Men's Tennis: Tom Nowak reaches ITA Regional B-Flight Championship

October 3, 2006

BLOOMSBURG, PA --- Freshman TOM NOWAK (Medfield, MA/Medfield) advanced to the championship match of the I.T.A. Men's Regional Tournament hosted by Bloomsburg, PA University.

Nowak defeated three regional ranked players --- MARK TREIRES (So., York, PA/Central York) of Millersville, PA (8-0), ROBERTO FRANCO (Sr., Lima, Peru/Lincoln) of Philadelphia Sciences (8-3), DAN PHILLIPS (So., Colchester, England) of Bloomsburg (9-7) and PETR GRISHCHENKO (Fr., Moscow, Russia), 6-4, 6-2.

He was eventually stopped by Concordia, NY standout HENNING RVENZ (Fr., Muelheim-Kaerlich, Germany), 4-6, 4-6 (7) in a two-and-half hour marathon. Rvenz advanced to the final by defeating Greyhound sophomore STEVE TLUMACKI (So., Holliston, MA/Holliston), 6-4, 6-3, in the other semifinal match.

Tlumacki had won three matches over VITO GALATIOTO (Jr., Yonkers, NY/Yonkers) also of Concordia, NY (8-1), WILL BIDDLE (Fr., Bloomsburg, PA) of Bloomsburg, PA (8-3), COSTAS EFSTATHIOU (Sr., Bayside, NY/Bayside) (8-3) of Queens, NY.

The senior doubles team of MATT STOPP (Altoona, PA/Altoona) and DAVID MARSHALL (Newington, CT/Kingswood-Oxford) won two matches before losing to Kutztown, PA regional-ranked SANTIAGO BAQUERIZO (So. Guayquil, Ecuador) and LUKAS LABITSCH (So., Bruck an der Mur, AUSTRIA), 2-8.

A-FLIGHT SINGLES RESULTS

JARED DORFMAN (So., Providence, RI/LaSalle)

First Round: def. Philadelphia, Mike ABATE (Fr., Wayne NJ/Wayne), 6-0, 6-1

Quarterfinal: lost to Mercy, NY, Alican SEREN (Fr., Turkey), 7-5, 6-2

COLLIN VERO-CASSAVANTE (Fr., Rutland, VT/Rutland)

First Round: def. Mercy, NY, Yusufcan KOKSAL (Fr., Ankara, TURKEY), 6-3, 5-7, 11-9

Quarterfinal: lost to Queens, NY, Andrey VASILIEV (Sr., Novosibirsk, Russia), 7-5, 3-6, 5-7

DAVID MARSHALL (Sr., Newington, CT/Kingswood-Oxford)

First Round: def. Millersville, PA, Chris PAOLINI (Jr., Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing), 6-1, 6-2

Second Round: lost to Concordia, NY, Rodrigo TEIXERIA (Jr., Vittoria, Brazil), 6-4, 3-6, 4-7

ANTONIO RECALDE (Jr., C. del Este, Paraguay/S. Isidro Labr.)

First Round: def. Philly Sciences, Paul CACERES (So., Teaneck, NJ/Bergen Catholic), 6-0, 6-1

Quarterfinal: lost to Bloomsburg, PA, Dan GAL (Jr., South Park, PA/South Park), 6-2, 6-1

MATT STOPP (Sr., Altoona, PA/Altoona)

First Round: def. Adelphi, Tomasz WALCZAK (Jr., Olescia, POLAND), 6 1, 6-3

Quarterfinal: lost to Queens, NY, Wojciech STUCHLIK (Sr., Pszczyna, POLAND), 7-5, 3-6, 0-1 retired

B-FLIGHT SINGLES RESULTS

RICH LIEBERMAN (Jr., East Haddam, CT/Nathan Hale Ray)

First Round: def. Philly Sciences, Ryan PELL (Sr., York, PA/W. York), 6-1, 6-3

Second Round: lost to Concordia, NY, Henning RVENZ (Fr., Muelheim Kaerlich, Germany), 8-0

STEVE TLUMACKI (So., Holliston, MA/Holliston)

First Round: def. Concordia, NY, Vito GALATIOTO (Jr., Yonkers, NY/Yonkers), 8-1

Second Round: def. Bloomsburg, PA (Will BIDDLE), 8-3

Quarterfinal: def. Queens, NY, Costas EFSTATHIOU (Sr., Bayside, NY/Bayside), 8-3

Semifinal: lost to Concordia, NY, Henning RVENZ (Fr., Muelheim Kaerlich, Germany), 4-6, 3-6

TOM NOWAK (Fr., Medfield, MA/Medfield)

First Round: def. Millersville, PA, Mark TREIRES (So., York, PA/Central York), 8-0

Second Round: def. Philly Sciences, Roberto FRANCO (Sr., Lima, Peru/Lincoln), 8-3

Quarterfinal: def. Bloomsburg, PA, Dan PHILLIPS (So., Colchester, ENGLAND), 9-7

Semifinal: def. Dowling, Petr GRISHCHENKO (Fr., Moscow, RUSSA), 6 4, 6-2

Championship: lost to Concordia, NY, Henning RVENZ (Fr., Muelheim-Kaerlich, Germany), 4-6, 4-6 (7).

DAN DOENGES (Sr., Rutland, VT/Rutland)

First Round: lost to Millersville, PA, Scott SMITH (Jr., Norristown, PA/Methacton), withdrew

A-FLIGHT DOUBLES RESULTS

MATT STOPP (Sr., Altoona, PA/Altoona)

DAVID MARSHALL (Sr., Newington, CT/Kingswood-Oxford)

First Round: def. East Stroudsburg, Jeff KURZ (Jr., Newtown Square, PA/Radnor and Andrew SORGI (Fr., Harrisburg, PA/Lower Dauphin), 8-4

Quarterfinal: def. Concordia, NY (Rodrigo TEIXIERA-John CASSAS), 8-6

Semifinal: lost to Kutztown, PA, Santiago BAQUERIZO (So., Guayqil, ECUADOR) and Lukas LABITSCH (So., Bruck an der Mur, AUSTRIA), 2-8

JARED DORFMAN (So., Providence, RI/LaSalle)

COLLIN VERO-CASSAVANTE (Fr., Rutland, VT/Rutland)

First Round: def. Millersville, Greg BENNETT (Jr., Bloomsburg, PA/Central Columbia) and Chris PAOLINI (So., Wyomissing, PA/Wyomissing), 8-3

Quarterfinal: lost to Queens, Wojciech STUCHLICK (Sr., Pszczyna, POLAND) and William ALMEYDA (Jr., San Juan, PR/Cass), 5-8

B-FLIGHT DOUBLES RESULTS

STEVE TLUMACKI (So., Holliston, MA/Holliston)

TOM NOWAK (Fr., Medfield, MA/Medfield)

First Round: def. Bloomsburg, PA, Geoff WHITELY and Slike PETER, 8-2

Quarterfinal: lost to Dowling, Petr GRISHCHENKO (Fr., Moscow, RUSSA) and Saulo GONZALES (Fr., Lima, PERU/Piracicaba), 4-8