HARBATSIUK AND STRYHAS ADVANCE TO QUARTERFINALS OF THE ITA NORTHWEST REGIONALS

10/25/2009

BERKELEY, Calif. -- Sacramento State senior Anton Stryhas and junior Kiryl Harbatsiuk advanced to the quarterfinal round of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Northwest Regional Championship doubles draw after winning their first two matches of the tournament.

Hosted by Cal, the ITA Northwest Regional Championship will determine a singles and doubles champion from the ITA Northwest Region. The regional tournament, which began on Friday and runs through Tuesday, consists of a 128-player singles draw and a 64-team doubles draw. Singles and doubles champions from each of the main draws will earn automatic bids into the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships, held in New Haven, Conn., on Nov. 5-8.

Sacramento State entered nine players in the singles draw of the event, and eight more in the doubles draw. Harbatsiuk and Stryhas, who are currently ranked 16th in the nation by the ITA, defeated doubles tandems from Fresno State and Cal to advance to tomorrow morning’s quarterfinal round matchup against Fresno State’s Mirko Zapletal and Taylor Leiby. Match time is 9 a.m.

Harbatsiuk went the furthest of any Hornet in the singles tournament, advancing to the quarterfinals before falling to 15th-ranked Bradley Klahn of Stanford by the score of 6-2, 6-2. Harbatsiuk had defeated opponents from Cal, Stanford and Washington to advance to the quarterfinal round.

Stryhas and sophomore Jason Smith each fell in the round of 16, including a heartbreaking three-set loss suffered by Stryhas to Cal’s Bo Katsarov, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2. Smith defeated opponents from Gonzaga, Cal and Fresno State before falling to Stanford’s Greg Hirshman, 6-4, 6-3.

Marko Starcevic, Holden Ching and Jimmy Roberts each won once in the singles tournament before eventually getting eliminated. Nathan Wells, George Anastopoulos and Nick Gwerder also competed in the singles tournament.

On the doubles side, the tandem of Ching and Starcevic, currently ranked 47th in the nation by the ITA, advanced to the round of 16 before falling to Cal’s Christoffer Konigsfeldt and Nick Andrews, 8-5. The Hornets’ doubles team of Smith and Roberts advanced to the round of 32 before falling to San Francisco’s Asaf Cohen and Thai Tu.

Complete singles and doubles results from each of Sacramento State’s players can be found below.

SINGLES PLAY

KIRYL HARBATSIUK
Oct. 23 - Round of 128 - Bye
Oct. 23 - Round of 64 - def. Bijan Hejazi (Cal), 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
Oct. 24 - Round of 32 - def. Denis Lin (Stanford), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Oct. 25 - Round of 16 - def. Derek Drabble (Washington), 6-3, 6-4
Oct. 25 - Quarterfinals - lost to No. 2 seed Bradley Klahn (Stanford), 6-2, 6-2

ANTON STRYHAS
Oct. 23 - Round of 128 - Bye
Oct. 23 - Round of 64 - def. Torsten Keil-Long (UC Davis), 6-3, 6-0
Oct. 24 - Round of 32 - def. Walker Kehrer (Stanford), 7-6 (1), 6-1
Oct. 25 - Round of 16 - lost to Bo Katsarov (Cal), 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2

JASON SMITH
Oct. 23 - Round of 128 - def. Jake Davis (Gonzaga), 6-1, 6-1
Oct. 23 - Round of 64 - def. Riki McLachlan (Cal), 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
Oct. 24 - Round of 32 - def. Tejesvi Veerepalli (Fresno State), 7-5, 6-4
Oct. 25 - Round of 16 - lost to No. 5 seed Greg Hirshman (Stanford), 6-4, 6-3

MARKO STARCEVIC
Oct. 23 - Round of 128 - def. Matt Stith (Washington), 7-5, 6-4
Oct. 23 - Round of 64 - lost to Alex Cornelissen (Oregon), 6-1, 6-0

HOLDEN CHING
Oct. 23 - Round of 128 - lost to Filip Zivkovic (Portland), 6-4, 7-5
Oct. 24 - Consolation Round 1 - def. Mitch Somach (Oregon), 6-4, 6-2
Oct. 24 - Consolation Round 2 - Bye
Oct. 24 - Consolation Round 3 - lost to Chad Henninger (Eastern Washington), 3-6, 7-6 (4), 10-7

JIMMY ROBERTS
Oct. 23 - Round of 128 - lost to Tommie Murphy (Cal), 6-1, 6-2
Oct. 24 - Consolation Round 1 - Bye
Oct. 24 - Consolation Round 2 - Bye
Oct. 24 - Consolation Round 3 - def. Gavin Leon (Saint Mary’s), 6-1, 6-4
Oct. 25 - Consolation Round 4 - lost to Ola Bakke (San Francisco), 6-2, 6-3

NATHAN WELLS
Oct. 23 - Round of 128 - lost to Kevin Anderson (Eastern Washington), 6-2, 6-3
Oct. 24 - Consolation Round 1 - Bye
Oct. 24 - Consolation Round 2 - Bye
Oct. 24 - Consolation Round 3 - lost to Doug Mayeda (Oregon), 6-1, 6-0

GEORGE ANASTOPOULOS
Oct. 23 - Round of 128 - lost to Fernando Ristow (Pacific), 6-1, 6-1
Oct. 24 - Consolation Round 1 - lost to Sky Lovill (Cal), 6-1, 6-0

NICK GWERDER
Oct. 23 - Round of 128 - lost to Nick Tchernikov (Washington), 6-0, 6-2
Oct. 24 - Consolation Round 1 - lost to Stefan Simikic (Eastern Washington), 6-0, 6-1

DOUBLES PLAY

KIRYL HARBATSIUK/ANTON STRYHAS
Oct. 23 - Round of 64 - Bye
Oct. 24 - Round of 32 - def. David Ayoun/Siddartha Alapati (Fresno State), 8-5
Oct. 25 - Round of 16 - def. Bijan Hejazi/Tommie Murphy (Cal), 8-5
Oct. 26 - Quarterfinals -

HOLDEN CHING/MARKO STARCEVIC
Oct. 24 - Round of 64 - Bye
Oct. 24 - Round of 32 - def. Nick Lopez/Torsten Keil-Long (UC Davis), 9-8 (1)
Oct. 25 - Round of 16 - lost to Christoffer Konigsfeldt/Nick Andrews (Cal), 8-5

JASON SMITH/JIMMY ROBERTS
Oct. 24 - Round of 64 - def. Hunter Lee/Toki Sherbakov (UC Davis), 8-5
Oct. 24 - Round of 32 - lost to Asaf Cohen/Thai Tu (San Francisco), 8-1

NICK GWERDER/NATHAN WELLS
Oct. 24 - Round of 64 - lost to Nick Amaroli/Tyler Lee (UC Davis), 8-1
Oct. 25 - Consolation Round 1 - Bye
Oct. 25 - Consolation Round 2 - Bye
Oct. 25 - Consolation Round 3 - lost to Eugene Muchynski/Tom Pham (Santa Clara), 8-3