MEN’S TENNIS CONCLUDES PLAY AT THE ITA CHAMPIONSHIPS; THREE PLAYERS REACH AT LEAST THE ROUND OF 16

10/20/2008

BERKELEY -- Sacramento State sophomore Kiryl Harbatsiuk’s run at the 2008 Wilson/ITA Northern Cal Men’s Tennis Championships at the Hellman Tennis Complex came to an end today with semifinal losses in both the main singles and doubles tournaments.

In the singles draw, Harbatsiuk was one of just four players remaining from a field of 128 of the top men’s tennis singles players in the ITA Northwest Region. Harbatsiuk, a native of Minsk, Belarus, lost in the semifinal round to No. 1 seed Alex Clayton of Stanford by the score of 6-0, 6-3. Harbatsiuk had won each of his first five singles matches to reach the semifinals.

In addition, Harbatsiuk and teammate Anton Stryhas reached the semifinals of the doubles draw before falling today to No. 1 seed Jeevan Nedunchzhyn and Patrik Fischer of Washington by the score of 8-6. The tandem of Harbatsiuk/Stryhas had beaten doubles teams from Stanford, Fresno State and Washington prior to this afternoon’s loss.

In all, nine Sacramento State players competed at the five-day event, and a school-record three of those players reached at least the Round of 16 in the singles draw. Those players were comprised of Harbatsiuk, Stryhas (lost in the Round of 16) and freshman Jason Smith (lost in the Round of 16). In addition, two doubles teams reached at least the Round of 16, comprised of Stryhas/Harbatsiuk, and sophomore Marko Starcevic and junior Holden Ching (lost in the Round of 16).

Schools represented at the regional championships included Cal (host), Fresno State, Gonzaga, Nevada, Oregon, Pacific, Portland, Portland State, Sacramento State, Saint Mary’s, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Stanford, UC Davis, and Washington.

Sacramento State has just two tournament remaining on the fall schedule, comprised of the Saint Mary’s Classic in Moraga (Oct. 31-Nov. 2), and the UCSB Classic in Santa Barbara (Nov. 14-16).

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

SINGLES PLAY

HOLDEN CHING
Oct. 17 - Round of 128 - lost to Andy Chirita (Cal), 6-2, 6-0
Oct. 18 - Consolation Round of 128 - Bye
Oct. 18 - Consolation Round of 64 - Bye
Oct. 18 - Consolation Round of 32 - lost to Brad Bator (Washington), 6-0, 7-6 (6)

JOE DeGUZMAN
Oct. 17 - Round of 128 - lost to Steven Dawson (Saint Mary’s), 6-2, 7-6 (3)
Oct. 18 - Consolation Round of 128 - Bye
Oct. 18 - Consolation Round of 64 - Bye
Oct. 18 - Consolation Round of 32 - lost to Alex Hart (Portland State), 6-4, 6-1

KIRYL HARBATSIUK
Oct. 17 - Round of 128 - def. Ted Kelly (Stanford), 7-6 (2), 6-2
Oct. 17 - Round of 64 - def. Zach Gilbert (Cal), 6-4, 6-3
Oct. 18 - Round of 32 - def. Kallim Stewart (Cal), 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
Oct. 19 - Round of 16 - def. Moritz Starke (Pacific), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
Oct. 19 - Quarterfinals - def. Thong Tu (San Francisco), 6-4, 6-2
Oct. 20 - Semifinals - lost to Alex Clayton (Stanford), 6-0, 6-3

ARTUR KLIMENKA
Oct. 17 - Round of 128 - lost to Nick Lopez (UC Davis), 7-5, 6-4
Oct. 18 - Consolation Round of 128 - Bye
Oct. 18 - Consolation Round of 64 - Bye
Oct. 18 - Consolation Round of 32 - def. Matt Welty (Saint Mary’s), 7-6 (3), 6-0
Oct. 19 - Consolation Round of 16 - def. Tyler Campbell (Gonzaga), 6-3, 6-3
Oct. 19 - Consolation Quafterfinals - def. Kristian Kuharsky (Nevada), 7-6 (6), 6-4)
Oct. 20 - Consolation Semifinals - lost to Ryo Sekiguchi (Washington), 6-0, 6-4

