Barton tennis places third at regionals to earn national berth #GoBarton

The Barton Community College men's tennis team finished 3rd in the Region VI Championships held Friday in Arkansas City. The No. 21 ranked Cougars scored 12 points completing the day's action, placing behind 8th ranked host Cowley College's 20 points and Region VI Champion 3rd ranked Seward County Community College's 25 points.

The Cougars were bounced to the third place matches taking first round losses from a host of nationally ranked players from both the Cowley and Seward County's squads.

Paired against Hesston College in the third place matches, the Cougars took eight of the nine to earn the national tournament berth.

Team Scores:
Seward County 25
Cowley College 20
Barton 12
Hesston 1.5

Barton Individual Results:
Men's #1 Singles
Semis - Angelo Tost (Cowley) def Marcel Miasato (Barton) 6-3, 6-2
3rd place - Nadeem Jaber (Hesston) def Marcel Miasato (Barton) 6-4, 6-3

Men's #2 Singles
Semis - #8 Duro Opacic (Seward) def Yordi Ponce (Barton) 6-0, 6-3
3rd place - Yordi Ponce (Barton) def Garrett Roth (Hesston) 7-6 (0), 6-4

Men's #3 Singles
Semis - #48 Hugo Lobo (Seward) def Miguel Valle (Barton) 6-2, 6-4
3rd place - Miguel Valle (Barton) def Hermes Flores (Hesston) 6-3, 6-0

Men's #4 Singles
Semis - Wlayimer Jimenez (Cowley) def Jack Peoples (Barton) 6-4, 6-2
3rd place - Jack Peoples (Barton) def Shoma Tani (Hesston) 6-0, 6-2

Men's #5 Singles
Semis - Killian Dagneaux (Cowley) def Thales Machado de Souza (Barton) 6-1, 6-2
3rd place - Thales Machado de Souza (Barton) def Jeff Kauffman (Hesston) 6-2, 6-2

Men's #6 Singles
Semis - Casey Edwards (Cowley) def Tinashe Muzenyi (Barton) 7-5, 6-3
3rd place - Tinashe Muzenyi (Barton) def Oesch (Hesston) 6-7 (2), 6-3, 10-6

Men's #1 Doubles
Semis - Tost/Suiama (Cowley) def Miasato/Ponce (Barton) 6-2, 6-3
3rd place - Miasato/Ponce (Barton) def Jaber/Roth (Hesston) 8-3

Men's #2 Doubles
Semis - Oshiro/Walitzky (Cowley) def Valle/Peoples (Barton) 6-2, 6-1
3rd place - Valle/Peoples (Barton) def Flores/Tani (Hesston) 8-1

Men's #3 Doubles
Semis - #25 Dagneaux/Edwards (Cowley) def Machado/Muzenyi (Barton) 6-0, 6-3
3rd place - Machado/Muzenyi (Barton) def Kauffman/Oesch (Hesston) 8-4