Oct. 24, 2005
The University of Texas - Pan American men's and women's tennis teams traveled to College Station, TX this past weekend to compete in the ITA Tournament hosted by Texas A&M University.
Senior Oliver Steil (Brunssum, The Netherlands/AF North International School) won his first match and advanced to the round of 64. In the second round of the main draw, Steil was defeated 6-1, 6-1 by third-seed Robert Searle from Rice.
Newcome Andrew Bost (Corpus Christi, TX/Mary Carroll H.S.) lost his first match, placing him in the consolation bracket. In consolation action, Bost received a bye through the first and second rounds, then defeated Patrick Russ from Centenary 1-6, 6-3, 10-7. Bost dropped his next match 6-2, 6-0 against Texas Tech's Michael Breier.
Fellow Broncs Nik Porter (Tunbridge Wells, England/Bennett Memorial School) and Rehman Esmail (Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada/North Carolina State) were both competing in the consolation bracket after dropping their opening matches. Porter dropped his first consolation match 6-0, 6-3 while Esmail dropped both his matches after not being able to finish due to illness.
In doubles action, Bost-Steil were knocked out by Diblasi-Rojmar from Texas Tech 8-4 while teammates Esmail-Porter were handed a 8-1 loss by Tulane's Goulet-Sottocorno who reached the semifinals.
For the women, Silke Buksik (Waiblingen, Germany/Salier-Gymnasium Waiblingen) dropped her initial match 6-1, 6-0 to the 16th-seed in the tournament, Celine Vanweydeveld from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. Buksik then faced off against Melanie Brown from Prairie View A&M and dropped a 6-3, 6-4 decision. In her final match, Buksik fell to Teri Wilkerson 6-2, 6-3.
Maria de Bourqueney (Paris, France/Fenelon Sainte Marie) also faced a seeded opponent in Kristen Reid, the sixth-seed from SMU, who defeated her 6-2, 6-1. De Bourqueney lost her next match 6-3, 6-2 but bounced back to win her third match 6-2, 4-6, 10-7 against Sarah Reimer from the University of Houston.
For the women in doubles action, Sheila Mabulac (Edinburg, TX/Edinburg H.S.) and Elysia Sloan (Duncanville, TX/Duncanville H.S.) teamed up in an 8-0 loss to the eighth-seeded duo from Baylor. Mabulac-Sloan were then defeated by the Rambally twins from SMU. Buksik/de Bourqueney earned the 8-4 victory in their first matchup against a duo from Texas A&M - Corpus Christi but were knocked out by the third-seed duo from Baylor 8-2.
The Broncs are done for the fall while the Lady Broncs will be competing in San Antonio at the UTSA Fall Tournament on Friday and Saturday (Oct. 28-29).
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