Men's Tennis | 9/22/2019 3:25:00 PM

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Barry University's men's tennis team put on a dominant display at the Sailfish Invitational hosted by Palm Beach Atlantic from Friday, Sep. 20 to Sunday, Sep. 22.

THE MATCHUPS

The tournament field featured mainly Sunshine State Conference competition including Florida Southern, Rollins, Lynn, Saint Leo, Palm Beach Atlantic and also out of conference opponent Keiser.

Alessandro Guliatto won the singles flight two championship, beating teammate Carlos Gomez for the title. At singles flight three, Ignaci Forcano beat teammate Tim Buttner to win the championship. At singles flight four, Martin Gutierrez won three straight to take the title.

SUMMARY:

• DOUBLES Flight One
  • Quarterfinals
    • Ciocanu/Van den Akker(SLU) def. Alessandro Giuliato/Alejandro Ortega Palacios(Barry) 8-5
    • Alejandro Ibañez Gallego/Carlos Gomez(Barry) def. Pham/Pham(FSC) 8-3
  • Semifinals
    • Ibanez Gallego/Carlos Gomez(Barry) def. Brignacca/Gezer(RC) 8-3 
  • Finals
    • Baptisa/Hocevar(Lynn) def. Ibanez Gallego/Gomez(Barry) 9-7
  • Backdraw
    • Giuliato/Ortega Palacios(Barry) def. Turosienski/Ferraris(KU) 9-7
    • Faletto/Mensour(SLU) def. Giuliato/Ortega Palacios(Barry) 8-4

• DOUBLES Flight Two
  • Quarterfinals
    • Carlston/Hasegawa(PBA) def. Ignasi Forcano/Martin Gutierrez(Barry) 8-3
  • Backdraw
    • Forcano/Gutierrez(Barry) def. Vega/Trustfull(Saint Leo) 8-6
    • Forcano/Gutierrez(Barry) def. Hoffmann/Rosi-PBA 8-5

• SINGLES Flight One
  • Quarterfinals
    • Ibanez Gallego(Barry) def. Brandon Pham(FSC) 6-4, 6-4
    • Gomez(Barry) def. Atakan Gezer(Rollins) 6-0, 6-4
  • Semifinals
    • Aurel Ciocanu(SLU) def. Ibanez Gallego(Barry) 7-5, 6-4
    • Bruno Faletto(SLU) def. Gomez(Barry) 6-4, 6-1

• SINGLES Flight Two
  • Quarterfinals
    • Giuliato(Barry) def. Umberto Rosi(PBA) 6-3, 7-6(5)
    • Ortega Palacios(Barry) def. Erik Nordbloom(FSC) 2-6, 6-2, 10-3
  • Semifinals
    • Giuliato(Barry) def. Robin Calais(LU) 7-5, 6-1
    • Ortega(Barry) def. Phillipp Hoffmann(PBA) 6-2, 6-4 
  • Finals
    • Giuliato(Barry) def. Ortega(Barry) 6-2, Ret.

• SINGLES Flight Three
  • Quarterfinals
    • Forcano(Barry) def. Julian Turosienski(KU) 6-2, 6-3
    • Tim Buttner(Barry) def. Andrea Brignacca(RC) 7-5, 6-2
  • Semifinals
    • Forcano(Barry) def. Gabe Hocevar(LU) 6-0, 6-2
    • Tim Buttner(Barry) def. Valentin Hertweck(FSC) 6-0, 7-5
  • Finals
    • Forcano(Barry) def. Buttner(Barry) 6-2, 6-7(1), 12-10

• SINGLES Flight Four
  • Quarterfinals
    • Martin Gutierrez(Barry) def. Ricardo Ferraris(KU) 6-7(5), 6-4, 10-2
  • Semifinals
    • Gutierrez(Barry) def. Brian Pham(FSC) 6-1, 6-4
  • Finals
    • Gutierrez(Barry) def. David Perez(SLU) 6-3, 7-6(5)