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KJCCC Tennis News

April 20, 2004
Release by Mike Marzolf

Cougar Men Capture Region VI Tennis Title
From start to finish it was a weekend of high emotions for the Barton County Community College tennis team at the Region VI Meet in Wichita. By the time the weekend had come to an end, Barton County was sitting above every other team in the conference - crowned Region VI Champions. The Cougars, expected to finish as low as 4th, won the meet with 19.5 points, followed by Cowley County with 17.5. Independence was 3rd with 15.5 points while Johnson County
(13) and Seward County (5) rounded out the team scoring in a region that had 5 teams ranked in the Top 10. The top 3 teams advance to the NJCAA National Tournament

Highlights
The weekend started off with a difficult situation for the Coach Mark Lewis and the Cougars. When the coaches were seeding the brackets, the other coaches in the conference forced Coach Lewis to change his lineup. Coach Lewis had Great Bend High graduate Sam Wrinkle playing the No. 4 singles with Gui Cury playing No. 5 and Guiherme Jasmin playing No. 6. Wrinkle was forced to drop to No. 6 while Cury and Jasmin each moved up one spot. With that came low seeds in their respective draws since those individuals had not played against other foes in their draw.

All that did was provide a little fire under the Cougars - especially Wrinkle - who delivered the final bit of justice. Wrinkle simply went on the court, rolled into the finals of the No. 6 singles, where he placed 2nd. In the process he knocked off the No. 2 from Johnson County in the semifinals, 7-5, 7-6 to advance to the title match. Then in No. 3 doubles, Wrinkle and Jasmin promptly rolled to the title with the final match of the day - a 6-2, 6-3 win over Johnson County's Collin Torrence and Trevor Welch - securing the Region VI title for the Cougars. Jasmin and Cury also extracted a measure of revenge, with Cury winning No. 4 and Jasmin taking 3rd in No. 5.

Barton took 2nd place in the No. 1 and No. 3 singles while taking 3rd in No. 2. Simon Thornewill took 2nd in No. 1 singles, falling to Donik Arabyan of Indy in the finals. Loic Hereson was runner-up in No. 3, falling to Jeff Stone of Cowley in the finals. At No. 2 singles, Barton's Kruno Despotovski lost in the semifinals to Kyle Markham of Johnson County but won the 3rd place match over Tin Hinst of Cowley.

In doubles, Barton took a pair of 3rds in No. 1 and No. 2 in addition to the title at No. 3 by Wrinkle and Jasmin that secured the championship. Thornewill and Despotovski lost in the semis at No. 1 doubles to eventual champion Indy before knocking off Cowley for 3rd. In No. 2 Cury and Hereson also fell in the semi to Indy before rebounding for 3rd.

Results
Barton County players
No. 1 Singles
Simon Thornewill, 2nd place
1st Round - def. Lance Henne, Hutch, 6-1, 6-1
Semis - def. Mikael Arkaev, Johnson, 6-2, 6-4
Finals - lost to Donik Arabyan, Indy, 6-4, 6-3

No. 2 Singles
Kruno Despotovski, 3rd place
1st Round - def. Troy Reade, Hutch, 6-0, 6-1
Semis - lost to Kyle Markham, Johnson, 6-3, 6-4
3rd place - def. Tin Hinst, Cowley, 6-4, 6-1

No. 3 Singles
Lioc Hereson, 2nd place
1st Round - received a bye
Semis - def. Brett Taylor, Johnson, 7-5, 7-6
Finals - lost to Jeff Stone, Cowley, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2

No. 4 Singles
Gui Cury, 1st place
1st Round - def. Arthur Carrillo, Seward, 6-3, 6-1
Semis - def. Drew Maccholz, Johnson, 6-2, 6-3
Finals - def. Andre Nogueira, Indy, 7-5, 6-4

No. 5 Singles
Guiherme Jasmin, 3rd place
1st Round - def. Josh Kauffman, Hesston, 6-2, 6-0
Semis - lost to Luis D'Achiardi, Indy, 6-4, 6-0
Finals - def. Chris Dvorak, Seward, 6-4, ret.

No. 6 Singles
Sam Wrinkle, 2nd place
1st Round - def. Ryan McGuire, Hutch, 6-1, 6-1
Semis - def. Martin Renteria, Johnson, 7-5, 7-6
Finals - lost to Collin Torrence, Cowley, 6-1, 6-2

No. 1 Doubles
Simon Thornewill/Kruno Despotovski, 3rd place
1st Round - def. Aguilera/Salas, Seward, 7-5, 6-4
Semis - lost to Arabyan/Tran, Indy, 6-7, 7-5, 6-4
Finals - def. Fernandez/Stone, Cowley, 6-0, 6-1

No. 2 Doubles
Lioc Hereson/Gui Cury, 2nd place
1st Round - def. Dvorak/Johnson, Seward, 6-3, 6-3
Semis - def. Herrera/Nogueira, Indy, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
Finals - lost to Hinst/Cobble, Cowley, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1

No. 3 Doubles
Guiherme Jasmin/Sam Wrinkle, 1st place
1st Round - def. McGuire/Waite, Hutch, 6-1, 6-0
Semis - def. Alvarez/Carrillo, Seward, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
Finals - def. Renteria/Scott, Johnson, 6-2, 6-3