Emory defeated perennial contender Middlebury to collect the 2006 Division III Men’s Tennis Championships team title at Mary Washington May 21.

The Panthers followed up a 2004 title and a 2005 runner-up finish with a strong start in doubles competition, but couldn’t manage a win on the singles side. Middlebury’s Ari Beilin and Alex Scott won at No. 1 doubles, 8-3, over the Eagles’ Michael Goodwin and Yoji Masuoka. The Panthers sealed the doubles point when the No. 3 team of Salih Unsal and Brian Waldron defeated Emory’s Patrick Redmond and Michael Kaufman, 8-5.

The Eagles stormed back, however, capturing four singles points and the victory. Emory players won three of the singles matches in straight sets. Both Goodwin and Masuoka avenged their doubles loss by defeating their opponents. Masuoka dropped only one game in a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Nathan Edmunds at No. 3 singles. No. 1 singles competitor Goodwin added a second point by beating Waldron, 6-4, 6-2.

Kaufman battled for the third singles point at the No. 6 spot, losing the first set, 2-6, to Middlebury’s Scott but coming back to win, 6-4, 6-1. Emory earned its final point with a win at the No. 2 spot when Redmond defeated Beilin, 6-0, 6-4.

The Panthers finished runner-up for the second year in a row, losing in the 2005 championship match to UC Santa Cruz. They last won the title in 2004. Emory, which finished the year 22-3, took its most recent championship in 2003. Middlebury also ends with a 22-3 record.

Gustavus Adolphus won the third-place match over Williams.

In the individual portion of the championships, Bates senior Will Boe-Wiegaard defeated Waldron for the singles title, 6-4, 6-3. The UC Santa Cruz doubles team of senior Shane Templeman and junior Matt Seeberger won the doubles title, 6-4, 6-1, over Middlebury’s Beilin and Scott. Seeberger, then paired with Matt Brunner, won the 2005 doubles title as well.

Goodwin won the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s rookie player of the year award, and Middlebury’s Waldron was recognized as the ITA senior player of the year. Daniel Greenberg of Williams was named the ITA national player to watch, and Edmunds received the Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship.

Roger Follmer of Washington U. in St. Louis was named the ITA coach of the year. In five years at the institution, Follmer’s teams have posted a 54-28 record and have made the NCAA tournament each year.

Team results

Quarterfinals

Gust. Adolphus 4, Swarthmore 0; Middlebury 4, Trinity (Tex.) 0; Williams 4, Claremont-M-S 3; Emory 4, DePauw 0.

Semifinals

Middlebury 4, Gust. Adolphus 0; Emory 4, Williams 1.

Third-place match

Gust. Adolphus 4, Williams 3

Doubles: No. 1 — Adam Morgan-Brett Morse-Karzen, Gust. Adolphus, def. Scott MacKenzie-Gary Simonette, Williams, 8-4; No. 2 — Andy Bryan-Roy Bryan, Gust. Adolphus, def. Jeff Kivitz-Bret Thacher, Williams, 8-1. No. 3 — suspended.

Singles: No. 1 — Daniel Greenberg, Williams, def. Loren Collins, Gust. Adolphus, 6-0, 3-6, 6-1; No. 2 — Adam Morgan, Gust. Adolphus, def. Scott MacKenzie, Williams, 6-3, 6-3; No. 3 — Jeff Kivitz, Williams, def. Jesse Brauer, Gust. Adolphus, 6-4, 6-2; No. 4 — Andy Bryan, Gust. Adolphus, def. Gary Simonette, Williams, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2; No. 5 — Roy Bryan, Gust. Adolphus, def. Ted Haley, Williams, 6-2, 0-6, 6-4. No. 6 — Bryan Monier, Williams, def. Brett Morse-Karzen, Gust. Adolphus, 6-1, 6-1.

Championship match

Emory 4, Middlebury 1

Doubles: No. 1 — Ari Beilin-Alex Scott, Middlebury, def.  Michael Goodwin-Yoji Masuoka, Emory, 8-3; No. 2 — suspended; No. 3 — Salih Unsal-Brian Waldron, Middlebury, def. Patrick Redmond-Michael Kaufman, Emory, 8-4.

Singles: No. 1 — Michael Goodwin, Emory, def. Brian Waldron, Middlebury, 6-4, 6-2; No. 2 — Patrick Redmond, Emory, def. Ari Beilin, Middlebury, 6-0, 6-4; No. 3 — Yoji Masuoka, Emory, def. Nathan Edmunds, Middlebury, 6-0, 6-1; No. 4. — suspended; No. 5 — suspended; No. 6 — Michael Kaufman, Emory, def. Alex Scott, Middlebury, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Individual results

Singles championship: Will Boe-Wiegaard, Bates, def. Brian Waldron, Middlebury, 6-4, 6-3.

Doubles championship: Matt Seeberger-Shane Templeman, UC Santa Cruz, def. Ari Beilin-Alex Scott, Middlebury, 6-4, 6-1.

For complete individual results, see The NCAA News online at www.ncaa.org.

