Sunday, April 22, 2007

Johnson City, Tenn. - The No. 1 seed ETSU Bucs beat the No. 2 Stetson Hatters 4-0 to win the 2007 General Shale Brick Men's Tennis Championship. The Bucs earn the Atlantic Sun automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

ETSU won the doubles point by taking the No. 1 and No. 3 matchup. Alex Ahlgren and Travis Sandlant defeated Marcus Echtler and Flip Kricka, 8-6. Daniel Isaza and Lisandro Picardo collected an 8-3 victory over Hicham Laalej and Peter Dzuba.

Tournament MVP, ETSU's Enrique Olivares, knocked off Marcus Echtler 6-2, 6-3. Sebastian Serrano continued his winning ways in the championship beating Serguei Boulanov 6-2, 6-4. Alex Ahlgren finished off the Hatters with a 7-6, 6-2 win over Danai Stamp.

The Bucs now await their NCAA Tournament placement, which will be announced on May 1.ETSU earns the automatic bid for the first time as a member of the Atlantic Sun.

Doubles
No. 1 Ahlgren/Sandlant (ETSU) def. Echtler/Kricka (Stetson) - 8-6
No. 2 Olivares/Serrano (ETSU) vs. Jones/Boulanov(Stetson) - DNF
No. 3 Isaza/Picardo (ETSU) def. Laalej/Dzuba (Stetson) - 8-3

Singles
No. 1 Predrag Burmazovic (ETSU) vs. Hicham Laalej (Stetson) - DNF
No. 2 Enrique Olivares (ETSU) def. Marcus Echtler (Stetson) - 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 Felix Insaurralde (ETSU) vs. Filip Kricka (Stetson) - DNF
No. 4 Sebastian Serrano (ETSU) def. Serguei Boulanov (Stetson) - 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 Lisandro Picardo (ETSU) vs. Joey Jones (Stetson) - DNF
No. 6 Alex Ahlgren (ETSU) def. Danai Stamp (Stetson) - 7-6, 6-2

All-Tournament Team
MVP - Enrique Olivares, ETSU
Predrag Burmazovic, ETSU
Felix Insaurralde, ETSU
Hicham Laalej, Stetson
Marcus Echtler, Stetson
Francisco Riveroll, Jacksonville