Hogs advance in 10 matches at Southern Intercollegiate

ATHENS, Ga. — Arkansas’ men’s tennis team continued action at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships on Saturday, advancing in 10 matches.

Two pairs of Hogs advanced to the Division I doubles round of 16. Oscar Mesquida and Adam Sajurjo handled Linues Bergevi and Tim Gennes 8-2. Josh Howard and Alex Reco battled to an 8-7 victory over Araujo and Michael Copeland of UNC Wilmington.

Mesquida and Reco both picked up victories in the division one singles action. Reco topped Rafael Coutinho 6-1, 6-1 in straight sets, while Mesquida needed three to beat (Tennessee Tech) 6-3, 6-7(8), 6-2.

Arkansas will continue play tomorrow morning to wrap up the tournament in Athens.

Saturday’s Results

Division I Doubles Round of 32 
Oscar Mesquida/Adam Sanjurjo (Arkansas) def. Linus Bergevi/Tim Gennes (Stetson) 8-2
Alvaro Regalado/Zach Whaanga (Columbus State) def. Jose Alonso/Pedro Alonso (Arkansas) 8-5
Josh Howard/Alex Reco (Arkansas) def. Giovanni Araujo/Michael Copeland (UNC Wilmington) 8-7 (4)

Division I Singles Round of 16 
Oscar Mesquida (Arkansas) def. Rafael Tosetto (Tennessee Tech) 6-3, 6-7(8), 6-2
Alex Reco (Arkansas) def. Rafael Coutinho (GA Gwinnett) 6-1, 6-1

Division I Singles Consolation 
Jose Alonso (Arkansas) def. Arnold Kokulewski (Columbus St.) 6-2, 1-0 retired
Michael Copeland (UNC Wilmington) def. Josh Howard (Arkansas) retired
Adam Sanjurjo (Arkansas) def. Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi (UCF) 7-6, 6-2
Dan Martin (Dartmouth) def. Pedro Alonso (Arkansas) 4-6, 7-5, 10-4

Division II Singles Round of 16
Enrique Paya (Arkansas) def. Harvey Maughan (Kennesaw State) 6-1, 6-2

Division II Doubles Round of 32
Josh Bortnick/Enrique Paya (Arkansas) def. Ventura Durall/Sebastian Harris (Gardner Webb) 8-5

Division II Doubles Round of 16 
Gonzalo Garcia/Riku Kubota (Tennessee Tech) def. Josh Bortnick/Enrique Paya (Arkansas) 8-4

Division III Singles Consolation
Josh Bortnick (Arkansas) def. Ivan Morin-Kougoucheff (FAU) 6-2, 1-6, 1-0 (6)

Friday’s Results

Division I Singles Round of 64
Adam Sanjurjo def. Carlos Gomez (Barry) 6-4, 6-1
Mikhail Sokolovsky (UCF) def. Pedro Alonso 7-6, 6-2
Josh Howard def. Alvaro Regalado (Columbus St.) 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
Alex Reco def. Manoel Alencar (UCF) 7-5, 4-6, 6-0
Jose Alonso def. Ignasi Forcano (Barry) 6-4, 6-3
Enrique Paya def. Stathis Tsirandis (Mercer) 6-1, 7-5
Julien Pereira (Point) def. Josh Bortnick 6-1, 6-3

Division I Singles Round of 32
Maximilliam Scholl (Gardner Webb) def. Adam Sanjurjo 6-4, 6-2
Vivien Versier (Barry) def. Josh Howard (Arkansas) 6-4, 6-3
Oscar Mesquida def. Juan Lugo (ETSU) 6-3, 6-3
Alan Rubio (UCF) def. Jose Alonso (Arkansas) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1

Division II Singles Round of 64
Oscar Mesquida def. Evan Fragistas (Virginia Tech) 6-3, 6-4

Division II Singles Round of 32
Enrique Paya def. Britton Johnson (Georgia) 6-2, 7-5

Division III Singles Round of 16
Julien Pereira (Point) def. Josh Bortnick 6-1, 6-3