POMONA, Calif- Sonoma State's
Anthony Rollins and Conner Olson won both matches on Thursday afternoon to advance to the Round of Eight in the singles bracket at the 2009 Wilson/ITA Men's Tennis Championship hosted by Cal Poly Pomona.
Rollins defeated Sebastian Guevara of Grand Canyon (6-3, 6-2) before topping Joshua Lau of Cal Poly Pomona (5-7, 6-4 (9)) for a chance to compete in amongst eight remaining competitors in the singles tournament on Friday. Olson is also one of the top eight remaining, defeating Bryce Melcher (Grand Canyon) 6-0, 6-0 and Alex Placek (UC San Diego) 6-4, 6-1.
In the doubles tournament,
Quan Vu and Bryce Keefer swept the Grand Canyon team of Damon Mays and Melcher to move onto the Round of Eight on Friday at 3 p.m. Olson and partner Taylor Bianco also moved onto the next round following the defeat of Cal Poly Pomona's pair of Kevin Singer and James Lee.
Updated Tournament Brackets (as of Thursday night):
Men's Singles
Men's Doubles