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

Barton men's tennis No. 2 doubles team of Barnabas Kalaba and James Kaoma
Barnabas Kalaba and James Kaoma


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 3rd seed defeated 6th seeded Maxime Guyon (Pratt) 6-1, 6-0. Next up will be an 8:00 a.m. Thursday tangle with 2nd 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 6th seeded Adrien Gulbert and Djordje Kurcubic (Collin College) 6-2, 7-6(1). The 3rd seeded duo will take on 2nd 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 (6th Seed)
1st Rd: Bye
2nd Rd: defeated Ruben Emmerson-Hini (USC Sumter) 6-4, 6-3
Quarterfinals: lost to 3rd Seed Luciano Fisicaro (Seward County CC) 6-2, 6-2 

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

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

Singles #4 – Barnabas Kalaba (3rd Seed)
1st Rd: Bye
2nd 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 2nd Seed Gaston Erhardt (Cowley) 

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

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

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

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

Doubles #3 Samyak Bajracharya & Tsholofelo Tsiang
1st Rd: defeated Jared Mitchell/Jon Rhodes (Sauk Valley CC) 6-0, 6-1
2nd Rd: lost to 3rd 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