DES MOINES, Iowa- Senior Matheus Pereira and sophomore
Alvaro Gutierrez earned their way into the championship matches of the
respective singles flights, as play continued at the Missouri Valley Conference
Men's Tennis Individual Championships on Saturday at the Roger Knapp Tennis
Center.
Pereira took down No. 91 Billy Paluch of Creighton, 6-3,
7-6. He will face No. 68 James McKie of Drake in the finals of flight one on
Sunday. Gutierrez will face Jean Erasmus of Drake on Sunday after he defeated
Jakub Eisner of Illinois State, 0-6, 7-6(6), 6-0 in the semifinals of flight
two.
Sophomore Tomislav Gregurovic was defeated in the semifinals
of flight two by Robin Goodman of Drake, 6-3, 6-4, and Guillermo Nicol lost by
default in flight three against Ahmed Albitar.
In doubles play, Matheus Pereira and Alvaro Gutierrez teamed
up to go 1-1 in flight two doubles pool play. They defeated Elliot Baker and
Ryan Norman of Creighton 8-7(4) after falling to Robin Goodman and Jean Erasmus
of Drake, 8-1. The duo will face Muddappa Appanervanda and Rolondo Torrellas of
Illinois State in the semifinals on Sunday.
The final day of the MVC Individual Championships starts at
9 a.m. on Sunday. The semifinals and finals of the doubles flights will be
played first, followed by the finals of the singles flights. Results will be
posted on GoShockers.com following the completion of play.
-WICHITA STATE-