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Thomas Brennan - 2019
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Brennan and Michael Highlight @ButlerUMTennis Effort at Louisville Invitational


Final Results (PDF)

Butler continued fall tournament play with a weekend of matches a few hours south at the University of Louisville Invitational.

Sophomore Thomas Brennan won the consolation bracket of the A singles flight. After dropping an opening-round decision to eventual champion Tom Moonen of Middle Tennessee, Brennan responded with a straight-set victory over East Tennessee State's Dylan Bednarczyk and a 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7) win over Pablo Caffarena of Lipscomb to win the consolation final.

Sophomore Drew Michael won the G singles flight. After an opening-round bye, Michael knocked off Austin Peay's Julius Gold, 6-2, 6-4. Michael needed a third-set match tiebreaker to defeat Xavier's Aaron Thompson in the semifinals before defeating another Xavier player, Dominic Macaluso, 7-5, 6-2, in the flight's championship match.

In B singles flight action, freshmen Olof Wiklund and Filip Tensing each won a consolation match in straight sets, going 1-2 respectively in flight play.

Sophomore Ryan Roegner advanced to the consolation final in D singles play, utilizing a pair of match tiebreaker decisions over Temple's Francisco Bohorquez (6-0, 4-6, 11-9) and Xavier's Matt Graff (4-6, 6-2, 10-7). Roegner ended up falling to Austin Peay's Christian Alvin Edison, 6-0, 7-6.

Freshman Zach Trimpe won his opening match in E singles play, 8-2, over Xavier's Mike Lee. He then fell in a third-set match tiebreaker to Paul Reynolds of Bellarmine.

Freshman Michael Karr advanced all the way to the consolation final of the F singles bracket. After losing his first match, Karr won straight-set match-ups with Parrish Simmons of Ball State and Jacob Lorino of Austin Peay. He dropped the consolation final to Erik Gran of Youngstown State.

Brennan and Wiklund combined for a 1-1 mark in A doubles play. The Butler duo knocked off the top team from host Louisville, 6-4, before falling to Kentucky's Bougois/Hurrion, 6-4, in the semifinals. The Kentucky tandem would eventually win the flight.

The Bulldogs return to action with the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Oct. 24-29. The event will be contested on the Vanderbilt campus in Nashville, Tenn.
 
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Players Mentioned

Thomas Brennan

Thomas Brennan

6' 0"
Sophomore
Drew Michael

Drew Michael

6' 3"
Sophomore
Ryan Roegner

Ryan Roegner

6' 3"
Sophomore
Michael Karr

Michael Karr

6' 0"
Freshman
Zach Trimpe

Zach Trimpe

5' 7"
Freshman
Filip Tensing

Filip Tensing

6' 0"
Freshman
Olof Wiklund

Olof Wiklund

5' 7"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Thomas Brennan

Thomas Brennan

6' 0"
Sophomore
Drew Michael

Drew Michael

6' 3"
Sophomore
Ryan Roegner

Ryan Roegner

6' 3"
Sophomore
Michael Karr

Michael Karr

6' 0"
Freshman
Zach Trimpe

Zach Trimpe

5' 7"
Freshman
Filip Tensing

Filip Tensing

6' 0"
Freshman
Olof Wiklund

Olof Wiklund

5' 7"
Freshman
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