Falcons Wrap Up Day Two at DU Invite
    Lance Wilhelm wins singles match vs. UNM

    Junior Stephen Katrein

    Junior Stephen Katrein

    Sept. 24, 2011

    The Air Force men's tennis team wrapped up the second day of the Denver Invitational Saturday afternoon. The Falcons competed in singles against New Mexico and doubles against a mixed squad from Texas Tech and Nebraska.

    Junior Lance Wilhelm posted AFA's lone singles win, a thrilling 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory over New Mexico's Ben Dunbar. Dunbar went 10-7 at the No. 2 spot for the Lobos last season. New Mexico won the other seven matches, but Falcon freshman Landon Kinsey took James Hignett to three-set before falling 6-7, 6-2, 6-4.

    Kinsey also played well in doubles, combining with junior Stephen Katrein to defeat Tom Blackwell and Drew Freeman of Nebraska, 9-7. Wilhelm and freshman Grant Taylor fell to Gonzalo Escobar and Vito Manzini of Texas Tech, 9-7, while sophomores Alex Grubbs and Ali Rizvi lost 8-6 to Tech's duo of Jeff Bryan and Gabriel Wanderly.

    The Falcons will take on Denver in singles and New Mexico in doubles on Sunday.

    Event Format
    Team scoring will not be used. Each player will be assigned points per win according to their position in singles and doubles. The overall winner will be the player with the most points at the end of the weekend. For example, a singles win is worth 8 points at #1 down through 1 point at #8, and a doubles win is worth 4 points at #1 down through 1 point at #4.

    Air Force vs. Nebraska/Texas Tech (Doubles)
    Gonzalo Escobar / Vito Manzini (TT) def. Lance Wilhelm / Grant Taylor (AF), 9-7
    Robert Schulze / Brandon Videtich (NU) def. Steven Young / Joey Brandt (AF), 8-1
    Gabriel Wanderley / Jeff Bryan (TT) def. Alex Grubbs / Ali Rizvi (AF), 8-6
    Stephen Katrein / Landon Kinsey (AF) def. Tom Blackwell / Drew Freeman (NU), 9-7

     

     

    Air Force vs. New Mexico (Singles)
    Lance Wilhelm (AF) def. Ben Dunbar (UNM), 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
    Phil Anderson (UNM) def. Ali Rizvi (AF), 6-2, 6-1
    Carl Ho (UNM) def. Steven Young (AF), 6-2, 6-2
    Conor Berg (UNM) def. Grant Taylor (AF), 6-1, 7-5
    Samir Iftikhar (UNM) def. Stephen Katrein (AF), 7-5, 6-3
    Simon Hegelund (UNM) def. Joey Brandt (AF), 6-4, 6-0
    James Hignett (UNM) def. Landon Kinsey (AF), 6-7(7), 6-2, 6-4
    Matthew Neeld (UNM) def. Michael Tope (AF), 6-0, 6-0
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