Liberty University
ITA All-American Championships
Flames Finish a Perfect 3-0 on Day 2 of All-American Championships
10/2/2022 4:41:58 PM | Men's Tennis
The Liberty Flames men’s tennis team finished with a 3-0 record on day two of the ITA All-American Championships.
The Flames’ Beau Pelletier, Christiaan Worst and Rafael Marques Da Silva each won their pre-qualifying consolation matches on Sunday morning. Pelletier and Worst competed at Tulsa’s Michael D. Case Tennis Center, while Marques Da Silva won his match at the Case Tennis Center at LaFortune Park.
All three players improve to 1-1 on the weekend in singles and will finish the ITA All-American Championships with those records in singles.
Thoughts From Head Coach Derek Schwandt
“Everyone on this team must convince themselves to respond over and over again regardless of how they are feeling. It’s going to be so important for us to buy in to the truth that adversity makes us better.
Key Stats & Notes
• Liberty’s Pelletier won his 8 a.m. match with Harrison Janes of Penn State by a 6-2, 6-4 score. The senior improves to 3-2 in singles, this fall.
• For the second straight day, the Flames’ Worst played a three-set match. This time, Worst prevailed, overcoming a one-set deficit to top Wichita State’s Alex Richards 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
• Competing against Indiana’s Luka Vukovic, Liberty’s Marques Da Silva prevailed 7-6 (3), 6-3. The Flames junior bolsters his singles mark this fall to 3-2.
• Through two days of competition, Liberty is 3-3 overall in singles. The Flames have yet to compete in any doubles matches.
Up Next
Liberty’s Josh Wilson will play in singles qualifying starting tomorrow at 8 a.m. against NC State’s No. 70 Robin Catry. Wilson and Christiaan Worst will compete in doubles qualifying on Monday afternoon as well, taking on Wake Forest’s Melios Efstathiou and Bozo Barun at 2 p.m. Meanwhile, Marques Da Silva and Pelletier will team up in doubles qualifying for a 1 p.m. contest versus Vanderbilt’s No. 38 Siim Troost and Michael Ross.
Tournament Website: https://bit.ly/3B34wEo
Remaining Schedule
Monday and Tuesday – Doubles and Singles Qualifying
Wednesday Through Sunday – Main Draw
