Wednesday’s quarterfinal match-up.
Freshman Chris McDaniels (Tanque Verde HS) won his No. 4 singles consolation bracket match over Braden Ishee from Copiah-Lincoln Community College (MS) 6-0, 6-1. He advanced to the consolation bracket quarterfinals in his flight.
Freshman Johnathan Wu fell in his winner’s bracket second round match at No. 5 singles to No. 3 ranked Kentaro Mizushima from ASA Miami (FL) 6-0, 6-0. Sophomore Francisco Sotelo (Cholla HS) dropped his No. 2 singles consolation bracket match to Leonardo Zancheta from University of SC Sumter 6-1, 6-0.
In doubles competition, Ou and No. 1 doubles partner Scott Mantelman fell to No. 1 ranked Tin Chen and Sergio Ingles from ASA Miami 6-1, 6-2 in the winner’s bracket second round.
McDaniels and freshman Beau Boyer (Cibola HS) dropped their No. 3 doubles flight second round match to No. 2 ranked Benji Finet and Carlo Izurieta from Seward County Community College (KS) 6-1, 6-2.
Sotelo and Wu lost a tight match in the No. 2 doubles consolation match to Connor Higginbotham and Isaiah Polk from Marion Military Institute (AL) 6-3, 7-6 (4).
The Aztecs continue play on Wednesday at the Collin County Tennis Facilities.
Wednesday’s match-ups:
Singles:
(No. 1 Consolation Quarterfinals) Tomothy Ou vs. Nathan Johnsen, Marion Military Institute
(No. 3 Consolation Quarterfinals) Scott Mantelman vs. James Kirkham, Prairie State College (IL)
(No. 4 Consolation Quarterfinals) Chris McDaniels vs. Nicklaus Neal, University of South Carolina Sumter
(No. 6 Consolation Quarterfinals) Beau Boyer vs. Sebastian Harrell, Copiah-Lincoln Community College (MS)
