Nov. 3, 2012
TUSCALOOSA - Auburn won doubles titles in two flights and had three singles players advance to the finals in their respective flights Saturday on a successful second day at the Crimson Tide Fall Championships.
The team of senior Andreas Mies and sophomore Lukas Ollert captured the title in the first doubles flight, defeating Idan Mark and Dominik Koepfer of Tulane, 8-3, on Saturday morning. And the team of senior Lucas Lopasso and junior Dennis Lengsfeld took down Alabama's team of David Vieyra and Daniil Proskura in dramatic fashion, winning 9-8 with a 7-1 edge in the tiebreaker.
In a consolation draw match, the third-flight team of senior Michael Wardell and sophomore Lucian Gheorghe picked up a win over Southern Miss' pairing of Paulo Alvarado and Juan Escobar, 9-8 (5).
Mies, Ollert and Lopasso all advanced to the finals in their respective singles flights as well. Mies, ranked 11th nationally in singles, will play for the first flight title after a pair of wins Saturday, defeating Furman's Joel Cook, 6-1, 6-3, and Tulane's Idan Mark, 6-0, 6-3. Ollert advanced to the second flight final with wins over MTSU's Yannick Born, 7-6 (2), 6-4, and Southern Miss' Andrew Goodwin, 6-0, 6-3. And Lopasso will play for the third flight championship after wins over Samford's Alex Sajonz, 6-4, 6-2, and Alabama's Carlos Taborga, 6-2, 7-5.
All three championship matches will take place at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the Alabama Tennis Stadium. Mies will face Samford's Zac Dunkle, Ollert will take on Alabama's Jarryd Botha, and Lopasso will face West Alabama's Nestor Vargas.
Lengsfeld defeated Luke Synn of Furman in a second-round match, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, but dropped his third-round match to Vargas, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Lengsfeld will play in the flight three third-place match against Taborga at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
Wardell won his second round match in flight four over USM's Inaki Belloso, 6-2, 6-2, before falling in the third round to Alabama's Harris Barnard, 6-2, 6-0. He will play in the third-place match at 9 a.m. Sunday against Furman's Richard Casagrande.
Casagrande defeated Gheorghe in a second-round match Saturday, 6-4, 6-1, and then Gheorghe fell again in his third-round match against Samford's Austin Akers, 6-0, 6-2.
Auburn Men's Tennis Results
Nov. 3, 2012
Crimson Tide Fall Championships - Tuscaloosa, Ala.
SINGLES - SECOND ROUND
Flight One - #11 Andreas Mies (AU) def. Joel Cook (FUR), 6-1, 6-3
Flight Two - Lukas Ollert (AU) def. Yannick Born (MTSU), 7-6 (2), 6-4
Flight Three - Lucas Lopasso (AU) def. Alex Sajonz (SAM), 6-4, 6-2
Flight Three - Dennis Lengsfeld (AU) vs. Luke Synn (FUR), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Flight Four - Michael Wardell (AU) def. Inaki Belloso (USM), 6-2, 6-2
Flight Four - Richard Casagrande (FUR) def. Lucian Gheorghe (AU), 6-4, 6-1
SINGLES - THIRD ROUND
Flight One - #11 Andreas Mies (AU) def. Idan Mark (Tulane), 6-0, 6-3
Flight Two - Lukas Ollert (AU) def. Andrew Goodwin (USM), 6-0, 6-3
Flight Three - Lucas Lopasso (AU) def. Carlos Taborga (ALA), 6-2, 7-5
Flight Three - Nestor Vargas (UWA) def. Dennis Lengsfeld (AU), 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
Flight Four - Harris Barnard (ALA) def. Michael Wardell (AU), 6-2, 6-0
Flight Four - Austin Akers (SAM) def. Lucian Gheorge (AU), 6-0, 6-2
DOUBLES - FINAL ROUND
Flight One - Andreas Mies/Lukas Ollert (AU) def. Idan Mark/Dominik Koepfer (TUL), 8-3
Flight Two - Lucas Lopasso/Dennis Lengsfeld (AU) def. David Vieyra/Daniil Proskura (ALA), 9-8 (1)
Flight Three - Lucian Gheorghe/Michael Wardell (AU) def. Paulo Alvarado/Juan Escobar (USM), 9-8 (5)