The 6th ranked Barton Community College men's tennis team concluded a busy week against some of the nation's best on the hard court competing at the Southwest JUCO Tournament held in Plano, Texas.
The Cougars began a tough stretch of competition on Thursday in Arkansas City, taking a 9-0 loss at top ranked Cowley College in conference action.
Making the immediate trip to Texas, the Cougars went 3-5 in the opening rounds of singles and 1-2 in doubles action, coming away on the weekend with a second and third placing after individual play and a third placing in tandems.
Barton's top singles player Gustavo Campos didn't disappoint on the weekend, the nation's 22nd ranked player winning his first match 6-1, 6-0 to easily advance into the semifinals. Taking the first set 6-4, Campos dropped the next 6-4 to rebound and pull-out a 10-8 win in reaching the title match against the nation's 2nd ranked player Diego Dalisay of Tyler. The grueling match was left decided in the tiebreak, Campos dropping the first 6-4 but winning the second 6-3 as Dalisay would prevail in the third 10-7.
Campos ended his weekend with a victory in the second flight of doubles, capturing the 3rd place match with Marno Du Plessis on an 8-3 score. Dropped to the consolation side following a hard fought 8-6 loss, the duo advanced to the placement match with an 8-4 score.
Du Plessis also ended his weekend with a victory, bouncing back from a first round 6-2, 6-3 loss in the fourth flight to advance on a pair of tiebreak 7-5 and 7-4 wins before taking 5th place on 6-2, 6-0 scores.
The Cougars went 1-1 in 3rd place singles matches, Sebastiao Vilas coming up short 10-2 in the second flight tiebreak after trading 3-6, 6-2 scores while Tsholofelo Tsiang won his fourth flight 6-0, 6-3. Vilas began his trek knocking off 50th ranked Andres Ayala of Jacksonville 6-0, 6-1 before losing 6-1, 6-2 to the eventual champion and 10th ranked Tim Riedel of Tyler. Tsiang opened up with a twin 6-0 blanking before trading 4-6, 5-3 sets with Collin's 31st ranked David Palomares in falling 10-3 in the breaker.
In addition to Du Plessis' 5th place, Fernando Andre and Barnabas Kalaba also bounced back from opening round losses to win a pair of matches to also end up 5th. Andre lost 6-3, 6-4 to 27th ranked Joseph Restrepo of Collin in the second flight, won the consolation semifinals on dual 6-1 scores before recovering from a 6-2 first set loss to come out victorious 6-3 and 10-3 for 5th place to join Vilas in posting a pair of Cougar losses on Jacksonville's 50th ranked Ayala.
In the third flight, 41st ranked Kalaba was dealt a 6-3, 6-2 defeat to Tyler's 5th ranked Emilio Vila, bounced back with a 7-5, 6-2 consolation semifinal win before ending the weekend on the top side of 6-4, 6-2 win for the 5th place.
Fifth flight results didn't go the way of the Cougars, Alistair Dick-Vercammen and Joao Freiria dropping a pair of matches each in leaving the weekend unplayed against each other in the 7th place match. Both took first round losses to the eventual championship matchup competitors, Vercammen losing 6-1, 6-0 while Freiria lost 6-0, 6-2 to 11th ranked Mikaeel Woodman of Tyler. Vercammen would then fall 10-0 in the consolation semifinals after trading 6-3, 4-6 scores while Freiria would drop 6-4, 6-1 scores in his semifinals. The pair teamed up in round-robin doubles play in the third flight, dropping a pair of 8-4 matches and were leading 6-4 before a retirement forced the end of a potential victory.
Barton's top doubles tandem of Andre/Vilas were the lone first round victors, winning 8-5 before falling to a Tyler duo 8-1 as their 3rd place match was left unplayed. Also in the first flight, Kalaba/Tsiang tandem lost 8-2 to another Tyler duo, winning their consolation 8-2 before falling in the 5th place match 8-5.
Barton Singles Results
Flight 1:
22nd ranked Gustavo Campos
1st Round: won 6-1, 6-0
Semifinals: Won 6-4, 4-6, 10-8
Championship: Lost to No. 2 ranked 4-6, 6-3, 10-7
Flight 2:
Sebastiao Vilas
1st Round: Won 6-0, 6-1
Semifinals: Lost 6-1, 6-2
3rd Place Match: Lost 3-6, 6-2, 10-2
Fernando Andre
1st Round: Lost 6-3, 6-4
Consolation Semifinals: Won 6-1, 6-1
5th Place Match: Won 6-1, 6-1
Flight 3:
41st ranked Barnabas Kalaba
1st Round: Lost 6-3, 6-2
Consolation Semifinals: Won 7-5, 6-2
5th Place Match: Won 6-4, 6-2
Flight 4:
Tsholofelo Tsiang
1st Round: Won 6-0, 6-0
Semifinals: Lost 6-4, 3-6, 10-3
3rd Place Match: Won 6-0, 6-3
Marno Du Plessis
1st Round: Lost 6-2, 6-3
Consolation Semifinals: Won 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
5th Place Match: Won 6-2, 6-0
Flight 5:
Alistair Dick-Vercammen
1st Round: Lost 6-1, 6-0
Consolation Semifinals: Lost 6-3, 4-6, 10-0
7th Place Match: Not Played
Joao Freiria
1st Round: Lost 6-0, 6-2
Consolation Semifinals: Lost 6-4, 6-1
7th Place Match: Not Played
Doubles Results
Flight 1:
Fernando Andre/Sebastiao Vilas
1st Round: Win 8-5
Semifinals: Lost 8-1
3rd Place Match: Not Played
Barnabas Kalaba/Tsholofelo Tsiang
1st Round: Lost 8-2
Consolation Semifinals: Won 8-2
5th Place Match: Lost 8-5
Flight 2:
Gustavo Campos/Marno Du Plessis
1st Round: Lost 8-6
Consolation Semifinals: Won 8-4
3rd Place Match: Won 8-3
Flight 3:
Joao Freiria/Alistair Dick-Vercammen
*Round robin play
Lost 8-4, Won 6-4 retired, Lost 8-4