Sept. 28, 2009
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Atlanta, Georgia - By Melanie Cheatham, B-CU Sports Information Student-Intern
Saturday, the Wildcats completed play at the HBCU Nationals Tournament, concluding a day early due to the inclement weather. B-CU sent several men's and women's doubles teams to the semi- finals with one team advancing to the finals. Following the final day of play, the men's team placed second overall of eleven teams with Florida A & M University winning the title. . The Lady Wildcats finished fourth of 12 women's teams, with Southern University earning top team honors.
Saturday, September 26, -B-CU Results (Men's)
Senior, Cristian Cruz, B-CU's lone singles player in the semi-finals, fell to Hassan Addas of Xavier University 6-3, 6-2 in the “B” flight.
“A” flight doubles team Marc Misanovic and Jeff Smallwood placed second in the doubles finals. The Wildcats were defeated by Florida A&M's Michael Moore and David Jackson 8-6.
Cristian Cruz and Kip Jackson fell in the quarter finals to Alcorn State in doubles. Yannick Hawkins and Diego Gonsalvez defeated Cruz and Jackson 8-4 in the “B” flight.
Sophomore, Vitor Belucci partnered with Alcorn's Alejandro Dominquez for his doubles matches. The duo lost 8-4 in the “C” flight quarter finals to opponents Alexander Lidzar and Anton Krutkin, from Alcorn State University.
9th Annual HBCU National Tennis Championships
September 24-27, 2009 - Atlanta, GA
Men's Final Team Standings
1. Florida A&M University 23
2. Bethune Cookman 15
3. Xavier University 12
4. Alcorn State 10
T5. Arkansas Pine Bluff 8
T5. Hampton University 8
T5. Prairie View A&M 8
8. North Carolina Central 5
T9. Fort Valley State 2
T9. Winston-Salem 2
11. Morehouse 0
