Bruins Advance to QFs at LATC
October 30, 2015 | Men's Tennis
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Four Bruins advance to the quarterfinals of the So Cal Intercollegiate Championships after posting back-to-back wins on Thursday. Friday's quarterfinals will feature Karue Sell, Austin Rapp, Logan Staggs, and Joseph Di Giulio along with four USC Trojans.
In the two cross-town quarterfinal matches, No. 5 Rapp will go head to head with Max de Vroome, the tournament's No. 1 seed, while No. 5 Staggs faces No. 2 Logan Smith. Third-seeded Sell will take on Di Giulio in an all-Bruin matchup. Rounding out the quarterfinal matches are Trojans Jack Jaede and Robbie Bellamy.
Friday's action kicks off at 11:00 a.m. PT. For more information about the Southern California Intercollegiate Championships, please visit the USTA's tournament homepage.
So Cal Intercollegiate Championships
Oct. 28-Nov. 1 at Los Angeles Tennis Center
Thursday Results
Singles
32 - No. 5 Rapp (UCLA) def. Eric Tseng (UCSD), 6-7(1), 6-0, 6-1
32 - Bellamy (USC) def. Ryoto Tachi (UCLA), 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(5)
32 - Di Giulio (UCLA) def. Timothy Neil Tan (Cal Poly), 7-5, 6-2
32 - No. 3 Sell (UCLA) def. Nathan Eshmande (UCSB), 6-4, 6-2
32 - No. 5 Staggs (UCLA) def. Jamie Thorp (LMU), 6-4, 6-2
16 - No. 5 Rapp (UCLA) def. Kalman Boyd (USC), 6-4, 6-4
16 - No. 3 Sell (UCLA) def. Thibault Forget (USC), 6-2, 6-1
16 - No. 5 Staggs (UCLA) def. Connor Farren (USC), 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
16 - Di Giulio (UCLA) def. Jake DeVine (USC), 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 6-4
Wednesday Results
Singles
64 - Errol Smith (LMU) def. Nishanth Yamani (UCLA), 6-0, 6-1
64 - Travis Martin (UCLA) def. Logan Hall (Pepperdine), wd (inj)
64 - Michael Guzman (UCLA) def. Alexander Bourgeois (BYU), 4-6, 6-4, 10-6
32 - Pascal Engel (APU) def. Martin (UCLA), 6-0, 6-1
32 - Cody Rakela (UCSB) def. Guzman (UCLA), 6-2, 6-1
