WILLMARTH BRINGS HOME TWO TITLES AT THE CORNELL OUTDOOR TOURNAMENT

September 24, 2002
Contact: Mike Zimmerman
Phone: 315-228-6761
Fax: 315-228-7977
Email: mzimmerman@mail.colgate.edu

ITHACA, NY – The Colgate men's tennis team brought home two of the six titles at this weekends Cornell Outdoor Tournament thanks in large part to the play of freshman Blake Willmarth.

Willmarth won the C-Flight singles tournament by winning each of his four rounds, including knocking off two seeded players.  Willmarth defeated Arellano of Yale 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 in round one.  Fourth seeded Zubatsky of Connecticut was then bounced by Willmarth, 7-6, 6-1.  Willmarth followed that up by beating the top-seeded player, Neuman from Cornell, 2-6, 6-4, 6-0.  He finished off the tournament by defeating Fisher from Army.

Willmarth then teamed up with senior Andrew Davis to win the B-Flight doubles championship.  They took out teams from Connecticut and Cornell by scores of 9-8 each.  The pair defeated the team from Army 8-4 and beat the second seeded Yale team 9-7 in the championship match.

Reed Hagmann and Eric Saccullo also made an impressive showing in the A-Flight doubles by advancing to the semi-finals before losing to Cornell.

2002 Cornell Outdoor Tournament Results

Singles
Jake Heims (Col) d. Meir (Stony Brook); 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
Lu (Yale) d. Heims (Col); 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Sabia (Army) d. Hagmann (Col); 6-3, 6-4
Zander Lowe (Col) d. Spencer (Bing); 6-1, 7-6
Paltrowitz (Cor) d. Lowe (Col); 6-3, 6-2
Eric Saccullo (Col) d. Schor (Conn); 3-6, 7-5. 6-2
Feldman (Yale) d.  Saccullo (Col); 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
Joyce (UMBC) d. Evan Ambrose (Col); 7-6, 6-3
Kosteinen (Cor) d. Scott Coope (Col); 4-6, 7-6, 6-3
Andrew Davis (Col) d. UMBC; 6-4, 6-3
Iyer (Cor) d. Davis (Col); 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
Willmarth (Col) d. Arellano (Yale); 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
Willmarth (Col) d. Zubatsky (Conn); 7-6, 6-1
Willmarth (Col) d. Neuman (Cor); 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
Willmarth (Col) d. Fisher (Army)

Doubles
Schlappig/Neuman(Cor) d. Lowe/Heims (Col); 9-8
Hagmann/Saccullo (Col) d. Sherwood/Rao(Bing); 8-6
Hagmann/Saccullo (Col) d. Meir/Crooks(Stony); 8-3
Spencer/McKewn (Cor) d. Hagmann/Saccullo (Col); 8-3
Ambrose/Carpenter (Col) d. Carpenter/Cariello (Bing); 9-8
Toloney/Woodhouse (Yale) d. Ambrose/Carpenter (Col); 8-4
Willmarth/Davis (Col) d. Himberger/Ng (UMBC); 8-1
Willmarth/Davis d. Iyer/Kostionen (Cor); 9-8
Willmarth/Davis d. Graham/Fisher (Army); 8-4
Willmarth/Davis d. Toloney/Woodhouse (Yale); 9-7