NVL San Antonio Day 1 - Articles

NVL San Antonio play was split into morning and evening sessions in deference to the 91 degree weather. It’s hot in Texas like most of the nation. Saturday will be busy, with the tournament scheduled to wrap up with the men’s final at 8:30. The morning session was scheduled from 8 a.m. to noon and the evening from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. But a combination of extremely competitive matches and light issues meant that the morning session ran until 1:15 p.m., and the evening session went from 5 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Men: The morning was unusually competitive as 12 of the 27 sets were deuce sets, illustrating the high level of the qualifier teams. This was especially evident in the first match of the day, when No. 1 Dave Palm/Eric Zaun outlasted No. 16 Michael Boag/Jorge Martinez 21-12, 19-21, 31-29. Despite the parity in the field, there were only two upsets in morning play, No. 12 Philip Burrow/Tyler Lesneski over new team and No. 5 Brandon Joyner/Skyler McCoy 22-20, 27-25, and Port St. Lucie finalists No. 10 Martin Caban/Petr Doubravsky over No. 7 Drew Hamilton and Daniel Lindsey. In the afternoon, Burrow/Lesneski continued their run, sending No. 4 Drew Mallin/Jon Mesko to the contender’s bracket 17-21, 22-20, 15-13. Burrow/Lesneski subsequently lost to No. 1 Dave Palm/Eric Zaun 21-19, 21-19, and are sitting in fifth place. “Incredible day at the NVL Texas,” Lesneski said.”Phil ‘Philly’ Burrow is a beast!” In the contenders bracket, qualifiers and No. 14 seed T.J. Cloud and Christopher Vaughan eliminated No....

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