ACU Men & Women's Tennis Wins LSC Championship
By: ACU Press Release
Updated: April 21, 2012
SOUTHLAKE - The
ACU women's dominance of the Lone Star Conference tennis scene continued
Saturday as the sixth-ranked Wildcats cruised to their fifth straight
conference championship with a 5-0 win over
Cameron.
The Wildcats
didn't lose a set in either of their matches in the tournament as they
eased to a pair of 5-0 victories. The Wildcats' 14th shutout of the
spring helped push the Wildcats to 23-3 on the season,
including 15-0 against NCAA Division II competition.
The win also sets
ACU up to host the NCAA Division II South Central Region Tournament,
which will be played April 29-30. The sites and times of that
tournament will be announced later in the week.
The Wildcats
began Saturday's championship match with their 15th doubles sweep of the
season. The toughest match of the three came at No. 2 doubles where
ACU's duo of Brittney Reed and Laura Mongin knocked
off the Cameron pairing of Julia Puckhaber and Elvira Sholles, 8-5.
The nationally
ranked pairing of Micah Hermsdorf and Hannah Kelley knocked off
Cameron's Amanda Moberg and Sara Londono, 8-3, at No. 1 doubles, while
at No. 3 doubles ACU's pairing of Julia Mongin and Madelyn
Walker beat Florencia Tomero and Antonia Moberg, 8-1.
Armed with those
three wins, the Wildcats only needed two more wins to clinch their 10th
LSC championship since 2000 and 22nd overall.
They picked up
those two wins at the bottom of the singles bracket where Emily Conrad
knocked off Tornero, 6-3, 6-0, at No. 5 and Kelley beat Moberg, 6-2,
6-0, at No. 6.
Abilene Christian 5, Cameron University 0
April 21, 2012 at Southlake, Texas
Singles competition
1. Julia Mongin (ACU) vs. Amanda Moberg (CU) unfinished
2. Micah Hermsdorf (ACU) vs. Julia Puckhaber (CU) unfinished
3. Laura Mongin (ACU) vs. Sara Londono (CU) unfinished
4. Brittney Reed (ACU) vs. Elvira Sholles (CU) unfinished
5. Emily Conrad (ACU) def. Florencia Tornero (CU) 6-3, 6-0
6. Hannah Kelley (ACU) def. Antonia Moberg (CU) 6-2, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Micah Hermsdorf/Hannah Kelley (ACU) def. Amanda Moberg/Sara Londono (CU) 8-3
2. Brittney Reed/Laura Mongin (ACU) def. Julia Puckhaber/Elvira Sholles (CU) 8-5
3. Julia Mongin/Madelyn Walker (ACU) def. Florencia Tornero/Antonia Moberg (CU) 8-1
Saturday, April 21, 2012 6:25 PM
SOUTHLAKE - The
ACU Wildcats moved one step closer to another trip to the NCAA Division
II national tournament on Saturday as they won their fourth straight
Lone Star Conference championship and the likely
right to host the NCAA Division II South Central Region Tournament.
The Wildcats
knocked off Incarnate Word, 5-1, in Saturday's championship match as
they won their ninth title since 2002 and 13th overall LSC
championship. The win likely sets ACU up to host the NCAA Division
II South Central Region Tournament, which will be played April 29-30.
The sites and times of that tournament will be announced later in the
week.
The Wildcats got
the match started on the right foot by winning all three doubles matches
led by the nationally ranked duo of Hans Hach and Nick Plum knocking
Aiden DeLeon and Carlos Olvera, 8-1, at No.
1 doubles. Alfredo Desiati and Borja Cortes knocked off David Bellenger
and Luke Trautmann, 8-6, at No. 2 doubles, while Micahel Morris and
Guilherme Gesser beat Brandon Davis and Chris Lawson, 8-5, at No. 3.
Hach picked up a
win at No. 1 singles with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Olvera, and Morris won at
No. 6 singles with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Trautmann to give ACU the
conference championship.
MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP: Abilene Christian 5, Incarnate Word 1
Singles competition
1. Hans Hach (ACU) def. Carlos Olvera (UIW) 7-5, 6-1
2. Nick Plum (ACU) vs. Chris Lawson (UIW) unfinished
3. Leury Arias (UIW) def. Alfredo Desiati (ACU) 6-4, 6-2
4. Borja Cortes (ACU) vs. David Ballenger (UIW) unfinished
5. Guilherme Gesser (ACU) vs. Brandon Davis (UIW) unfinished
6. Michael Morris (ACU) def. Luke Trautmann (UIW) 6-2, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Hans Hach/Nick Plum (ACU) def. Aiden DeLeon/Carlos Olvera (UIW) 8-1
2. Alfredo Desiati/Borja Cortes (ACU) def. David Ballenger/Luke Trautmann (UIW) 8-6
3. Michael Morris/Guilherme Gesser (ACU) def. Brandon Davis/Chris Lawson (UIW) 8-5
