Nov. 14, 2015
USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships Home Page
By Joanne Norell
Flushing Meadows, N.Y. – Notre Dame’s stay at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships came to an end Saturday, but not before Irish seniors Quentin Monaghan and Alex Lawson reached the semifinal rounds of their respective draws.
After falling in the first round of the singles main draw, the fifth-ranked Monaghan made a run through the consolation bracket, picking up a win in the round of 16 on Friday. On Saturday, the senior standout defeated Indiana’s Samuel Monette 6-3, 7-6(0) in the quarterfinal round, but fell to the 23rd-ranked Dovydas Sakinis of Dartmouth in three sets, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
Entering the day, Monaghan and Lawson – the nation’s 28th-ranked doubles squad – had combined for seven straight doubles wins, but the duo met their match in North Carolina’s No. 18 Brett Clark and Robert Kelly in the main draw of the semifinal, falling in a hard-fought three sets 7-6(3), 4-6, 10-6.
The rest of the Irish team will wrap up fall tournament play at the Bulldog Scramble on Sunday. Notre Dame will have nearly two months’ rest before the Irish open the dual season with a double header against Michigan State (noon ET) and Youngstown State (6 p.m. ET) on January 16, 2016 at the Eck Tennis Pavilion.
USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Flushing Meadows, N.Y.
November 12-15, 2-15
Saturday
Singles Consolation Quarterfinal
No. 5 Quentin Monaghan (ND) def. Samuel Monette (IU), 6-3, 7-6(0)
Singles Consolation Semifinal
No. 23 Dovydas Sakinis (Dartmouth) def. No. 5 Quentin Monaghan (ND), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Doubles Semifinal
No. 18 Brett Clark / Robert Kelly (UNC) def. No. 28 Quentin Monaghan / Alex Lawson (ND), 7-6(3), 4-6, 10-6
Friday
Singles Consolation Round of 16
No. 5 Quentin Monaghan (ND) def. No. 50 Alex Ghilea (OU), 6-4, 7-5
Doubles Quarterfinal
No. 28 Quentin Monaghan / Alex Lawson (ND) def. No. 23 Diego Hidalgo / Gordon Watson (UF), 6-3, 6-7(4), 10-7
Thursday
Singles
Round of 32
No. 20 Tom Fawcett (STAN) def. No. 5 Quentin Monaghan (ND), 6-2, 6-4
Doubles
Round of 32
No. 28 Quentin Monaghan / Alex Lawson (ND), bye
Round of 16
No. 28 Quentin Monaghan / Alex Lawson (ND) def. Tom Fawcett / David Wilczynski (STAN), 6-2, 6-3
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ATHENS, Ga. – The Irish wrapped up the second day of round robin play at the Bulldog Scramble at the University of Georgia on Saturday, with three singles players snaring wins and a pair of doubles duos also getting into the win column.
Freshman Daniel Rayl picked up his third win of the weekend with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Harvard’s Xavier Gonzalez. Senior Kenneth Sabacinski notched a 6-4, 6-4 win over Georgia Tech’s Elijah Melendez, while sophomore Brendon Kempin also picked up a win over Harvard’s Conor Haughey, 7-6(3), 6-2.
In doubles, Kempin teamed with senior Nicolas Montoya to bounce Haughey and Kelvin Lam, 6-2, while Sabacinski and classmate Eric Schnurrenberger dispatched Gonzalez and Chris Morrow, 6-1.
Play will conclude Sunday with one round each of doubles and singles, beginning at 10 a.m. ET.
