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Anderson And Slattery Reach Doubles Semis At ITA Regional Championships
October 28, 2002 | Men's Tennis
Oct. 28, 2002
PHILADELPHIA - The doubles team of juniors Brad Anderson (Edina/Edina, Minn.) and Justin Slattery (Central Catholic/Andover, Mass.) reached the semifinals of the OMNI HOTELS/ITA Eastern Regional Championships at the University of Pennsylvania and will play the top-seeded duo from Brown on Monday.
Anderson and Slattery, the No. 12 seed in a field of 64, won their opening-round match Friday over Rhode Island's Karl Antons and Dan Romeyn 8-4. The next day, in the round of 32, they took down St. Johns' Arnaud Angiel and Nick Stocker 8-5.
On Sunday, faced with their toughest challenge yet, the pair pulled out a 9-8 (3) win over St. Bonaventure's third-seeded team of Mario Arce and Vili Nurmi in a round-of-16 match. Later in the day they pushed past Brown's Ben Brier and Zachary Pasanen 8-6, setting them up with a semifinal showdown against the No. 1 seed in the tournament, the Bears' Nicholas Goldberg and Adil Shamasdin.
On the singles side, Anderson, Slattery and sophomore Chris McCoy (Central Catholic/Pittsburgh, Pa.) all lost their opening-round matches Friday, with Anderson and Slattery falling in three-setters. Anderson lost in the consolation round Saturday, while Slattery defeated Manhattan's Klim Fedosienko 7-5, 6-0 in his consolation match.
Singles Results
Round of 128
Tim Kofol (Princeton) def. Justin Slattery (BC) 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3
Angel Diankou (Virginia Tech) def. Brad Anderson (BC) 1-6, 7-5, 6-3
Cameron Lickle (Navy) def. Chris McCoy (BC) 6-4, 6-2
Consolation Round
Slattery (BC) def. Klim Fedosienko (Manhattan) 7-5, 6-0
Roddy Cantey (Penn State) def. Anderson (BC) 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10)
Doubles Results
Round of 64
Anderson/Slattery (BC) def. Karl Antons/Dan Romeyn (URI) 8-4
Round of 32
Anderson/Slattery (BC) def. Arnaud Agniel/Nick Stocker (St. John's) 8-5
Round of 16
Anderson/Slattery (BC) def. Mario Arce/Vili Nurmi (St. Bonaventure) 9-8 (3)
Quarterfinals
Anderson/Slattery (BC) def. Ben Brier/Zachary Pasanen (Brown) 8-6
