
Photo by: Maria Lysaker - Rice University
Barnett and Eskeland Advance to Rice Invite Finals
10/19/2019 4:29:00 PM | Men's Tennis
First serves at 9 a.m.
The Lede: Wes Barnett and Jacob Eskeland earned berths in their singles flight finals with three set wins to highlight action for the Owls in the Rice Invitational on Saturday at the George R. Brown Tennis Center.
The Details: Barnett outlasted Incarnate Word's Dennis Boisseau in a third set tiebreaker to advance to the A Flight final against Guido Marson of Texas A&M who advanced with a straight set win over Conrad Russell. Eskeland shook off a first set loss to Solano Caffarena of Texas Arlington to advance to a Sunday matchup with Patrick Poestinger of UTSA. Final round action on Sunday begins at 9 a.m.
The Results:
Singles
A1 Alan Sau Franco (UTA) def. Karol Paluch 7-6(3), 7-6(5)
B1 Wes Barnett def. Dennis Boisseau (Incarnate Word) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(4)
B1 Guido Marson (Texas A&M) def. Conrad Russell 6-3, 6-0
C1 Pascal Lorieul (Texas A&M Corpus Christi) def. Eric Rutledge 6-3, 6-3
D1 Jacob Eskeland def. Solano Caffarena (UTA) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
Doubles
A1 Guido Marso/Austin Abbrat (Texas A&M) def. Karol Paluch/Wes Barnett 9-8
B1 Marwin Kralemann/Dennis Boisseau (Incarnate Word) def. Adam Oscislawski/Conrad Russell 8-4
Up Next:
Singles
A1 Karol Paluch vs. Reed Collier (Texas Tech)
B1 Wes Barnett vs. Guido Marson (Texas A&M)
B1 Conrad Russell vs. Dennis Boisseau (UIW)
C1 Eric Rutledge vs. Alejandro Hayen (UTA)
D1 Jacob Eskeland vs. Patrick Poestinger (UTSA)
D1 Mohamed Abdel-Aziz vs. Solano Caffarena (UTA)
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