Charlottesville, Va. – The doubles tandem of senior Daniel Gray (Bowie, Md./The Bullis School) and junior Alex Drean (Bayonne, France) captured the Orange Doubles division at the 2014 UVA Fall Classic on Friday, Oct. 3.
In singles action on Saturday, sophomore Biyik Akinshemoyin (Laurel, Md./Resevoir) highlighted UMBC's efforts by advancing to the semifinals of the Gold Division.
Gray and Drean continued their excellent fall by winning three matches to take the title. In the first round, they outlasted the duo of Bybel/Kane of Bucknell, 8-5, before going to the limit to take out Old Dominion's tandem of Weindl/Glavin, 8-7 (1). In their third match of the day, the Retriever pair overwhelmed the combined pair of Svensson (VCU) and Cornish (UVA), 8-2.
Akinshemoyin received a first-round bye and then proceeded to win a three-set marathon, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, over Ben Gerber of Bucknell. He will face Florin Radu of Princeton in the semifinals on Sunday.
2014 UVA Fall Classic (Results Through Oct. 4)
Blue Singles
Jonny Cornish, UVA def. Alex Drean, UMBC, 6-2, 6-4
Consolation: Drean def. Shamael Chaundhry, Davidson, 6-4, 6-2
Orange Singles
Jorge Azuero, Liberty def. Daniel Gray, UMBC, 7-5, 6-3
Gray def. Max Kane, Bucknell, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4
White Singles
Brett Moorhead, JMU def. Justin Lansinger, UMBC, 6-0, 6-1
Consolation: Michell Meekers, Radford def. Lansinger, 7-5, 6-3
Black Singles
Ricardo Pabon, ETSU def. Jeremy Gibbens, 6-3, 6-4
Consolation: George Cartledge, VT def. Gibbens, 7-5, 6-2
Gold Singles
QF: Biyik Akinshemoyin def. Ben Gerber, Bucknell, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
Red Singles
David Botti, ODU def. Kevin Hsieh, UMBC, 7-6 (3), 6-2
Consolation: Fernando Amon, ETSU def. Hsieh, 6-1, 6-1
Orange Doubles
QF: Gray/Drean def. Bybel/Kane, Bucknell, 8-5
SF: Gray/Drean def. Weindl/Glavin, ODU, 8-7 (1)
Finals: Gray/Drean def. Svensson, VCU/Cornish, UVA, 8-2
Black Doubles
QF: Cartledge/Ribas, VT def. Lansinger/Hsieh, UMBC, 8-3
Gold Doubles
Chaundry/Khrapko, Davidson def. Gibbens/Akinshemoyin, 8-5