Bulldog Scramble
Dan Magill Tennis Complex
Athens, Georgia
November 13-15, 2015
Saturday
Singles
Kenny Sabacinski (Notre Dame) def. Elijah Melendez (Georgia Tech), 6-4, 6-4
Brendon Kempin (Notre Dame) def. Conor Haughey (Harvard), 7-6(3), 6-2
Daniel Rayl (Notre Dame) def. Xavier Gonzalez (Harvard), 6-3, 6-1
Andy Martinez (Georgia) def. Nathan Griffen (Notre Dame), 7-5, 6-4
Kelvin Lam (Harvard) vs. Eddy Covalschi (Notre Dame), 6-7, 6-4, 6-4
Brian Yeung (Harvard) def. Grayson Broadus (Notre Dame), 6-1, 7-6(3)
Andy Zhou (Harvard) def. Nicolas Montoya (Notre Dame), 6-1, 6-4
Doubles
Nicolas Montoya / Brendon Kempin (Notre Dame) def. Conor Haughey / Kelvin Lam (Harvard), 6-2
Eric Schnurrenberger / Kenneth Sabacinski (Notre Dame) def. Chris Morrow / Xavier Gonzalez (Harvard), 6-1
Casey Kay / Michael Kay (Georgia Tech) def. Eddy Covalschi / Grayson Broadus (Notre Dame), 6-3
Carlos Benito / Elijah Melendez (Georgia Tech) def. Nicolas Montoya / Brendon Kempin (Notre Dame), 7-6
Conor Haughey / Kelvin Lam (Harvard) def. Eric Schnurrenberger / Kenneth Sabacinski (Notre Dame), 6-4
Chris Morrow / Xavier Gonzalez (Harvard) def. Nathan Griffin / Daniel Rayl (Notre Dame), 6-2
Sebastian Beltrame / Kenny Tao (Harvard) def. Eddy Covalschi / Grayson Broadus (Notre Dame), 6-3
Elijah Melendez (GT) / John Milstead (OU) def. Nathan Griffin / Daniel Rayl (Notre Dame), 6-3
Friday
Singles
Eddy Covalschi (Notre Dame) def. Carlos Benito (Georgia Tech), 7-5, 6-4
Nathan Griffin (Notre Dame) def. Xavier Gonzalez (Harvard), 6-1, 6-3
Nathan Griffin (Notre Dame) def. Grant Solomon (Harvard), 7-6, 6-7, 7-5
Daniel Rayl (Notre Dame) def. Kelvin Lam (Harvard), 7-6, 2-6, 6-2
Daniel Rayl (Notre Dame) def. Elijah Melendez (Georgia Tech), 6-7, 6-2, 6-4
Kenneth Sabacinski (Notre Dame) def. Kenny Tao (Harvard), 1-6, 7-5, 6-2
Nick Wood (Georgia) def. Eddy Covalschi (Notre Dame), 6-2, 6-2
Walker Duncan (Georgia) def. Eric Schnurrenberger (Notre Dame), 7-6, 6-3
Michael Kay (Georgia Tech) def. Grayson Broadus (Notre Dame), 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
Austin Siegel (Oklahoma) def. Nicolas Montoya (Notre Dame), 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3
Elijah Melendez (Georgia Tech) def. Brendon Kempin (Notre Dame), 6-4, 6-4
Alex Fennell (South Carolina) def. Eric Schnurrenberger (Notre Dame), 6-1, 6-2
Andy Zhou (Harvard) def. Grayson Broadus (Notre Dame), 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
Kelvin Lam (Harvard) def. Kenneth Sabacinski (Notre Dame), 6-4, 6-0
Doubles
Eddy Covalschi / Brendon Kempin (Notre Dame) def. Brian Yeung / Andy Zhou (Harvard), 6-3
Walker Duncan / Nick Wood (Georgia) def. Grayson Broadus / Eric Schnurrenberger (Notre Dame), 6-1
Chris Morrow / Xavier Gonzalez (Harvard) def. Nicolas Montoya / Kenny Sabacinski (Notre Dame), 6-4
Elijah Melendez / Daniel Yun (Georgia Tech) def. Nathan Griffin / Daniel Rayl (Notre Dame), 7-5
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Joanne Norell, athletics communications assistant at the University of Notre Dame, has been part of the Fighting Irish athletics communications team since 2014 and coordinates communications efforts for the Notre Dame women’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s tennis and fencing programs. Norell is a 2011 graduate of Purdue University and earned her master’s degree from Georgetown University in 2013.