Men's Tennis Closes Out CCB Invitational

Friday, November 2

Birmingham, Ala.

Tulane University

CCB Invitational

Photo by: Parker Waters

Nov 4, 2018 | Men's Tennis

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Tulane men's tennis team finished play at the Country Club of Birmingham Invitational on Sunday, earning a third-place finish in one doubles draw along with a pair of singles victories.

The Green Wave got the day started with a victory in the third-place doubles match in the White Draw, as Hamish Stewart and Eric Wagner took down Mississippi State's Gregor Ramskogler and Stedman Strickland, 8-5.

In singles, Tim Ruetzel faced South Alabama's Samuel Serrano in his third-place match, instead of Stewart as originally scheduled, and earned a hard-fought 7-6(2), 7-6(4) victory. Ranked No. 121 nationally, Stewart took Serrano's place in the fifth-place draw and defeated Ole Miss' Jan Soeren Hain in three sets, 6-4, 2-6, 1-0(11-9)

Tulane will send Ewan Moore and Luis Erlenbusch to the ITA National Fall Championships in Surprise, Ariz. Competition is set to begin Nov. 7 with the first round of the singles main draw. The Green Wave will play its final team tournament of the fall campaign next Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9-10 at the Longhorn Invitational in Austin, Texas.

Singles competition
Nov. 2
R16 #121 Hamish Stewart (Tulane) def. Fabian Penzkofer (UK) 6-0, 7-5
R16 Tim Ruetzel (Tulane) def. Rossouw Norval (SAMFORD) 6-4, 6-1
R16 Akos Kotorman (Tulane) def. Fernando Vargas (UAB) 7-5, 6-0
R16 Felix Ewers (Tulane) def. Jake Penny (LIPSCOMB) 6-4, 6-3
R16 Eric Wagner (Tulane) def. Nathan Fruh (USA) 6-2, 6-2
Nov. 3
QF #121 Hamish Stewart (Tulane) def. Samuel Serrano (USA) 7-5, 6-0
QF Tim Ruetzel (Tulane) def. Jan Soeren Hain (MISS) 6-2, 6-3
QF Chung Han Tsai (USM) def. Akos Kotorman (Tulane) 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)
QF Yusuf Khamis (ETSU) def. Felix Ewers (Tulane) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
QF Max Rebol (SAMFORD) def. Eric Wagner (Tulane) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
SF Frazier Rengifo (ETSU) def. Hamish Stewart (Tulane) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
SF Edson Ortiz (BAMA) def. Tim Ruetzel (Tulane) 6-1, 6-1
C Eric Wagner (Tulane) def. Mieszko Kwasniewski (USM) 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 1-0 (10-3)
C Max Lapraille (USA) def. Felix Ewers (Tulane) 6-1, 6-0
C Akos Kotorman (Tulane) def. David Gonzalez (ETSU) 7-6 (7-2), 2-6, 1-0 (13-11)
Nov. 4
3RD Tim Ruetzel (Tulane) def. Samuel Serrano (USA) 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-4)
C Tom El Safadi (UAB) def. Eric Wagner (Tulane) 0-6, 6-4, 1-0 (11-9)
C Max Lapraille (USA) def. Akos Kotorman (Tulane) 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (13-11)
C #121 Hamish Stewart (Tulane) def. Jan Soeren Hain (MISS) 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (11-9)

Doubles competition
Nov. 2
QF Tim Ruetzel/Akos Kotorman (Tulane) def. Caffarena/Uribe (LIPSCOMB) 8-7 (9-7)
QF Hamish Stewart/Eric Wagner (Tulane) def. Briggs/Faulkner (BELMONT) 8-5
SF Hain/Junk (MISS) def. Tim Ruetzel/Akos Kotorman (Tulane) 8-7 (7-3)
SF Lapraille/Serrano (USA) def. Hamish Stewart/Eric Wagner (Tulane) 8-6
Nov. 4
3RD Ortiz/Zhou (BAMA) def. Tim Ruetzel/Akos Kotorman (Tulane) 8-6
3RD Hamish Stewart/Eric Wagner (Tulane) def. Ramskogler/Strickland (MSST) 8-5

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