D'Agord/Molnar Advance to Quarterfinals at ITA Reginals
10/16/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
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Alabama’s doubles team of Luigi D’Agord and Eric Molnar won twice at the ITA Southeast Regional in Memphis, Tenn. on Saturday to advance to the quarterfinals.
D’Agord and Molnar, seeded ninth in the tournament, earned a big victory over Southeastern Conference foes Robert Lathouwers and Alex Schweizer of Auburn, 8-5. D’Agord and Molnar are now one of eight teams remaining at the Regional Championships.
“They are playing well and have become a pretty good team for us,” said Alabama head coach Billy Pate.
After receiving a bye in the opening round yesterday, the duo’s first match came against Vanderbilt’s Andy Mack and Ryan Preston. D’Agord and Molnar advanced with an 8-3 win.
Billy Mertz and RJ Murray won one of their two matches Saturday. They defeated Kentucky’s Jason Mallaiah and Marcus Sundh before falling to Vanderbilt’s Scott Brown and Jason Pinsky, 8-2 in the Round of 16.
In singles, D’Agord was the only Alabama player remaining in the tournament entering Saturday. D’Agord won his first match of the day when he defeated Ricardo Gonzalez of Georgia, 7-5, 6-4. However, he fell in the Round of 16 to Miami’s Josh Cohen, the ninth seeded player in the tournament.
Complete day three results are listed below.
Singles
Round of 32
No. 17 Luigi D'Agord (Alabama) def. Ricardo Gonzalez (Georgia), 7-5, 6-4
Round of 16
No. 9 Josh Cohen (Miami) def. No. 17 Luigi D'Agord (Alabama), 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
Round of 32
Mertz/Murray (Alabama) d. Jason Mallaiah/Marcus Sundh (Kentucky), 8-4
(9) D’Agord/Molnar (Alabama) d. Andy Mack/Ryan Preston (Vanderbilt), 8-3
Round 16
(9) D’Agord/Molnar (Alabama) d. Robert Lathouwers/Alex Schweizer (Auburn), 8-5
(5)Scott Brown/Jason Pinsky (Vanderbilt) d. Mertz/Murray (Alabama), 8-2
