Jan. 18, 2013

Thousand Oaks, Calif. - The UCLA men's tennis team had four players reach the quarterfinals of singles at the Sherwood Collegiate Cup on Friday, as play began at the beautiful Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

UCLA's Marcos Giron, Adrien Puget, Dennis Novikov and Dennis Mkrtchian each won a pair of matches to reach Saturday's quarterfinals. All four players will be facing opponents from USC.

Although he lost in the round of 16, redshirt freshman Karue Sell also turned in a big win on the day, as he notched a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Baylor's Mate Zsiga in the opening round. Zsiga was a 5-8 seed in the tournament.

Doubles play begins on Saturday followed by quarterfinal singles matches. Complete results from Friday's action are below.

Sherwood Collegiate Cup Main Draw Singles (Friday, Jan. 18)

First Round
Marcos Giron (UCLA) def. Jamin Ball (Stanford) 6-1, 6-3
Roberto Quiroz (USC) def. Seth Stolar (UCLA) 6-2, 6-4
Ray Sarmiento (USC) def. Ryoto Tachi (UCLA) 7-5, 6-2
John Morrissey (Stanford) def. Alex Brigham (UCLA) 6-2, 6-2
Karue Sell (UCLA) def. Mate Zsiga (Baylor) 6-4, 6-4
Dennis Novikov (UCLA) def. Maciek Romanowicz (Stanford) 6-3, 6-4
Adrien Puget (UCLA) def. Tony Lupieri (Baylor) 7-5, 7-6(5)
Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) def. Robert Stineman (Stanford) 6-3, 7-5

Rd. of 16
Marcos Giron (UCLA) def. Max De Vroome (USC) 6-4, 6-2
Dennis Novikov (UCLA) def. Marko Krickovic (Baylor) 6-4, 7-5
Adrien Puget (UCLA) def. Emilio Gomez (USC) 6-4, 6-1
Yannick Hanfmann (USC) def. Karue Sell (UCLA) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) def. Jonny Wang (USC) 6-4, 6-1

Quarterfinals (Saturday, Jan. 19)
Dennis Novikov (UCLA) vs. Roberto Quiroz (USC)
Marcos Giron (UCLA) vs. Eric Johnson (USC)
Adrien Puget (UCLA) vs. Yannick Hanfmann (USC)
Dennis Mkrtchian (UCLA) vs. Ray Sarmiento (USC)