Individual results

First round: Matt Seeberger, UC Santa Cruz, def. Julian Seelan, Kalamazoo, 6-4, 6-1; Will Boe-Wigaard, Bates, def. Yoji Masuoka, Emory, 6-3, 6-3; Evan Tindell, MIT, def. Ari Rosenthal, Washington-St. Louis, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3; Karlo Arapovic, Cal Lutheran, def. Brendan Kincaid, Salisbury, 6-4, 6-4; Loren Collins, Gust. Adolphus, def. Patrick Redmond, Emory, 7-6, 6-1; Nate Edmunds, Middlebury, def. William Ellison, Claremont-M-S, 6-4, 6-3; John Matthews, Trinity (Tex.), def. Aaron Sunday, St. Norbert, 6-0, 6-4; Dan Greenberg, Williams, def. Keith Criscoe, Methodist, 6-2, 6-1; Scott MacKenzie, Williams, def. Steven Ly, Whitman, 6-0, 6-4; Adam Morgan, Gust. Adolphus, def. Michael Goodwin, Emory, 6-2, 6-4; Shane Templeman, UC Santa Cruz, def. Ward Bortz, Chicago, 6-2, 7-5; Arturo Solis, Washington (Md.), def. Ari Beilin, Middlebury, 7-6, 4-6; Paul Bristow, Mary Washington, def. Brian Marsden, Trinity (Conn.), 6-4, 6-1; Brad Livingston, Carthage, def. Lary Wang, Claremon-M-S, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2; Robert Chu, Chapman, def. Evan Webeler, DePauw, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0; Brian Waldron, Middlebury, def. Zach Rodd, Swarthmore, 6-1, 6-4.

Second round: Boe-Wigaard, Bates, def. Seeberger, UC Santa Cruz, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2; Tindell, MIT, def. Arapovic, Cal Lutheran, 6-2, 6-3; Edmunds, Middlebury, def. Collins, Gust. Adolphus, 6-3, 6-0; Matthews, Trinity (Tex.), def. Greenberg, Williams, 6-4, 6-2; MacKenzie, Williams, def. Morgan, Gust. Adolphus, 6-3, 6-2; Solis, Washington (Md.), def. Templeman, UC Santa Cruz, 6-2, 6-1; Bristow, Mary Washington, def. Livingston, Carthage, 6-4, 6-2; Waldron, Middlebury, def. Chu, Chapman, 6-2, 6-2.

Quarterfinals: Boe-Wiegaard, Bates, def. Tindell, MIT, 6-1,4-6,6-3; Edmonds, Middlebury, def. Matthews, Trinity (Tex.), 4-6, 7-5, 7-6; Solis, Washington (Md.), def. MacKenzie, Williams, 6-4, 7-5; Waldron, Middlebury, def. Bristow, Mary Washington, 6-3, 6-4.

Semifinals: Boe-Wiegaard, Bates, def. Edmunds, Middlebury, 6-3, 6-2; Waldron, Middlebury, def. Solis, Washington (Md.), 7-6, 6-4.

Championship:

Boe-Wiegaard, Bates, def. Waldron, Middlebury, 6-4, 6-3.

Doubles 

First round: Michael Goodwin-Yoji Masuoka, Emory, def. Scott Makenzie-Gary Simonette, Williams, 6-3, 6-1; John Matthews-D.J. Petros, Trinity (Tex.), def. Tim Hubbard-Julian Seelan, Kalamazoo, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Matt Seeberger-Shane Templeman, UC Santa Cruz, def. Adam Morgan-Brett Morse-Karzen, Gust. Adolphus, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2; Tristan Beach-Will Boe-Wiegaard, Bates, def. Timothy Riskie-Arturo Solis, Washington (Md.), 7-5, 6-4; Randy Lofgren-Kevin Newman, Denison, def. Andrew Elling-Eric Wagner, Redlands, 2-6, 3-6; Ari Beilin-Alex Scott, Middlebury, def. Brian Park-Zach Rodd, Swarthmore, 6-4, 6-2; Charlie Cutler-Ari Rosenthal, Washington-St. Louis, def. Thomas Dohlman-Evan Tindell, MIT, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4; Guillaume Schils-Lary Wang, Claremont-M-S, def. Paul Bristow-Randy Loden, Mary Washington, 6-3, 6-3.

Quarterfinals: Goodwin-Masuoka, Emory, def. Matthews-Petros, Trinity (Tex.), 6-7(7-5), 6-1, 6-2; Seeberger-Templeman, UC Santa Cruz, def. Beach-Boe-Wiegaard, Bates, 6-2, 6-4; Beilin-Scott, Middlebury, def. Lofgren-Newman, Denison, 6-4, 6-2; Schils-Wang, Claremont-M-S, def. Cutler-Rosenthal, Washington-St. Louis, 6-3, 6-4.

Semifinals:

Seeberger-Templeman, UC Santa Cruz, def. Goodwin-Masuoka, Emory, 6-1, 6-1; Beilin-Scott, Middlebury, def. Schils-Wang, Claremont-M-S, 3-6, 7-6, 6-1.

Championship:

Seeberger-Templeman, UC Santa Cruz, def. Beilin-Scott, Middlebury, 6-4, 6-1.