OK I'm a bit behind with this post but two weekends ago 4 brave Whitties travel to Boise to participant in the Bronco Fall Tournament. This is mostly a DI tournament with some open players. In fact we were the only non-scholarship school at the tournament. I wasn't at the tournament but the guys all mentioned they loved playing the tournament and thought the played well.
Chris Bailey had a rough first match losing to Boise State sophomore Stefan Simikic 6-1, 6-1. Stefan was one of the top Southern CA junior players and was a HS All-American before arriving at Boise State.
Etienne Moshevich is still nursing a sore shoulder that kept him out last Spring. In his first match he defeated Brandon Nielsen of Utah State 6-4, 6-0. In the second round he lost a tough 6-3, 6-3 match to the #10 seed Jakub Asplund (#1 for Utah State). ET says he played a great match and had several break opportunities in each set. Jakub ended up making the semi's before losing to Idaho's #1 player in 3 long sets.
Nadeem Kassam won his first match 6-3, 6-2 against Paulo Miranda. Paulo was recently a standout tennis player at Idaho. Nadeem then lost a tight 6-3, 6-4 match to the #5 seed Hodel of Boise State.
Matt Solomon opened a few eyes with his strong play. In the first round he defeated Micheal Banks of Utah State 6-4, 6-3. In the round of 32 Matt pulled off one of the big upsets of the tournament knocking off the #8 seed Blaine Shields of BSU 7-5, 6-2. Blaine played 3 years of tennis at Santa Clara before transferring to BSU. This year he is expected to play in the Bronco top 6. In the round of 16 Matt continued his winning ways defeating the #13 seed P. Turzanski (#1 from Montana State). In the QTRS Matt's Cinderella story came to a close as he lost 6-3, 6-1 to the #2 seed (and eventual champion) Keen Feeder of Boise State.
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