NJCAA Tennis Tournament: Manatees are 10-2 on Day 2, jump to 2nd place in overall points

TYLER, TX- Day 3 of the NJCAA National Tennis Tournament was busy for the Manatees as all singles were in action as well as six doubles matches. The Manatees were 10-2 on the day and in the hunt for the national championship. Five singles players and two doubles teams have qualified for the national semifinals, to be held on Wednesday. L. Porry lost to K. Cartwright (Tyler Junior College) 6-0, 6-1 M. Palacios defeated I. Echezuria (Meridian Community College) 6-2. 6-1 Wei Lai defeated Y. Kunishima (SPC) 6-3, 7-6 A. Porry defeated A. Hawkins (New Mexico Military Institute) 6-3, 6-3 A. Martinez defeated P. Garcia (Broward) 6-3, 7-6 L. Lapp defeated A. Fouts (Temple) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 #1 Doubles defeated Eastern Arizona 6-2, 6-2 and Georgia Perimeter 6-3, 6-2 #2 Doubles defeated Seminole State 6-0, 6-1 and ABAC 6-3, 6-2 #3 Doubles lost to ASA 6-3, 6-2 and defeated USC –Lancaster 6-0, 6-0 in consolation Team Totals (Day 3) 1. Tyler - 36 2. State College of Florida - 30.5 3. Broward - 30 4. ASA - 29 4. Cowley - 29 6. Collin - 28 7. Temple - 25 8. St. Petersburg - 23 9. Mesa - 18 9. New Mexico Military - 18 11. Eastern Arizona - 17 12. Georgia Perimeter - 16.5 13. ABAC - 16 14. Seminole State - 15.5 15. Meridian - 13.5 16. Johnson County - 12.5 17. Pima - 11 18. Itawamaba - 10.5 19. Central Alabama - 8.5 20. Snead State - 8 21. USC Lancaster - 7.5 22. Grand Rapids - 6 22. Jones County - 6 22. Kaskaskia - 6 25. Lewis & Clark - 5 26. College of Lake County - 4 27. Seward - 3.5 28. College of DuPage - 2.5 29. Moraine Valley – 1