October 12, 2007

Jacome Continues on at Small College Nationals

Moves into 5th Place Match

     Kearney, Neb. – This morning at the ITA National Small College Championships in Mobile, Ala., Nebraska-Kearney senior tennis player William Jacome survived by winning his consolation match.

      Going up against 2^nd seed Julien Carsuzza of Lynn U. (Fla.), Jacome won 6-4, 6-2. In the last national rankings (May), Carsuzza came in at No. 10 with Jacome ranked 30th.

      Jacome now advances to the fifth place match, which will take place tomorrow (Oct. 13) at 10:30 a.m. There, he'll face Bijan Moallemi of UC San Diego. Moallemi out lasted Robert Jendelund of Armstrong Atlantic State, Ga. (4-6, 6-4, 6-4) in his console match today. 

     On Thursday, Jacome lost to Alex Grubin of Concordia-N.Y. (3-6, 6-3, 2-6) in one national quarterfinal match. Grubin breezed into the finals today with a straight sets win over Incarnate Word's Henry Estrella (6-1, 6-0).  

      All tournament action on Friday and Saturday will be video webcasted live at http://braingame.dartfishnet.com/

      For complete tournament information, go to: www.itatennis.com/SmallCollege07/main.htm.