AUBURN, Ala. – Auburn senior Brandon Laubser reached the finals of the B singles flight at the Longhorn Invitational hosted by Texas at the Texas Tennis Center in Austin, Texas, highlighting a successful tournament for the Tigers.
Laubser posted three consecutive singles victories before his final match versus Mikhail Sokolovskiy of UCF was rained out Sunday. Laubser, paired with sophomore Tad Maclean, went 3-0 in doubles play over the weekend as well.
Maclean was 3-1 in singles, while Tim Dollman was 1-2 and Matteo DeVincentis was 0-2 for the Tigers. DeVincentis and Dollman went 1-2 in their doubles matches.
Other teams participating included Baylor, Iowa, Liberty, Louisville, LSU, Louisiana-Lafayette, Marquette, Miami, St. Edwards, TCU, Texas Tech, Tyler Junior College, Tulane, UCF and the host Texas Longhorns.
The Longhorn Invitational concludes the fall tournament season for the Tigers.
Matteo DeVincentis
11/9 Luke Simkiss (Tyler) L, 6-3, 6-3
11/10 Manoel Alencar (UCF) L, 7-6 (11), 4-6, 10-2
Tim Dollman
11/9 Joey Thomas (LSU) W, 6-2, retired
11/10 Tommy Mylnikov (Texas Tech) L, 6-4, 6-3
11/10 Franco Bastias (Miami) L, 6-2, default
Brandon Laubser
11/9 Oliver Okonkwo (Iowa) W, 6-2, 7-6 (2)
11/10 Dane Dunlap (Miami) W, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 10-6
11/10 Tim Ruetzel (Tulane) W, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
11/11 Mikhail Sokolovskiy (UCF) rained out
Tad Maclean
11/9 Stephen Madonia (Miami) W, 6-1, 7-5
11/10 Josh Wilson (Liberty) L, 2-6, 7-5, 10-4
11/10 Luis Diaz Argente (St. Edward's) W, 6-0, 6-0
11/11 Franco Aubone (Miami) W, 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-3
DeVincentis/Dollman
11/9 Soto/Frantzen (Baylor) L, 8-4
11/10 Esses/Sewart (Tulane) W, 8-3
11/10 Valiev/Kapchuk (Texas Tech) L, 8-6
Laubser/Maclean
11/9 Bastias/Shimamoto (Miami) W, 8-4
11/10 Kieselyov/Sokolovskiy (UCF) W, 8-4
11/10 Walters/Parker (Tyler) W, 8-7 (4)
