Southeast: The main draw got started on Friday and the host Florida Gators cleaned up going 8-0 which included Josh Wardell (13.18) beating Georgia’s Walker Duncan (13.68) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. 11 of the top 16 seeds won their opening round match but Georgia’s Wayne Montgomery and South Florida’s Sasha Gozun weren’t 2 of them. Florida State’s Marco Nunez (13.41) upset the #2 seed Montgomery (14.51) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 while Miami’s Max Andrews (13.56) beat the #8 seed Gozun (13.55) 6-3, 6-3.
Southeast (Gainesville) Regional – Draws
[1] Cid (USF) vs. Perez (UF)
Bertran (USF) vs. Nunez (FSU)
Southern: Tulane occupies 3 of the 8 quarterfinal spots after Sebastian Rey (13.46) beat the #8 seed Ole Miss’s Filip Kraljevic (13.20) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, Tyler Schick (12.97) beat Alabama’s Nikko Madregallejo (12.93) 6-3, 6-3, and Constantin Schmitz (13.71) beat the #5 seed Alabama’s Korey Lovett (13.19) 6-4, 4-6, 7-5. Troy’s Giovani Samaha (12.75) upset the #2 seed Ole Miss’s Ricardo Jorge (12.92) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 and South Alabama’s Tuki Jacobs (12.75) upset the #7 seed Alabama’s Mazen Osama (13.29) 3-6, 6-0, 6-2.
Southern (Tuscaloosa) Regional – Singles Draw
Quarterfinals
[9-16] Simon Freund (LSU) vs. [9-16] Tuki Jacobs (South Alabama)
[9-16] Becker O’Shaughnessey (Alabama) vs. Sebastian Rey (Tulane)
[6] Max Hinnisdaels (Auburn) vs. Tyler Schick (Tulane)
[9-16] Constantin Schmitz (Tulane) vs. Giovani Samaha (Troy)
Ohio Valley: After 3 of the top 7 seeds went out on Day 1 things leveled out a bit on Friday with most of the higher seeds moving on. A few of the surprises were Louisville’s Brandon Lancaster (13.09) knocking off the #11 seed Vanderbilt’s Kris Yee (13.64) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 and Tennessee Tech’s Edu Mena (12.87) upsetting the #4 seed East Tennessee State’s David Biosca (13.41) 6-4, 6-4.
Ohio Valley (Knoxville) Regional – Singles Draw
Round of 16
Elliott Yee (Indiana) vs. Brandon Lancaster (Louisville)
[13] Igor Smelyanski (Tennessee) vs. Ricky Medinilla (Purdue)
Edu Mena (Tennessee Tech) vs. Ryan Smith (Vanderbilt)
[12] Robert Herrera (East Tennessee St) vs. Preston Touliatos (Tennessee)
[8] Ryan Peniston (Memphis) vs. [15] Sam Monette (Indiana)
[3] Andrew Watson (Memphis) vs. [14] Rogerio Ribeiro (East Tennessee St)
[5] William Bushamuka (Kentucky) vs. [16] Luis Valero (Tennessee)
[2] Danny Valent (Vanderbilt) vs. [9] Alex Gornet (Louisville)
Central: Seeds held serve on Friday as 13 of the top 14 seeds advanced to the Round of 16 with the only seed to be knocked out thus far being the #1 seed Minnesota’s Matic Spec who lost on Thursday.
Central (Fayetteville) Regional – Singles Draw
Round of 16
Andrew Dzulynsky (Nebraska) vs. [14] Vinny Gillespie (Drake)
[10] Michael Redlicki (Arkansas) vs. Lukas Finzelberg (Oklahoma St)
[5] Arjun Kadhe (Oklahoma St) vs. Santiago Munoz (Arkansas)
[3] Alex Ghilea (Oklahoma) vs. [13] Tristan Meraut (Oklahoma St)
[4] Marco Micolani (Arkansas) vs. [8] Felix Corwin (Minnesota)
[6] Lucas Gerch (Oklahoma St) vs. [11] Jose Salazar (Arkansas)
[7] Dusty Boyer (Nebraska) vs. [12] Julian Cash (Oklahoma St)
[2] Ben Lott (Drake) vs. [15] Ruben Weber (Minnesota)
Southwest: 4 of the top 5 seeds moved on to the Round of 16 after Arizona’s Naoki Takeda, USC’s Nick Crystal, UCLA’s Martin Redlicki, and USC’s Max De Vroome each picked up straight set wins.
Southwest (Pepperdine) Regional – Draws
Round of 32
[7] Hendrik Jebens (San Diego St) def. Stefan Menichella (Pepperdine), 6-2, 6-1
[15] Logan Staggs (UCLA) def. Jack Jaede (USC), 5-6, 6-3, 6-2
Pedro Iamachkine (Pepperdine) def. Anders Holm (UCSB), 6-4, 6-2
Logan Smith (USC) def. [12] Errol Smith (LMU), 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
[5] Max de Vroome (USC) def. Garrett Auproux (Cal Poly), 6-1, 6-3
Milen Ianakiev (San Diego St) def. [8] Benjamin Donovan (Cal Poly), 6-3, 6-4
[4] Martin Redlicki (UCLA) def. Thibault Forget (USC), 6-3, 7-6 (5)
[2] Nicholas Crystal (USC) def. Marko Goles Babic (San Diego St), w/o
[1] Naoki Takeda (Arizona) def. Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (UCSB), 6-2, 6-3
[16] Harry Busby (Arizona) def. Nathan Eshmade (UCSB), 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
[10] Guilherme Hadlich (Pepperdine) def. Corey Pang (Cal Poly), 6-1, 6-1
Romain Kalaydjian (San Diego) def. [13] Karue Wiele Sell UCLA), 6-3, 6-3
[9] Sebastian Heim (UC Irvine) def. Ryoto Tachi (UCLA), 6-4, 6-4
Robbie Bellamy (USC) def. Kai Wehnelt (Hawai’i), 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Felix Schueller (Grand Canyon) def. [6] Frederik Gelbrich (San Diego St), 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4
[11] Jordan Angus (San Diego) def. Morgan Mays (UCSB), 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
Round of 16 Matchups
[1] Naoki Takeda (Arizona) vs. [11] Jordan Angus (San Diego)
[7] Hendrik Jebens (San Diego St) vs. [15] Logan Staggs (UCLA)
Pedro Iamachkine (Pepperdine) vs. Logan Smith (USC)
[5] Max de Vroome (USC) vs. [9] Sebastian Heim (UC Irvine)
Robbie Bellamy (USC) vs. Milen Ianakiev (San Diego St)
[4] Martin Redlicki (UCLA) vs. [16] Harry Busby (Arizona)
[10] Guilherme Hadlich (Pepperdine) vs. Felix Schueller (Grand Canyon)
[2] Nicholas Crystal (USC) vs. Romain Kalaydjian (San Diego)
Carolina (Singles Draw): 12 of the top 15 seeds moved on to the 3rd round though Duke’s Vincent Lin, Charlotte’s Jordi Ferrer, UNCW’s Santtu Leskinen were the 3 to get knocked out. South Carolina’s Harrison O’Keefe (13.42) knocked off the #7 seed Lin (13.62) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 in the first round, Duke’s Adrian Chamdani (13.05) beat the #9 seed Ferrer (13.05) 6-1, 6-3 in the second round, and Wake Forest’s Maksim Kan (13.15) defeated the #12 seed Leskinen (13.25) 7-6(4), 7-5 in the first round.
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