Irish Close Fall At Gopher Invitational

Nov. 5, 2017

Results

By Joanne Norell

MINNEAPOLIS – The University of Notre Dame men’s tennis team closed out the fall season Sunday in the Gopher Invitational at the Baseline Tennis Center at the University of Minnesota.

Featuring a Maroon Draw with a 16-team compass draw and a Gold Draw with two round-robin flights, the Gopher Invitational features linked doubles and singles results to determine who moves on to the next round. In each round, doubles is played first for one point, with each pair breaking off to play singles for two possible points.

After accumulating six points on Friday and Saturday, sophomore Guillermo Cabrera and freshman William Howells fell in the Maroon Draw championship, dropping their doubles match and both singles matches.

Junior Grayson Broadus and freshman Richard Ciamarra defeated Utah’s David Micevski and Egbert Weverink in their doubles match to determine fifth place, but each fell in singles.

In the 13th-place match-up, sophomore Matt Gamble and senior Brendon Kempin collected all three possible points, defeating Eric Morris and Jesse Ruder-Hook 6-2 in doubles, while Gamble downed Morris 6-0, 6-3, and Kempin downed Ruder-Hook in three sets, 6-7(2), 6-2, 10-5.

In the Gold Draw, senior Drew Dawson and sophomore Conor Somers swept Wisconsin’s Darius Mackenzie and Alan Sweet, winning in a walkover at doubles due to an injury to Sweet, while Dawson defeated Mackenze in singles. Also winning at singles were junior Nathan Griffin (6-2, 0-6, 10-8 over Denver’s Jorge Nunez) and freshman Paul Gota (6-3, 3-6, 10-5 over Minnesota’s Kaleb Dobbs) after the pair fell in the doubles match.

The Irish will return to the court following the new year when they open the dual season at 5 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, against Michigan State at the Eck Tennis Pavilion.

Gopher Invitational
Baseline Tennis Center
Minneapolis, Minn.
Nov. 3-5, 2017
Maroon Draw

First Round – Friday

• Chase Colton / Robert Krill (UW) def. Guillermo Cabrera / William Howells (ND) 7-5
• • Guillermo Cabrera (ND) def. Chase Colton (UW) 6-4, 6-4
  • William Howells (ND) def. Robert Krill (UW) 4-6, 6-4, 10-4
• Grayson Broadus / Richard Ciamarra (ND) def. Vlad Lobak / Justyn Levin (UMN) 6-2
• • Grayson Broadus (ND) def. Vlad Lobak (UMN) 6-4, 6-4
  • Justyn Levin (UMN) def. Richard Ciamarra (ND) 6-4, 7-5
• David Horneffer / Roko Galsnovic (DART) def. Matt Gamble / Brendon Kempin (ND) 6-3
• • David Horneffer (DART) def. Matt Gamble (ND) 6-4, 6-3
  • Brendon Kempin (ND) def. Roko Galsnovic (DART) 6-4, 6-3

Quarterfinals – Friday and Saturday

• Josip Krstanovic / Eli Ogilvy (UMN) def. Guillermo Cabrera / William Howells (ND) 6-3
• • Guillermo Cabrera (ND) def. Josip Krstanovic (UMN) 2-6, 6-3, 10-6
  • William Howells (ND) def. Eli Oglivy (UMN) 7-5, 6-7(1), 10-3
• Simon Stevens / Ty Gentry (OU) def. Grayson Broadus / Richard Ciamarra (ND) 6-1
• • Simon Stevens (OU) def. Grayson Broadus (ND) 6-2, 6-0
  • Ty Gentry (OU) def. Richard Ciamarra (ND) 6-4, 6-3

Semifinals – Saturday

• Guillermo Cabrera / William Howells (ND) def. Jackson Allen / Marino Alpeza (UMN) 6-4
• • Jackson Allen (UMN) def. Guillermo Cabrera (ND) 7-6, 6-1
  • William Howells (ND) def. Marino Alpeza (UMN) 7-6, 6-3

Championship – Sunday

• Simon Stevens / Ty Gentry (OU) def. Guillermo Cabrera / William Howells (ND) 6-4
• • Simon Stevens (OU) def. Guillermo Cabrera (ND) 6-3, 0-6, 10-8
  • Ty Gentry (OU) def. William Howells (ND) 6-3, 4-6, 10-2

Fifth Place – Sunday

• Grayson Broadus / Richard Ciamarra (ND) def. David Micevski / Egbert Weverink (UTAH) 7-5
• • David Micevski (UTAH) def. Grayson Broadus (ND) 3-6, 6-2, 12-10
  • Egbert Weverink (UTAH) def. Richard Ciamarra (ND) 6-1, 6-4

13th Place – Sunday

• Matt Gamble / Brendon Kempin (ND) def. Eric Morris / Jesse Ruder-Hook (DEN) 6-2
• • Matt Gamble (ND) def. Eric Morris (DEN) 6-0, 6-3
  • Brendon Kempin (ND) def. Jesse Ruder-Hook (DEN) 6-7(2), 6-2, 10-5

Consolation Quarterfinals – Saturday

• Pedro Fernandez Del Valle / Matt Summers (DEN) def. Brendon Kempin / Matt Gamble (ND) 6-1
• • Matt Gamble (ND) def. Pedro Fernandez Del Valle (DEN) 6-2, 6-0
  • Matt Summers (DEN) def. Brendon Kempin (ND) 6-4, 6-3

