Oct. 16, 2010
EVANSTON, Ill. - Junior Jan-Frans Engelbrecht netted his way through the consolation singles semifinal on Saturday, upsetting Marquette's Thibault Troude 6-2, 6-2. The Cape Town, South Africa, native moved past his quarterfinal opponent Robin Ravel (Wisconsin) after the Badger retired. The final pits Engelbrecht against Jonathan Schwerin of Marquette on Sunday at 8 a.m.
Purdue teammate Matt Manasse was eliminated from the draw by Iowa's Jeroen Gartworst 6-3, 6-4. Manasse (Bradenton, Fla.) faces Engelbrecht foe, Ravel, on Sunday in a consolation match.
Also in singles competition today, sophomore Billy Heuer was defeated by tough Western Michigan foe Kazuya Komada 6-2, 6-4. Heuer (Munster, Ind.) then faced DePaul's Ben Hartman for a chance at third place in the bracket, but fell 6-2, 6-2 to the Blue Devil.
Heuer and Engelbrecht fell in the doubles consolation semifinals to Jonathan Mamlat and Dan Schwerin of Marquette 8-6, while Manasse and doubles pair Mitch Beckert of Iowa were defeated by Ben Hartman and George Chanturia of DePaul 8-4.
The event entails two singles draws (A & B) of 16 players each along with a doubles draw of the same number. All matches are being played indoors.
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Wildcat Invitational - Agate
Oct. 16
Evanston, Ill. - Combe Indoor Tennis Center
Singles - Flight A - Consolation Quarterfinals
Kazuya Komada (WMU) def. Billy Heuer (Purdue) 6-2, 6-4
Singles - Flight B - Consolation Quarterfinals
J. F. Englebrecht (Purdue) def. Robin Ravel (MU) ret.
Jeroen Gartworst (IA) def. Matt Manasse (Purdue) 6-3, 6-4
Singles - Flight B - Consolation Quarterfinals
J. F. Englebrecht (Purdue) def. Thibault Troude (MU) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles - Consolation - Quarterfinals
Hartman/Chanturia (DEP) def. Matt Manasse (Purdue)/Mitch Beckert (Iowa) 8-4
Billy Heuer/J. F. Englebrecht (Purdue) def. Mamlat/Schwerin (MU) 8-6
Schedule - Oct. 17
Singles - Flight B - Consolation Finals
Jan-Frans Engelbrecht (Purdue) vs. Jonathan Schwerin (MU) at 8 a.m.
Singles - Flight B - Consolation
Robin Ravel (MU) vs. Matt Manasse (Purdue) at 12:30 p.m.