UC Santa Cruz pair takes doubles title

Jun 1, 2010 10:18:13 AM

After three years of getting bounced from the NCAA tournament early, Washington U. in St. Louis senior John Watts finally had his happy ending Saturday, beating Emory's Chris Goodwin, 6-1, 6-2, to win the Division III men's tennis singles title.

UC Santa Cruz doubles partners Marc Vartabedian and Bryan Pybas earned the doubles crown with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Bobby Cocanaugher and Cory Kowal from Trinity (Texas). [More]

Earlier in the week, Middlebury downed Amherst, 5-1, to take the Division III Men's Tennis Championship team title. [More]

Quarterfinals

Middlebury 5, N.C. Wesleyan 0; Washington-St. Louis 5, Carnegie Mellon 0; Claremont-M-S 5, Trinity (TX) 2; Emory 4, Amherst 5.

Semifinals

Middlebury 5, Washington-St. Louis 4; Amherst 5, Claremont-M-S 4.

Third-place match

Claremont-M-S 5, Washington-St. Louis 2.

Doubles: No. 1 − Robbie Erani-Ronald Wu, Claremont-M-S, def. Isaac Stein-Max Woods, Washington-St. Louis, 9-7; No. 2 − John Watts-Kareem Farah, Washington-St. Louis, def. Eric MacColl-Brandon Wei, Claremont-M-S, 8-2; No. 3 − Russell Brockett-Mickey Lim, Claremont-M-S, def. Danny Levy-Cameron Chiang, Washington-St. Louis, 8-5.

Singles: No. 1 − Watts, Washington-St. Louis, def. Erani, Claremont-M-S, 6-1, 6-2; No. 2 − Lim, Claremont-M-S, def. Stein, Washington-St. Louis, 6-3, 6-3; No. 3 − MacColl, Claremont-M-S, vs. Adam Putterman, Washington-St. Louis, 4-6, 6-3, 4-1 (did not finish); No. 4 − Brockett, Claremont-M-S, vs. Woods, Washington-St. Louis, 6-7(5), 4-4 (did not finish); No. 5 − Alex Johnson, Claremont-M-S, def. Levy, Washington-St. Louis, 6-3, 6-3; No. 6 − Mac Cahill, Claremont-M-S, def. Farah, Washington-St. Louis, 6-2, 6-2.

Championship

Middlebury 5, Amherst 1

Doubles: No. 1 − Andrew Lee-Andrew Thomson, Middlebury, def. Austin Chafets-Robby Sorrel, Amherst, 8-5; No. 2 − Conrad Olson-Eliot Jia, Middlebury, def. Mark Kahan-Moritz Koenig, Amherst, 8-3; Sean Doerfler-Wes Waterman, Amherst, def. Chris Mason-Andrew Peters, Middlebury, 8-4.

Singles: No. 1 − Peters, Middlebury, vs. Chafetz, Amherst, 1-6, 6-1, 1-2 (unfinished); No. 2 − Lee, Middlebury, def. Kahan, Amherst, 6-1, 6-3; No. 3 − Olson, Middlebury, def. Koenig, Amherst, 6-2, 6-2; No. 4 − Thomson, Middlebury, def. Waterman, Amherst, 6-3, 6-0; No. 5 − Jia, Middlebury, vs. Doerfler, Amherst, 6-2, 4-1 (unfinished); No. 6 − Peter Odell, Middlebury, vs. Priit Gross, Amherst, 6-3, 2-1 (unfinished).

Individual results

First round: Dillon Pottish, Emory, def. Max Frey, Trinity (TX), 6-2, 6-3; Mike Mattelson, Vassar, def. Amrik Donkena, Gust. Adolphus, 7-6(0-6), 6-4; Michael Greenberg, Kenyon, def. Andrew Guiffrida, Cal Lutheran, 6-4, 6-4; Andrew Lee, Middlebury, def. David Maldow, Johns Hopkins, 7-6(7-4), 6-1; John Watts, Washington-St. Louis, def. Eric Shulman, Chris. Newport, 6-0, 0-6, 6-3; Mark Kahan, Amherst, def. Mikey Lim, Claremont-M-S, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(7-5); Brian Pybas, UC Santa Cruz, def. Scott Burtzlaff, Salisbury, 6-1, 6-4; William Zhang, Chicago, def. Spencer Feldman, Trinity (CT), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2; Nick Lebedoff, Williams, def. Matt Solomon, Whitman, 6-4, 6-2; Chris Goodwin, Emory, def. Scott Sundstrom, Luther, 6-2, 6-2; Sam Sweeney, North Central (IL), def. Hayden White, Wash. & Lee, 6-3, 6-4; Andy Peters, Middlebury, def. Nick Ballou, Cal Lutheran, 6-2, 6-4; Stephen Sullivan, Bowdoin, def. Sam Wichlin, Mary Washington, 6-3, 6-4; Isaac Stein, Washington-St. Louis, def. Robbie Erani, Claremont-M-S, 5-7, 6-1, 6-0; Tommy Meyer, Pomona-Pitzer, def. Alex Nemerov, Carnegie Mellon, 6-3, 6-1; Austin Chafetz, Amherst, def. J.C. Perez-Borja, Grinnell, 6-2, 6-4.

