Kalaba and Kaoma into National Semifinals, 6th ranked Barton Men's Tennis cap day three in fourth place #GoBarton

Eight Cougar entries entered day three of the NJCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships with two surviving as the 6th ranked Barton Community College men's tennis team sits in fourth place of the team standings.

As Barton's top three singles entries went down in the 8:00 a.m. Quarterfinals, No. 4 flight Barnabas Kalaba marched on to the National Semifinals as the 3^rd seed defeated 6^th seeded Maxime Guyon (Pratt) 6-1, 6-0. Next up will be an 8:00 a.m. Thursday tangle with 2^nd seeded Gaston Erhardt (Cowley) to earn the right into Friday's championship match.

In the afternoon session, Kalaba joined No. 2 flight doubles partner James Kaoma in defeating 6^th seeded Adrien Gulbert and Djordje Kurcubic (Collin College) 6-2, 7-6(1). The 3^rd seeded duo will take on 2^nd seeded Diego Dalisay and Tim Riedel (Tyler JC) in National Semifinals at 1:00 p.m. Thursday.

Complete NJCAA Division I National Tennis Championship information

Barton Results

Singles #1 - Gustavo Campos (6^th Seed)
1^st Rd: Bye
2^nd Rd: defeated Ruben Emmerson-Hini (USC Sumter) 6-4, 6-3
Quarterfinals: lost to 3^rd Seed Luciano Fisicaro (Seward County CC) 6-2, 6-2 

Singles #2 – James Kaoma (6^th Seed)
1^st Rd: Bye
2^nd Rd: defeated Jaewoo Choi (Eastern Florida State College) 6-1, 6-4
Quarterfinals: lost to 3^rd Seed Tim Riedel (Tyler JC) 7-5, 6-2

Singles #3 - Eduardo Morais (7^th Seed)
1^st Rd: Bye
2^nd Rd: defeated Juan Cachaza (Lewis & Clark CC) 6-2, 6-1
Quarterfinals: lost to 2^nd Seed Hanamichi Carvajal (Cowley) 6-3, 6-1 

Singles #4 – Barnabas Kalaba (3^rd Seed)
1^st Rd: Bye
2^nd Rd: defeated Channing Townshend (Coastal Alabama CC) 6-1, 6-0
Quarterfinals: defeated Maxime Guyon (Pratt) 6-0, 6-0
Next: Thursday 8:00 a.m. vs 2^nd Seed Gaston Erhardt (Cowley) 

Singles #5 – Samyak Bajracharya (5^th Seed)
1^st Rd: Byed
2^nd Rd: defeated James Makaranga (Lewis & Clark CC) 6-1, 6-0
Quarterfinals: lost to 4^th Seed Luc Pasqual Camps (Eastern Florida State College) 

Singles #6 – Tsholofelo Tsiang
1^st Rdg defeated Edward Shteyn (Collin College) 6-3, 6-1
2^nd Rd: defeated Justin Humphrey (Hinds CC) 6-1, 6-2
Quarterfinals: lost to 4^th Seed Corentin Venot (Eastern Florida State College) 7-5, 6-4 

Doubles #1 - Gustavo Campos & Eduardo Morais (6^th Seed)
1^st Rd: Bye
2^nd Rd: defeated Muntingh Hamman/Ryan Wang (Eastern Florida State College) 7-5, 6-1
Quarterfinals: lost to 3^rd Seed Gaston Cantero/Chen En Tsai (ABAC) 6-1, 1-6, 6-4

Doubles #2 - James Kaoma & Barnabas Kalaba (3^rd Seed)
1^st Rd: Bye
2^nd Rd: defeated Mlungisi Mhlanga/Kudakwashe Sande (Lewis & Clark CC) 6-1, 6-1
Quarterfinals: defeated 6^th Seed Adrien Gulbert/Djordje Kurcubic (Collin College) 6-2, 7-6(1)
Next: Thursday 1:00 p.m. Semifinals vs 2^nd Seed Diego Dalisay/Tim Riedel (Tyler JC)

Doubles #3 Samyak Bajracharya & Tsholofelo Tsiang
1^st Rd: defeated Jared Mitchell/Jon Rhodes (Sauk Valley CC) 6-0, 6-1
2^nd Rd: lost to 3^rd Seed Alvaro Saint Martin/Emilio Vila (Tyler JC) 7-5, 6-4 

Complete NJCAA Division I National Tennis Championship information

Thru Day Three Top-10 Team Scores
1. Cowley CC - 36
1. Seward CC - 36
3. Tyler JC - 34
4. Barton CC - 28
5. Collin College - 26
6. ABAC - 22
6. Eastern Florida State College - 22
6. Iowa Central CC - 22
9. Pratt CC - 19
9. USC-Sumter - 19
9. Wallace State – 19