Oct. 6, 2013

Final Stats

BOISE, Idaho - Aggie freshman Sebastian Schneider emerged as the champion of the Orange Flight singles bracket Sunday at the Dar Walters Tennis Classic in Boise, Idaho, hosted by Boise State.

On Saturday, Schneider won his quarterfinals and semifinals matchups to advance to the finals on Sunday. In the quarterfinals, Schneider defeated Seattle's Riley Newman (6-3, 6-0). In the semifinals, Schneider faced the number-one seed in Weber State's Caio Poitena and captured a three-set victory (2-6, 7-6, 6-1).

In the finals on Sunday, Schneider defeated Montana's Peter Mimnagh-Fleming (7-6(4), 7-5), who had earlier beat Aggie junior Sean Levesque in the quarterfinals (6-3, 5-7, 6-3).

During Saturday's Blue Flight action, Artemiy Nikitin of border-foe Idaho defeated Dennis Baumgartner (6-4, 6-2) in the quarterfinals, while Fredrik Peterson earned a win over Portland State's Will Cochrane (6-2, 6-4) in the consolation draw before losing to Idaho's Odon Barta (6-4, 6-7, 10-6).

On Saturday's Blue Flight doubles play, Nikitin and Barta defeated Schneider and Baumgartner (8-2), handing Schneider his only loss of the weekend.

Utah State's men's tennis returns to action this weekend, Oct. 11, at the Utah Invitational.

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Results - Dar Walters Tennis ClassicDay TwoBlue Flight - SinglesQuarterfinalsArtemiy Nikitin (UI) def. Dennis Baumgartner (USU) 6-4, 6-2
Blue Flight- ConsolationRound of 16Fredrik Peterson (USU) def. Will Cochrane (PSU) 6-2, 6-4
QuarterfinalsOdon Barta (UI) def. Fredrik Peterson (USU) 6-4, 6-7, 10-6
Orange Flight - SinglesQuarterfinalsSebastian Schneider (USU) def. Riley Newman (SU) 6-3, 6-0Peter Mimnagh-Fleming (UM) def. Sean Levesque (USU) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
SemifinalsSebastian Schneider (USU) def. Caio Poitena (WSU) 2-6, 7-6, 6-1
Blue Flight - DoublesQuarterfinalsArtemiy Nikitin/Odon Barta (UI) def. Sebastian Schneider/Dennis Baumgartner (USU)  8-2
Day ThreeOrange Flight - SinglesFinalsSebastian Schneider (USU) def. Peter Mimnagh-Fleming (UM) 7-6(4), 7-5