Second round: Pottish, Emory, def. Mattelson, 4-6, 6-2 (retired); Lee, Middlebury, def. Greenberg, Kenyon, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4; Watts, Washington-St. Louis, def. Kahan, Amherst, 6-3, 6-0; Pybas, UC Santa Cruz, def. Zhang, Chicago, 6-2, 6-1; Goodwin, Emory, def. Lebedoff, Williams, 6-4, 6-7(1-7), 6-3; Peters, Middlebury, def. Sweeney, North Central (IL), 6-2, 6-3; Chafetz, Amherst, def. Meyer, Pomona-Pitzer, 7-5, 6-4; Sullivan, Bowdoin, def. Stein, Washington-St. Louis, 7-6(8-6), 6-4.

Quarterfinals: Lee, Middlebury, def. Pottish, Emory, 6-3, 6-1; Watts, Washington-St. Louis, def. Pybas, UC Santa Cruz, 6-3, 6-1; Goodwin, Emory, def. Peters, Middlebury, 7-6(10-8), 6-3; Chafetz, Amherst, def. Sullivan, Bowdoin, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Semifinals: Watts, Washington-St. Louis, def. Lee, Middlebury, 7-6(7-3), 6-3; Goodwin, Emory, def. Chafetz, Amherst, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.

Championship: Watts, Washington-St. Louis, def. Goodwin, Emory, 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles

First round: Andrew Lee-Andrew Thomson, Middlebury, def. David Ashlock-Andrew Reznik, Texas-Tyler, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; Pat Boyd-Cyrus Jadun, Kalamazoo, def. Jeremy King-James Muliwan, Carnegie Mellon, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4; Isaac Stein-Max Woods, Washington-St. Louis, def. Taylor Borda-Josh Rifkin, Ithaca, 6-1, 6-3; Bobby Cocanaugher-Cory Kowal, Trinity (TX), def. David Maldow-Andrew Wang, Johns Hopkins, 7-6(2), 6-2; Charles Brody-Michael Greenberg, Kenyon, def. Spencer Feldman-Anson McCook, Trinity (CT), 6-3, 6-3; Nick Ballou-Andrew Guiffrida, Cal Lutheran, def. Scott Burtzlaff-Evan Thomas, Salisbury, 6-2, 6-4; Evan Goff-Kaz Murata, Mary Washington, def. Austin Chafetz-Robert Sorrel, Amherst, 6-3, 6-4; Brian Pybas-Marc Vartebedian, UC Santa Cruz, def. Garrett Brinker-Steve Salterelli, Chicago, 6-2, 6-2.

Quarterfinals: Lee-Thomson, Middlebury, def. Jadun-Boyd, Kalamazoo, 6-1, 6-1; Cocanaugher-Kowal, Trinity (TX), def. Stein-Woods, Washington-St. Louis, 3-6, 6-4 6-1; Guiffrida-Ballou, Cal Lutheran, def. Greenberg-Brody, Kenyon, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2; Pybas-Vartebedian, UC Santa Cruz, def. Goff-Murata, Mary Washington, 6-3, 6-2.

Semifinals: Cocanaugher-Kowal, Trinity (TX), def. Lee-Thomson, Middlebury, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3; Pybas-Vartebedian, UC Santa Cruz, def. Guiffrida-Ballou, Cal Lutheran, 6-3, 6-2.

Championship: Pybas-Vartebedian, UC Santa Cruz, def. Cocanaugher-Kowal, Trinity (TX), 6-3, 6-4.