Back Draw – Saturday

• Grayson Broadus / Richard Ciamarra (ND) def. Osgar O’Hoison / Daniel Soyfer (UW) 6-1
• • Grayson Broadus (ND) def. Daniel Soyfer (UW) 6-4, 6-2
  • Osgar O’Hoison (UW) def. Richard Ciamarra (ND) 7-6(4), 6-4
• Matt Gamble / Brendon Kempin (ND) def. Slava Shainyan / Egbert Weverink (UTAH) 6-3
• • Matt Gamble (ND) def. Slava Shainyan (UTAH) 6-3, 6-3
  • Egbert Weverink (UTAH) def. Brendon Kempin (ND) 6-7(9), 6-2, 10-5

Gold Draw

First Round – Friday

• Akihiro Tanaka / Ethan Young-Smith (OU) def. Nathan Griffin / Paul Gota (ND) 6-2
• • Akihiro Tanaka (OU) def. Nathan Griffin (ND) 6-4, 7-5
  • Ethan Young-Smith (OU) def. Paul Gota (ND) 6-2, 6-4
• Daniel Rayl / Johnathan Small (ND) def. Jorge Nunez (DEN) / Kaleb Dobbs (UMN) 6-3
• • Jorge Nunez (DEN) def. Daniel Rayl (ND) 7-6(0), 6-3
  • Johnathan Small (ND) def. Kaleb Dobbs (UMN) 6-4, 6-3
• Drew Dawson / Conor Somers (ND) def. Sean Hunyh / Aaron Diemer (DEN) 6-3
• • Sean Hunyh (DEN) def. Drew Dawson (ND) 6-3, 6-2
  • Aaron Diemer (DEN) def. Conor Somers (ND) 7-6(3), 1-6, 12-10

Second Round – Friday and Saturday

• John Speicher / Gilbert Jaeger (DART) def. Drew Dawson / Conor Somers (ND) 6-4
• • John Speicher (DART) def. Drew Dawson (ND) 6-0, 6-2
  • Gilbert Jaeger (DART) def. Conor Somers (ND) 6-4, 6-1
• Sean Hyunh / Aaron Diemer (DEN) def. Daniel Rayl / Johnathan Small (ND) 6-1
• • Sean Hyunh (DEN) def. Daniel Rayl (ND) 6-3, 0-6, 13-11
  • Aaron Diemer (DEN) def. Johnathan Small (ND) 6-3, 4-6, 10-1
• Stefan Lalovic / Pedro Platzeck (BSU) def. Nathan Griffin / Paul Gota (ND) 6-4
• • Nathan Griffin (ND) def. Stefan Lalovic (BSU) 6-1, 6-4
  • Paul Gota (ND) def. Pedro Platzeck (BSU) 4-6, 6-4, 10-7

Third Round – Saturday

• Nathan Griffin / Paul Gota (ND) def. Santiago Sierra / Chase Stoner (UTAH) 6-2
• • Santiago Sierra (UTAH) def. Nathan Griffin (ND) 4-6, 6-2, 10-4
  • Chase Stoner (UTAH) def. Paul Gota (ND) 3-6, 7-6 (7) (10-5)
• Joe Woolley / Randy Cory (UTAH) def. Daniel Rayl / Johnathan Small (ND) 6-4
• • Daniel Rayl (ND) def. Joe Woolley (UTAH) 3-6, 6-3, 10-4
  • Randy Cory (UTAH) def. Johnathan Small (ND) 6-2, 6-4
• Jorge Nunez (DEN) / Kaleb Dobbs (UMN) def. Drew Dawson / Conor Somers (ND) 7-5
• • Jorge Nunez (DEN) def. Drew Dawson (ND) 6-3, 6-3
  • Kaleb Dobbs (UMN) def. Conor Somers (ND) 2-6, 6-2, 11-9

Fourth Round – Sunday

• Drew Dawson / Conor Somers (ND) def. Darius Mackenzie / Alan Sweet (UW) w/o (inj.)
• • Drew Dawson (ND) def. Darius Mackenzie (UW) 6-1, 6-7(5), 10-4
  • Conor Somers (ND) def. Alan Sweet (UW) w/o (inj.)
• Jorge Nunez (DEN) / Kaleb Dobbs (UMN) def. Nathan Griffin / Paul Gota (ND) 6-3
• • Nathan Griffin (ND) def. Jorge Nunez (DEN) 6-2, 0-6, 10-8
  • Paul Gota (ND) def. Kaleb Dobbs (UMN) 6-3, 3-6, 10-5
• Wyatt Lovera / Ignatius Castelino (DEN) def. Daniel Rayl / Johnathan Small (ND) 6-2
• • Wyatt Lovera (DEN) def. Daniel Rayl (ND) 6-2, 2-6, 10-1
  • Ignatius Castelino (DEN) def. Johnathan Small (ND) 6-0, 6-1

–ND–

Joanne Norell, athletics communications assistant director at the University of Notre Dame, has been part of the Fighting Irish athletics communications team since 2014 and coordinates communications efforts for the Notre Dame men’s tennis, women’s tennis and fencing programs, in addition to overseeing production of the football Gameday Magazine. Norell is a 2011 graduate of Purdue University and earned her master’s degree from Georgetown University in 2013.