Elizabethtown College MensTennis News 
Back to top 5/3/2009 Walker, Kirkhoff advance to finals of MASCAC Men's Tennis Championships ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS Sunday, May 3, 2009 Elizabethtown at MASCAC Men's Tennis Championships Tournament results WILKES-BARRE, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College competed at the two-day Middle Atlantic Conference men's tennis singles and doubles tournament, which concluded Sunday. Junior Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) advanced to the finals at flight two singles, where he lost 6-3, 6-3 to Imran Choudhury of Manhattanville College, while senior Jeff Kirkhoff (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) fell 6-4, 6-3 to Manhattanville's Michael Capozzin in finals at flight three. Walker, who is Elizabethtown's all-time leader in singles wins with 48, advanced to the finals with a 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) victory over Blake Bonser of King's College in the semifinals. Kirkhoff defeated Kevin Langner of Arcadia University 6-3, 6-1 to move into the championship round. In doubles, the team of Walker and first-year student Jonathan van den Ende (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) moved into the semifinals at flight two before falling 8-6 to Evan Katz and Jon Rohrbach of Wilkes University, while Kirkhoff and sophomore Brian Osborn (Sayre, PA/Sayre) were semifinalists at flight three where they were defeated by Hugo Robinson and Dean Tahir of Manhattanville 8-6. Middle Atlantic Conference Men's Tennis Tournament at Wilkes-Barre, PA Elizabethtown College results Singles First round 1: Manrique Arrea d. Michael Cejovic (DeSales) 6-0, 6-2 2: Brok Walker d. Ryan Lineaweaver (Alvernia) 6-1, 6-0 3: Jeff Kirkhoff, bye 4: Bryan Metz d. Brett Ford (Misericordia) 6-0, 6-4 5: Jonathan van den Ende d. Adam Lush (Alvernia) 6-1, 6-1 6: Brian Osborn d. Kevin Ly (FDU-Florham) 6-0, 6-1 Quarterfinals 1: Michael Roth (Eastern) d. Arrea 6-2, 6-3 2: Walker d. Joe Li (FDU-Florham) 6-2, 6-4 3: Jeff Kirkhoff d. Brian Fanelli (Wilkes) 6-4, 6-3 4: Lance Dorfi (Manhattanville) d. Metz 6-3, 6-2 5: Chris Cozzillio (Wilkes) d. van den Ende 6-1, 6-3 6: Dean Tahir (Manhattanville) d. Osborn 6-0, 6-0 Semifinals 2: Walker d. Blake Bonser (King's) 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) 3: Kirkhoff d. Kevin Langner (Arcadia) 6-3, 6-1 Finals 2: Imran Choudhury (Manhattanville) d. Walker 6-1, 6-3 3: Michael Capozzi (Manhattanville) d. Kirkhoff 6-4, 6-3 Doubles First round 1: Arrea/Metz d. Fura/Gauby (Albright) 8-0 2: van den Ende/Walker d. Ly/Scott (FDU-Florham) 8-2 3: Kirkhoff/Osborn d. Shannon/Stutzman (Lycoming) 8-3 Quarterfinals 1: Cozzillio/Ungvarsky (Wilkes) d. Metz/Arrea 8-5 2: van den Ende/Walker d. Grodzinski/Levin (Lebanon Valley) 8-3 3: Kirkhoff/Osborn d. Hopkins/Muthler (Misericordia) 8-4 Semifinals 2: Katz/Rohrbach (Wilkes) d. van den Ende/Walker 8-6 3: Robinson/Tahir (Manhattanville) d. Kirkhoff/Osborn 8-6 |
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