Oct. 22, 2010
IRVINE, Calif. - The San Diego State men's tennis team placed two players into the third round of the Men's 2010 ITA Southwest Regional on Thursday, and has a third player battling to join them.
Senior Andre Feliz and freshman Hunter Nicholas advanced through the first two rounds of the event and junior Javier Pulgar was battling San Diego's Thibaut Visy in the second round after the first day of the event held on the UC Irvine campus.
After a first round bye, Feliz disposed of USD's Emilio Mora, 6-2, 6-2 to reach the round of 32. Meanwhile, Nicholas won a pair of matches to reach the third round of the event, knocking off UC Irvine's Eric Gast, 6-2, 6-2, in the first round and advancing with a 6-4, 6-3 win over seeded Jordan Bridge of Cal Poly.
Results for Pulgar's second round match were not available. He received a first round bye.
The tournament continues on Friday, with a single one of singles play and two rounds of doubles play on the schedule.
Men's 2010 ITA Southwest Regional (Irvine, Calif.)
Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 Results
First Round - Round of 128
(17) Andre Feliz, SDSU, bye
Shiva Sangwan, SDSU def. Chris Meyer, Hawai'i, 6-4, 6-1
Giovanni Vaglietti, SDSU, bye
Ryan Cheung, UC Irvine def. Matt Tosches, SDSU, 6-3, 6-4
Tim Schulz van Endert, SDSU def. Quoc Doan, UC Riverside - 6-3, 6-2
Hunter Nicholas, SDSU def. Eric Gast, UC Irvine, 6-2, 6-2
Drew Jacobs, Cal Poly def. Jose Sierra-Short, SDSU, 6-3, 6-4
(17) Javier Pulgar, SDSU, bye
Second Round - Round of 64
(17) Andre Feliz, SDSU def. Emilio Mora, San Diego, 6-2, 6-2
(7) Dean Jackson, San Diego def. Shiva Sangwan, SDSU, 6-0, 7-6
(3) Chris Kearney, UC Irvine def. Giovanni Vaglietti, SDSU, 6-0, 6-4
(17) Andres Carrascco, Arizona def. Tim Schulz van Endert, SDSU, 6-2, 7-6
Hunter Nicholas, SDSU def. (17) Jordan Bridge, Cal Poly, 6-4, 6-3
(17) Javier Pulgar, SDSU vs. Thibaut Visy, San Diego, result not available