PROVO - Three Utes will compete on the final day of the ITA Mountain Regionals as
Dan Little and
Joe Woolley advanced to the semifinals of the doubles main draw and
Egbert Weverink progressed in the consolation singles bracket.Â
Little and Woolley started their day with an 8-4 win over Air Force and then upset the No. 3 seeded duo from Idaho to advance to the semifinals tomorrow. If they win the first match tomorrow, they will immediately play or the doubles title.
Weverink was able to notch a win over Utah State's Felipe Acosta after he retired in the second set of their morning match. The Ute senior than topped Northern Arizona's Thomas Fisher to move on to tomorrow's final four.
The last player standing in the main draw for the Utes coming into today was No. 2 seed
David Micevski. He put up an exceptional effort to battle back and defeat No. 26 Victor Casadevall of Montana, 2-6, 7-6. 6-2. However, his tournament would end in the semifinals with a 7-5, 7-5 loss to No. 3 Ricky Tong of New Mexico
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RESULTS
Singles
No. 2Â
David Micevski def. No. 26 Victor Casadevall (Montana), 2-6, 7-6, 6-2
No. 3 Ricky Tong (UNM) def. No. 2 David
David Micevski, 7-5, 7-5
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Consolation Singles
Chris Steele (NAU) def. No. 20Â
Joe Woolley, 4-6, 6-4, 10-8
Egbert Weverink def. Felipe Acosta (USU) – 6-3, ret.
Egbert Weverink def. Thomas Fisher (NAU), 6-3, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 Handel/Montano (NAU) def. No. 16Â Shainyan/Cory, 8-3
Nesterenko/Evrand (Nevada) def. No. 9Â Weverink/Micevski, 8-7Â
No. 5 Little/Woolley def. Perez/Sklenka (AFA), 8-4
No. 5 Little/Woolley def. No. 3 Kovacs/Neto (Idaho), 8-5
Consolation Doubles
Cope/Feign (SUU) def. Sierra/Hankuliyev, w/o
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TOMORROW'S SCHEDULE
Consolation Singles
Egbert Weverink vs. Aditya Vashistha (USU) – 10 a.m.
Doubles
No. 5 Little/Woolley vs. Trhac/Felix (ISU) - 2 p.m.
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