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Men's Tennis 9/27/2003 12:00:00 AM

Sept. 27, 2003

WACO, Texas - Benedikt Dorsch and two doubles teams remained undefeated in tournament action on Saturday (Sept. 27) in the H-E-B/Baylor Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament, held at the Baylor Tennis Center.

Top-seeded Dorsch, the defending tournament champion, advanced to the tournament semifinals with two wins on Saturday. He defeated Clayton Almeida of Winthrop in round of 16 action, 6-4, 6-3 and beat sixth-seed Thomas Schoeck of Boise State, 7-6, 7-6, in the quarterfinals. Dorsch will face TCU's Alex Menichini, seeded No. 3, at 9:00 a.m., in the semifinals on Sunday morning.

Baylor had two doubles teams, Dorsch/Ivor Lovrak and Jason Gould/Jon Reckewey, make it to the semifinals. Dorsch teamed with Lovrak to win two matches on Saturday. They defeated Eughenii Corduneanu and Amanjot Singh of UL-Lafayette 8-4 in the round of 16 then beat Marko Rajevac and Scott Schnugg of Georgia Tech in quarterfinal action, 8-5. They will face New Mexico's Henry Gers and Jasmin Hodzic in the semifinals on Sunday.

Gould and Reckewey, a sophomore and freshman, respectively, posted an 8-6 win over Nick Ames and Eric Conklin of New Mexico in the round of 16. They went on to narrowly defeat UT-San Antonio's Jonas Hoglund and Robert Kircher 9-8 to advance to the semifinals. They will take on New Mexico's Divan Coetzee and Haroud Akhavan on Sunday.

In consolation action, Benjamin Becker defeated Peter Bjork of Colorado, 6-1, 6-1, then went on to post a third round victory over Portland's Roman Borvanov 6-3, 6-4. He will face Robert Gallman of TCU in the semifinals.

For periodic updates during competition, please visit: www.tennisinformation.com
The tournament quick reference number is 5129987.

Baylor Saturday Results:
Singles
Round of 16
(1) Dorsch def. (8) Clayton Almeida (Winthrop) 6-4, 6-3
(3) Alex Menichini (TCU) def. (12) Matija Zgaga 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
Eughenii Corduneanu (UL-Lafayette) def. (5) Lovrak 6-3, 6-3

Quarterfinals
(1) Dorsch def. (6) Thomas Schoeck 7-6, 7-6

Consolation-R2
(2) Becker def. Peter Bjork (Colorado) 6-1, 6-1
Dennis Andrade (UTSA) def. Reckewey 6-3, 0-6, 6-4
David Kowalski (NM) def. Gould 6-4, 6-2

Consolation-R3
Becker def. Roman Borvanov (Portland) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles
Round of 16
Dorsch/Gould def. Eughenii Corduneanu/Amanjot Singh (ULL) 8-4
Gould/Reckewey def. Nick Ames/Eric Conklin (NM) 8-6

Quarterfinals
Dorsch/Gould def. Marko Rajevac/Scott Schnugg (Georgia Tech) 8-5
Gould/Reckewey def. Jonas Hoglund/Robert Kircher (UTSA) 9-8

For complete tournament results please log on to: www.tennisinformation.com

The tournament's quick reference number is 5129987

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Players Mentioned

Matija Zgaga

Matija Zgaga

6' 0"
Junior
2L

Players Mentioned

Matija Zgaga

Matija Zgaga

6' 0"
Junior
2L