Tournament Central

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Top-seeded West Liberty and second-seeded West Virginia Wesleyan each posted victories in the MEC Tournamnet Semifinals and will meet on Sunday for the championship. The Hilltoppers swept past Concord, 5-0, while the Bobcats got past Charleston, 5-3.

WLU opened the day with convincing wins at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles, and the partnership of Matt Tully and Pable Cimorra's 8-6 win at No. 3 doubles gave the 'Toppers the full three points. West Liberty's Santiago Gutierrez notched a win at No. 2 singles and the Mountain Lions were forced to retire at No. 3 singles clinching the win for WLU.

In the second semifinal, UC won at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles to forge a 2-1 lead heading into the singles. The Bobcats rallied, though, as MEC Player of the Year Joel Izquierdo and Jacobo Rendon won in three sets at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively. The Golden Eagles won at No. 3 singles, but WVWC closed out the match as Ranon Rodriguez and Aitor Reparaz won at No. 4 and No. 5.

#1 West Liberty def. #4 Concord, 5-0
Doubles
#1 Ponder/Gutierrez (WLU) def. Camplin/Fonrondona (CU), 8-2
#2 Moncayo/Perrin (WLU) def. Ebert/Moore (CU), 8-2
#3 Tully/Cimorra (WLU) def. Wright/Toshif (CU), 8-6

Singles
#2 Santiago Gutierrez (WLU) def. Danni Fonrondona (CU), 6-0, 6-0
#3 Baptiste Perrin (WLU) def. Johnny Toshif (CU), 6-1, Ret.

#2 West Virginia Wesleyan def. #3 Charleston, 5-3
Doubles
#1 Foote/Okoth (UC) def. Izquierdo/Reparaz (WVWC), 8-6
#2 Gammell/Lorenz (UC) def. Oliveria/Fernandez (WVWC), 8-6
#3 Savill/Rendon (WVWC) def. Shah/Bakos (WVWC), 8-3

Singles
#1 Joel Izquierdo (WVWC) def. Alec Foote (UC), 6-3, 0-6, 6-3
#2 Jacobo Rendon (WVWC) def. James Gammell (UC), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
#3 Dennis Okoth (UC) def. Ferran Berga (WVWC), 6-2, 6-2
#4 Ranon Rodriguez (WVWC) def. Jake Lorenz (UC), 6-0, 6-0
#5 Aitor Reparaz (WVWC) def. Nick Bakos (UC), 6-0, 6-1