Oct. 7, 2005
Santa Clara, Calif. - Home court advantage can pay off handsomely, as the Santa Clara men's tennis team discovered today in the first day of the Second Annual Bronco Invitational. Playing on its home court at the Dehgeri Tennis Center, the Broncos had four players advance to the quarterfinals of their respective divisions and three teams advance to the quarterfinals in doubles action.
In the Blue Division, Kevin McQuaid, who received a first round bye, advanced to the quarterfinals after his opponent, Andre Sion of Saint Mary's, retired due to an injury. Jan Macek was not as fortunate, as he won his Round of 32 match, but fell to Stanford's Joe Kao, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1. In doubles, Macek and Rasmussen won their first two matches of the day easily to reach the quarterfinals.
In the Red Division, No. 3 Brian Brogan and Blane Shields reached the Final 8, while their teammate A.J. Kerin fell in the Round of 16. Both Santa Clara doubles teams in the Red Division, No. 4 Brogan and Kenzo Kirakawa-Wong and Chris Iwamura and A.J. Kerin, managed to claim a spot in the quarterfinals.
Finally, in the White Division, No. 1 Tommy Hicks won both his matches to garner a place in tomorrow's quarterfinal action.
Santa Clara will return to the courts tomorrow, as action will continue with both the main draw and consolation rounds.
Compete Santa Clara Results
Blue Division
Singles
Round of 32
Macek (SCU) def. Wallce (CAL), 7-6, 6-4
Pettit (CAL) def. Rasmussen (SCU), 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
Kevin McQuaid, bye
Round of 16
Kao (STAN) def. Macek (SCU), 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
McQuaid (SCU) def. Sion (SMC), 4-6, 2-0, ret.
Consolation Singles
First Round
Rasmussen (SCU) def. Faurve (SMC), 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (5)
Doubles
Round of 32
Nakahara/Pettit (CAL) def. McQuaid/Shields (SCU), 9-8 (5)
Macek/Rasmussen (SCU) def. Berry/Del Rosario (USF), 8-3
Red Division
Singles
Round of 32
No. 3 Brogan (SCU) def. Morton (SAC), 6-3, 6-2
Kerin (SCU) def. Kehnel (UP), 6-1, 6-2
Shields (SCU) def. Welty (SMC), 6-1, 6-0
Round of 16
No. 3 Brogan (SCU) def. Pino (ORE), 6-2, 7-5
Wong (STAN) def. Kerin (SCU), 7-5, 6-2
Shields (SCU) def. Nakajima (CAL), 5-7, 7-5, 3-0, ret.
Doubles
Round of 32
No. 4 Brogan/Hirakawa-Wong (SCU), bye
Iwamura/Kerin (SCU) def. Ponovic/Reynolds (NEV), 8-6
Round of 16
No. 4 Brogan/Hirakawa-Wong (SCU) def. Stupka (NEV)/Dawson (SMC), 8-3
Iwamura/Kerin (SCU) def. Kao/Zellar (STAN), 8-6
White Division
Singles
Round of 32
No. 1 Hicks (SCU), bye
No. 3 Hirakawa-Wong (SCU), bye
Gonzales (UP) def. Iwamura (SCU), 6-3, 6-3
Round of 16
No. 1 Hicks (SCU) def. McAllister (SAC), 6-4, 6-2
Meiater (UCSD) def. No. 3 Hirakawa-Wong (SCU), 6-3, 6-3
Consolation First Round
No. 3 Hirakawa-Wong (SCU) def. Ching (USF), 6-0, 6-2