BRAD MURDOCH
Oct. 17 - Round of 128 - lost to Ayrton Wibowo (Oregon), 6-0, 6-1
Oct. 18 - Consolation Round of 128 - lost to Branislav Valach (Portland State), 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (13-11)

JIMMY ROBERTS
Oct. 17 - Round of 128 - lost to Matt Stith (Washington), 6-3, 6-2
Oct. 18 - Consolation Round of 128 - lost to Scott Sullivan (Gonzaga), 6-4, 3-6, 11-9

JASON SMITH
Oct. 17 - Round of 128 - def. Ryo Sekiguchi (Washington), 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-2
Oct. 17 - Round of 64 - def. Roman Dojcak (Gonzaga), 6-1, 6-1
Oct. 18 - Round of 32 - def. Laurent Garcin (Nevada), 6-2, 6-4
Oct. 19 - Round of 16 - lost to Bradley Klahn (Stanford), 6-4, 6-3

MARKO STARCEVIC
Oct. 17 - Round of 128 - lost to Greg Hirschman (Stanford), 6-1, 6-0
Oct. 18 - Consolation Round of 128 - def. Nick Amaroli (UC Davis), 3-6, 7-6 (4), 10-7
Oct. 18 - Consolation Round of 64 - Bye
Oct. 18 - Consolation Round of 32 - def. Christian Kuehne (Pacific), 6-3, 6-2
Oct. 19 - Consolation Round of 16 - def. Sherif Hamdy (Saint Mary’s), 6-3, 6-2
Oct. 19 - Consolation Quarterfinals - lost to Ryo Sikiguchi (Washington), 6-2, 6-4

ANTON STRYHAS
Oct. 17 - Round of 128 - Bye
Oct. 17 - Round of 64 - def. Nick Hallchurch (UC Davis), 6-1, 6-2
Oct. 18 - Round of 32 - def. Thai Tu (Cal), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
Oct. 19 - Round of 16 - lost to Richard Wire (Stanford), 6-3, 6-4

DOUBLES PLAY

CHING/STARCEVIC
Oct. 18 - Round of 64 - def. Michael Reiser/Nick Amaroli (UC Davis), 9-8 (4)
Oct. 18 - Round of 32 - def. Bryan Ghorp/Nick Wales (Portland), 8-3
Oct. 19 - Round of 16 - lost to Geoff Chizever/Pedro Zerbini (Cal), 8-3

KLIMENKA/SMITH
Oct. 18 - Round of 64 - def. Conor Feeney/Stefan Fedderson (Gonzaga), WD (injury)
Oct. 18 - Round of 32 - lost to Bo Katsarov/Jonathan Dahan (Cal), 8-2
Oct. 18 - Consolation Round of 64 - Bye
Oct. 19 - Consolation Round of 32 - def. Chris Aria/Hunter Lee (UC Davis), 8-6

ROBERTS/DeGUZMAN
Oct. 18 - Round of 64 - lost to Kallim Stewart/Thai Tu (Cal), 8-4
Oct. 18 - Consolation Round of 64 - def. Gabe Kanzelmeyer/Orion Ashmore (Nevada), 8-5
Oct. 19 - Consolation Round of 32 - Bye

STRYHAS/HARBATSIUK
Oct. 18 - Round of 64 - Bye
Oct. 18 - Round of 32 - def. Greg Hirschman/Jeff Zeller (Stanford), 8-5
Oct. 19 - Round of 16 - def. Flavio Mollinedo/Taylor Leiby (Fresno State), 8-2
Oct. 20 - Quarterfinals - def. David Chu/Ryo Sekiguchi (Washington), 8-6
Oct. 20 - Semifinals - lost to Jeevan Nedunchzhyn/Patrik Fischer (Washington), 8-6