ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. – Luis Guevara's unbeaten record highlighted the St. Bonaventure men's tennis team's performance in the SBU Fall Classic.
The three-day event finished with championship day on Sunday, and Guevara (pictured) was the big winner for the Bonnies. The senior went a combined 6-0 in singles and doubles matches against competitors from Niagara and Roberts Wesleyan.
Guevara finished off his perfect weekend by topping Niagara's Brandon Gallegos, 8-7, in singles action. The native of Venezuela then partnered with fellow senior Oscar Yanez for an 8-4 triumph over the Purple Eagles' David Raymond and Olivier Dufour-Coursol. Behind their 3-0 weekend, Guevara and Yanez improved to 5-1 in doubles matches this season.
Elliot Fanshel also was undefeated in three singles matches during the tournament for the Bonnies. The junior finished off his championship weekend with an 8-7 victory over Niagara's Raymond on Sunday.
Fanshel also teamed with freshman Celso de Vera Rehberger for an 8-6 win over Niagara's Gallegos and Matt Bojanowski in doubles play. Fanshel and de Vera Rehberger went 2-1 together during the tournament.
Yanez, Trevor Haskell, Javier Ortiz and Mihai Ene chipped in singles victories for St. Bonaventure on Sunday.
Yanez, who won two of three matches over the weekend, defeated Roberts Weslyan's Julio Toledo-Lopez, 8-5. Haskell won both of his matches in the tournament, finishing with an 8-0 victory on Sunday. Meanwhile, Ortiz topped Niagara's Emmanuel Lacasse, 8-6, and Ene downed the Purple Eagles' Mike Mucci, 8-6.
De Vera Rehberger, who fell to Roberts Wesleyan's Charlie Farres on Sunday, went 2-1 over the weekend in singles competition.
The Bonnies continue their fall season at the three-day Yale Tournament, which is scheduled to begin on Friday.
Championship Day
Doubles
Guevara/Yanez (SBU) def. Raymond/Dufour-Coursol (NU), 8-4
Fanshel/de Vera Rehberger (SBU) def. Lacasse/Schwojer (NU), 8-6
Toledo-Lopez/Farres (RW) def. Cardenas/Haskell (SBU), 8-4
Gallegos/Bojanowski (NU) def. Ene/Ortiz (SBU), 8-2
Sadowitz/Rauchle (RW) def. Mucci/Mackowski (NU), 8-3
Singles
Fanshel (SBU) def. Raymond (NU), 8-7
Guevara (SBU) def. Gallegos (NU), 8-7
Schwojer (NU) def. Beer (RW), 8-1
Ortiz (SBU) def. Lacasse (NU), 8-6
Farres (RW) def. de Vera Rehberger (SBU), 8-6
Yanez (SBU) def. Toledo-Lopez (RW), 8-5
Dufour-Coursol (NU) def. Sadowitz (RW), 8-2
Rauchle (RW) def. Bojanowski (NU), 8-1
Haskell (SBU) def. Mackowski (NU), 8-0
Ene (SBU) def. Mucci (NU), 8-6
