North Carolina State University Athletics
Sanchez Gomez Ends Run at ITA All-American Championships
10/3/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Oct. 3, 2011
TULSA, Okla. - Sophomore Ivan Sanchez Gomez won his second-round match in the prequalifying round of the ITA All-American Championships at Tulsa's Case Tennis Center, taking a three-set match over Southern Methodist's Max Ando-Hirsch, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Gomez, who had a first-round bye, then lost his Sunday match to eventual bracket winner Johnny Grimal of Memphis, 2-6, 6-1, 7-5.
Both junior Matt Thomson and freshman Austin Powell lost their prequalifying matches on Saturday at the ITA All-American Championships at Tulsa's Case Tennis Center.
Powell, who reached the Division II finals of last weekend's Southern Intercollegiate Championships, fell in three sets to DePaul's Filip Dzanko in an early morning match, 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-2.
Thomson fell to Southern Illinois' Jorge Cavero, 6-2, 6-2.
Senior Dominic Hodgson begins play in the tournament's qualifying round on Monday at 4 p.m., when he faces Stanford's Denis Lin.
NC STATE TENNIS RESULTS
Austin Powell lost to Filip Dzanko, DePaul, 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-2.
Matt Thomson lost to Jorge Cavero, Southern Illinois, 6-2, 6-2.
Ivan Sanchez Gomez def. Max Ando-Hirsch, Southern Methodist, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Ivan Sanchez Gomez lost to Johnny Grimal, Memphis, 2-6, 6-1, 7-5.






