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Oct. 30, 2009

AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas A&M men's tennis team had one player and two doubles teams advance to the quarterfinals of the University of Texas Invitational held Friday afternoon at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center.

Junior newcomer Jack Seider (Austin, Texas) reached the quarterfinals in the singles B draw and the doubles main draw. Seider, a transfer from TCU, defeated David Subirats of UT Arlington in three sets, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, in the round of 32 and James Thorp of Lamar, 6-1, 6-3, in the opening round. He will face Justin Raiti of Laredo Community College tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. (CT) for a spot in the semifinals.

Seider also teamed up with freshman Alberto Bautista (McAllen, Texas) where the pair made some noise in the doubles draw with an 8-5 victory over Brett Powers and Mick Walter of Saint Edward's in the round of 16 and an 8-4 win over Nicholas Boulieris and Otavio Perim of Marquette in the round of 32. The Aggie duo will meet No. 13-ranked and top-seeded Dimitar Kutrovsky and Josh Zavala of Texas tomorrow in the quarterfinals at noon (CT).

Junior Calon Alpar (Austin, Texas) and junior Patrick Dean (Dallas, Texas) also reached doubles quarterfinal action with an 8-1 victory over Mateus Campos and Antoine Raffaelli of Laredo CC.

In singles B consolation play, Dean along with freshman walk-on Sameer Patwardahn (Mumbai, India) and freshman Beau Blackshear (Brentwood, Tenn.) advanced to the second round which will begin tomorrow at 9:40 a.m. and 12:20 p.m. respectively. Fall tournament play continues through Sunday.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS INVITATIONAL
Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2009
Penick-Allison Tennis Center
at Austin, Texas

SINGLES
Round of 32
Dusan Medan (Marquette) def. Alberto Bautista (Texas A&M), 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.
Consolation
Nicholas Boulieris (Marquette) def. Alberto Bautista (Texas A&M), 6-3, 6-4.

SINGLES B
Round of 16
Jack Seider (Texas A&M) def. David Subirats (UTA), 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.
Jason Lateko (UTA) def. Sameer Patwardahn (Texas A&M), 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.
Leury Arias (Laredo CC) def. Calon Alpar (Texas A&M), 6-1, 6-4.
Round of 32
Jack Seider (Texas A&M) def. James Thorp (Lamar), 6-1, 6-3.
Sameer Patwardahn (Texas A&M) def. Boris Barrios (Saint Edward's), withdraw (injury).
Calon Alpar (Texas A&M) def. Justin Raiti (Saint Edward's), 7-5, 6-2.
Christian Saravia (Rice) def. Patrick Dean (Texas A&M), 6-2, 6-3.
Adam Srkala (UTA) def. Beau Blackshear (Texas A&M), 6-1, 6-0.
Consolation
Patrick Dean (Texas A&M) def. Paul Amri (UTA), withdraw.
Beau Blackshear (Texas A&M) def. Martin Ayala (UTSA), withdraw.

DOUBLES
Round of 16
Bautista-Seider (Texas A&M) def. Brett Powers-Mick Walter (Saint Edward's), 8-5.
Alpar-Dean (Texas A&M) def. Campos-Raffaelli (Laredo CC), 8-1.
Hilliard-Whitehead (Texas) def. Blackshear-Patwardahn (Texas A&M), 8-4.
Round of 32
Bautista-Seider (Texas A&M) def. Boulieris-Perim (Marquette), 8-4.
Alpar-Dean (Texas A&M) def. Lateko-Sano (UTA), 8-3.
Blackshear-Patwardahn (Texas A&M) def. Amri-Meolor (UTA), walkover.