Owls Advance Three from Qualifying Round
10/13/2022 8:37:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Rice sends six into singles Main Draw
In Brief: Wes Barnett and Kabeer Kapasi each won twice and Santiago Navarro won his collegiate debut as Rice won five of six matches in the singles qualifying round of the ITA Division I Men's Tennis Regional at the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco on Friday.
The Details: Kapasi shook off a first set lost to Joao Sasso of Incarnate Word to take second set, then rallied from a 4-1 deficit in the third set to close out the action for the Owls. Barnett, Kapasi and Navarro each posted a three-set win on the day, while Eduardo Morais force his match to a third set before falling. All three will join teammates Haoyuan Huang, Emir Sendogan and Yasha Zemel in the singles main draw field of 64.
ITA Division I Men's Texas Regional
10/13-18/2022 at Waco, Texas (Hurd Tennis Center)
Singles qualifying
Wes Barnett def. Sebastian Abboud (Texas Tech) 7-5, 6-3; def. Solano Caffarena (UTA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Kabeer Kapasi def. Te Kani Williams (UTRGV) 7-6, 6-1; def. Joao Sasso (Incarnate Word) 6-7, 6-3, 7-5
Santiago Navarro def. Karlo Krolo (UTRGV) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Noah DeLuna (Incarnate Word) def. Eduardo Morais 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
Up Next: Action opens on Friday with the first two rounds of doubles play at 9:45 followed by the opening round of the singles main draw at noon.
The Details: Kapasi shook off a first set lost to Joao Sasso of Incarnate Word to take second set, then rallied from a 4-1 deficit in the third set to close out the action for the Owls. Barnett, Kapasi and Navarro each posted a three-set win on the day, while Eduardo Morais force his match to a third set before falling. All three will join teammates Haoyuan Huang, Emir Sendogan and Yasha Zemel in the singles main draw field of 64.
ITA Division I Men's Texas Regional
10/13-18/2022 at Waco, Texas (Hurd Tennis Center)
Singles qualifying
Wes Barnett def. Sebastian Abboud (Texas Tech) 7-5, 6-3; def. Solano Caffarena (UTA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Kabeer Kapasi def. Te Kani Williams (UTRGV) 7-6, 6-1; def. Joao Sasso (Incarnate Word) 6-7, 6-3, 7-5
Santiago Navarro def. Karlo Krolo (UTRGV) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Noah DeLuna (Incarnate Word) def. Eduardo Morais 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
Up Next: Action opens on Friday with the first two rounds of doubles play at 9:45 followed by the opening round of the singles main draw at noon.
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