ATHENS, Ga. – The 2017 fall portion of the Arkansas men’s tennis schedule begins Friday at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships in Athens, Georgia.
Seven Razorbacks will represent Arkansas at the Championships – three juniors and four freshman. Junior Oscar Mesquida received a first round bye of the Division I singles bracket, as well as freshman Josh Howard-Tripp. Junior Matias Gonzalez, a transfer from Tulsa, will start the action for the Razorbacks with a 7 a.m. serve against Georgia Gwinnett’s Frederico Herrera Duran in the round of 64.
In the Division II bracket, junior Branch Terrell, along with freshmen Jose Alonzo and Alex Reco all received a bye in the round of 64.
Freshman Josh Bortnick will square off against Marwan Abaza of Florida Atlantic at 7:30 a.m. in the round of 64 of the Division III bracket.
In doubles, Mesquida will team up with Gonzalez to face the winner of the Andrei Andrukhou/Quentin Coulaud (Georgia State) and Malik Bhatnagar/Antoine Sanchez (Stetson) match in the round of 16, after receiving a bye.
Tripp-Howard and Terrell face Henry Patten and Oli Nolan of UNC Asheville in the first round of doubles action.
Alex Reco and Jose Alonzo were granted a first round bye, where they will play Philippe Courteau and Ozan Cildir (Lander), who also received a bye.
MATCH SCHEDULE
SINGLES
Division I
Round of 64 – Friday, Sept. 8
Oscar Mesquida – BYE
Josh Tripp-Howard – BYE
Matias Gonzalez vs. Frederico Herrera Duran (Georgia Gwinnett) – 7 a.m.
Round of 32 – Friday, Sept. 8
Oscar Mesquida vs. Anthony Schohn (FAU) – 8 a.m.
Josh Howard-Tripp vs. Amgus Bradshaw (Stetson) – 8 a.m.
Division II
Round of 64 – Friday, Sept. 8
Jose Alonzo – BYE
Branch Terrell – BYE
Alex Reco - BYE
Round of 32 – Friday, Sept. 8
Alex Reco vs. Olivier Stuart (Mercer) – 9 a.m.
Jose Alonzo vs. Corey Smith (Kennesaw State)/Gonzalo Garcia (Tennessee Tech) – 11 a.m.
Branch Terrell vs. Manuel Castellanos (Kennesaw State)/Chase Bernstine (Virginia Tech) – 11:30 a.m.
Division III
Round of 64
Josh Bortnick vs. Marwan Abaza (FAU) – 7:30 a.m.
DOUBLES
Division I
Round of 32 – Friday, Sept. 8
Oscar Mesquida/Matias Gonzalez – BYE
Josh Howard-Tripp/Branch Terrell vs. Henry Patten/Oli Nolan (UNC Asheville)
Round of 16 – Saturday, Sept. 9
Oscar Mesquida/Matias Gonzalez vs. Andrei Andrukhou/Quentin Coulaud (Georgia State)/Malik Bhatnagar/Antoine Sanchez (Stetson)
Division II
Round of 32 – Friday, Sept. 8
Alex Reco/Jose Alonzo – BYE
Round of 16 – Saturday, Sept. 9
Alex Reco/Jose Alonzo vs. Philippe Courteau/Ozan Cildir (Lander)
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