Saurombe/Casares Win Two to Finish 5th at ITA Nationals
Ronzai Saurombe and Felipe Casares shook off an opening round loss at the 2014 ITA National Tournament this weekend with a pair of wins to finish 5th at the tournament Saturday.
In the semifinal round of the consolation bracket, Saurombe and Casares took on the team that defeated them just two weeks earlier in the ITA Regional Championships, Alex Clerihew and Ian Sioux of Seminole State. The match was a good one, just as it was the first time around, with the Saints coming out on top of a 7-6 (5) first set to take the early lead. The second set was another dogfight between the regional rivals, but once again it was Saurombe and Casares breaking through with a 7-5 win to take the match 2-0.
The win pushed them through to the 5th place match in the tournament where they were opposite Skylar Flowers and Brandon Lane of Mississippi Gulf Coast. The Saints duo finished with a bang, blowing away the Bulldogs top pair 6-0, 6-2 to claim 5th place in the tournament.
Saurombe and Casares finish the fall season 4-2 as a pair and claim the programs second straight top 5 finish at the ITA National Tournament after winning the championship in 2013.