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Saints Fall in Oracle Cup 'Super Bowl' Final

Saints Fall in Oracle Cup 'Super Bowl' Final

The Seward County doubles team of Carlos Anez and Ondrej Nice made history for the Saints on Saturday, becoming the first Seward duo to win a match in the Oracle Cup 'Super Bowl' with a victory over NCAA Division III Champions Emory University, but the pair was upended in the Super Bowl final by a red hot Georgia Gwinett to narrowly miss a trip to New York and the ITA National Indoor Championships. 

 

In their first match of the Oracle Cup finals, the Saints took on Jemison/Omsky of Emory University who one day earlier had captured the NCAA Division III National Championship.  The Saints started the semifinal strong, winning the first three games to go ahead 3-0 and up two breaks in the first set, but Emory found their groove, winning the final six games of the set, breaking the Seward serve three times to take the first 6-3.  It looked like it might be a quick exit for the Saints in the second as Emory served for the match, up 6-5, but a key break by Seward sent the second to a tiebreak in which Anez/Nice rose to the occasion, winning easily 7-2 to push things to a deciding third set.  The Saints kept the momentum from the second and rolled it right over to the third, having little problem with the Eagles in a 6-2 win, earning a coveted spot in the Oracle Cup final on Sunday. 

 

Sunday the competition ramped up just a bit as Anez/Nice stood across the net from the defending Super Bowl Champs and heavy favorites from Georgia Gwinett College.  The Saints managed a pair of games early, but the Grizzlies just had too much firepower as they finished off the first 6-2 and blanked Seward in the second 6-0 to claim the cup championship and punch their ticket for the ITA Indoor National Championships. 

 

In singles action on Saturday, Anez pulled out a grueling three set, come from behind  win 6-7 (8), 6-1, 7-5 over Alessio Paro of American River in the 5th place match of the singles tournament to end his weekend in 5th place. 

 

Anez and Nice become the first Saints doubles team to win a match in the Super Bowl finals while Anez's 5th place finish also marks the best in Seward County history at the event. 

 

The championship weekend for the Saints officially brings Seward's fall season to an end.  Anez and Nice will now likely open the spring season as the top ranked doubles team in the ITA Rankings. 

 

COMPLETE ORACLE CUP SUPER BOWL RESULTS