Michigan
ITA All-American Prequalifying
Beam and Long Advance in Singles at All-American Championships
10/11/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Senior John Long (Ann Arbor, Mich./Huron HS) and sophomore Henry Beam (Kalamazoo, Mich./Loy Norrix HS) were two of 23 prequalifiers to advance to the qualifying draw of the 1999 All-American Championships (Oct. 12-13). Overall, the Wolverines posted a victory in all seven opening round singles matches and claimed a 16-5 record in singles competition during the prequalifier. Michigan claimed a win in two-of-three doubles matches and finished with a 2-3 mark.
Long made his way to the qualifying portion of the tournament by posting an impressive 4-0 record in the prequalifier. He survived three-set match in the first round against Texas' Michael Domanski (4-6, 6-4, 6-2) then disposed of three consecutive opponents in straight sets - Boise State's Gabe Coren (7-5, 6-1), Ball State's Ryan Baxter (6-1, 6-1) and UC-Irvine's David Matthew (7-5, 6-0) to reach the qualifying singles draw. Long's first-round victory was the 60th singles win of his career (63-27 overall record).
Beam advanced with three wins in the prequalifier. Beam got things underway by beating Miami's Arpad Odry in the first round (6-3, 6-2) and held on for a three-set victory over Denver's Tomasz Wawrzyniak (7-6, 5-7, 6-2) in the second round. He advanced with a third-round win over Texas-Arlington's Per-Nik Karlsson (6-3, 6-4).
Sophomore Ben Cox (Spring Lake, Mich./Spring Lake HS) came within one victory of advancing, losing in the fourth round to Oklahoma State's Chris Bates (7-5, 6-3). Cox posted a 3-1 tournament record and started with impressive victories over Denver's Magnus Ramfelt (6-3, 6-3) and Texas A&M's Keith From (6-3, 7-6). He came back from an opening set loss in the third round to defeat Arizona's Caleb Marquardt (4-6, 6-0, 6-2) before losing to Ramfelt.
Freshman Zachary Held (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central HS) and senior Brad McFarlane (Kingston, Ontario/Bayridge Secondary HS) posted 2-1 records at the All-American Championships. Sophomore Danny McCain (Largo, Fla./Canterbury School) and senior Ron Nano (Great Neck, N.Y./South HS) won opening round matches before losing second round contests.
Following are match-by-match results from the pre-qualifying session:
Singles
Henry Beam
First Round - d. Arpad Odry (Miami), 6-3, 6-2
Second Round - d. Tomasz Wawrzyniak (Denver), 7-6 (0), 5-7, 6-2
Third Round - d. Per-Nik Karlsson (UT-Arlington), 6-3, 6-4
Posted 3-0 Record and Moved on to Qualifier
John Long
First Round - d. Michael Domanski (Texas), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Second Round - d. Gabe Coren (Boise State), 7-5, 6-1
Third Round - d. Ryan Baxter (Ball State), 6-1, 6-1
Fourth Round - d. David Matthew (UC-Irvine), 7-5, 6-0
Posted 4-0 Record and Moved on to Qualifier
Ben Cox
First Round - d. Magnus Ramfelt (Denver), 6-3, 6-3
Second Round - d. Keith From (Texas A&M), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
Third Round - d. Caleb Marquardt (Arizona), 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
Fourth Round - l. Chris Bates (Oklahoma State), 7-5, 6-3
Finished with a 3-1 Record
Brad McFarlane
First Round - d. Bruno Arapovic (Arizona), 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
Second Round - d. Stephen Moros (Texas A&M), 3-6, 6-2, 7-5
Third Round - l. Ollie Nystrom (Middle Tennessee State), 6-2, 6-3
Finished with a 2-1 Record
Zachary Held
First Round - d. Jason Kirkland (Abilene Christian), 7-5, 6-2
Second Round - d. Johan Lindqvist (Miami), 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
Third Round - l. Brad Erickson (Northwestern), 7-6 (0), 6-0
Finished with a 2-1 Record
Danny McCain
First Round - d. Matt Prentice (Oklahoma State), 6-2, 7-5
Second Round -- l. Anthony Ross (Pepperdine), 6-3, 6-4
Finished with a 1-1 Record
Ron Nano
First Round - d. Jared Snyder (American), 6-4, 6-3
Second Round - l. Jimmy Borendame (Butler), 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-1
Finished with a 1-1 Record
Doubles
Brad McFarlane/Ron Nano
First Round - d. Lee Porter/Damiisa Robinson (Clemson), 8-6
Second Round - l. Jevenij Carloy/Jeremy Earl (Texas Tech), 8-3
Finished with a 1-1 Record
John Long/Zachary Held
First Round - d. Greg Bjorkman/David Matthew (UC-Irvine), 8-6
Second Round - l. Per-Nik Karlsson/Mattias Larsson (UT-Arlington), 8-4
Finished with a 1-1 Record
Henry Beam/Ben Cox
First Round - Bye
Second Round - l. Hiro Nakamura/David Tzou (California), 8-6
Finished with an 0-1 Record
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