Men's Tennis Sends Two To All-American Qualifier
10/4/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Oct. 4, 1999
MILWAUKEE, Wis.
UP NEXT On Oct. 8-9, junior Bart Cordemeyer (Badhoevedorp, Holland / Keizer Karel) and senior Christophe Van Der Gucht (Waasmunster, Belgium / OLVC) will compete at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Qualifiers in Austin, Texas.
LAST WEEK Head coach David Staniford?s squad concluded a strong weekend by taking two singles and two doubles titles at its own Marquette Fall Invitational on Fri.-Sat., Oct. 1-2. The weekend was highlighted by the #1 Singles Flight championship of senior Christophe Van Der Gucht.
Playing in only his second competition as a Golden Eagle, Van Der Gucht lost the first set of his opening round match but was on the winning end of the remainder of his sets in the competition to go 3-0 in winning the top flight?s title. The former foreign exchange student from Belgium defeated Eastern Illinois? Lukasz Pluta 7-5, 6-2 to secure the championship.
Senior leadership abounded for the Golden Eagles at their annual tournament, as Van Der Gucht?s classmate, Carlo Rossi (Preston, Victoria, Australia / St. Kevin?s College), captured the #3 Singles Flight title with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 victory over Jean-Philipe Cloutier of Chicago State. Along with freshman Eric Vescuso (Scottsdale, Ariz. / Brophy Prep), Rossi also took home the #3 Doubles Flight title. The Golden Eagles tandem dropped the UW-Green Bay team of Tom Heidenberger and Barry Hankel 8-4.
Marquette also won the #2 Doubles Flight, with the duo of Bart Cordemeyer and Justin Holson (Milwaukee, Wis.) stopping Northern Iowa?s Ben Herbst and John Houghton 8-4.
Holson finished as the runner-up in the #5 Singles Flight, while junior Hermann Karow (San Pedro Sula, Honduras / Academia Americana) took second place in the #7 Singles Flight.
