In South Bend at the Midwest Regional, 6 of the top 8 seeds moved into the quarterfinals where they’ll be joined by Michigan’s Carter Lin (12.51) who beat not 1 but 2 top 11 seeds. Lin first upset the #11 seed Toledo’s Stjepan Sisko (13.30) 6-4, 6-4 then followed that up by beating the #7 seed Valpo’s Jeffrey Schorsch (13.59) 6-4, 5-7, 7-5. Ohio State has 3 in the quarters with Chris Diaz, Ralf Steinbach, and Herkko Pollanen all advancing and they had a 4th in contention before freshman Martin Joyce fell to Illinois’s Aron Hiltzik 6-3, 7-6 in the Round of 16. The host Irish have 2 still remaining in #1 Quentin Monaghan and Eddy Covalschi while Illinois’s Aron Hiltzik and Northwestern’s Strong Kirchheimer round out the quarters.
Midwest (South Bend, IN) – Singles & Doubles Draws
Round of 32
[1] Quentin Monaghan (Notre Dame) def. Toshiki Matsuya (Illinois) 6-3, 6-2
[12] Leopold Gomez Islinger (UW-Green Bay) def. [21] Matt Mendez (Ohio State) 6-1, 6-2
[5] Ralf Steinbach (Ohio State) def. Matej Svjetlicic (Western Michigan) 6-3, 5-7, 6-0
[17] Fedor Baev (Northwestern) def. [16] Alex Knight (Michigan) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
Julian Childers (Illinois) def. [3] Sam Shropshire (Northwestern) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
[20] Eddy Covalschi (Notre Dame) def. [14] Josef Dodridge (Wisc) 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(5)
[6] Herkko Pollanen (Ohio State) def. Alex Galoustian (DePaul) 6-2, 6-3
Ben Van Dixhorn (Northwestern) def. Florian Kraenzler (UW-Green Bay) 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-4
Maik Steiner (Western Michigan) def. Hunter Tubert (Ohio State) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
[8] Strong Kirchheimer (Northwestern) def. Grayson Broadus (Notre Dame) 6-1, 6-2
[15] Martin Joyce (Ohio State) def. [23] Alex Lawson (Notre Dame) 6-3, 7-6(5)
[4] Aron Hiltzik (Illinois) def. Joe VanMeter (Cleveland State) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Carter Lin (Michigan) def. [11] Stjepan Sisko (Toledo) 6-4, 6-4
[7] Jeffrey Schorsch (Valparaiso) def. Alexander Kokorev (Wisconsin) 7-5, 1-6, 6-3
[22] Alp Horoz (Northwestern) def. Kevin Wong (Michigan) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
[2] Chris Diaz (Ohio State) def. Sten Leusink (DePaul) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
Round of 16 (Saturday)
[1] Quentin Monaghan (Notre Dame) def. [12] Leopold Gomez Islinger (UWGB) 6-3, 6-2
[5] Ralf Steinbach (Ohio State) def. [17] Fedor Baev (Northwestern) 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
[20] Eddy Covalschi (Notre Dame) def. Julian Childers (Illinois) 6-3, 6-4
[6] Herkko Pollanen (Ohio State) def. Ben Van Dixhorn (Northwestern) 6-2, 6-1
[8] Strong Kirchheimer (Northwestern) def. Maik Steiner (Western Michigan) 6-1, 6-3
[4] Aron Hiltzik (Illinois) def. [15] Martin Joyce (Ohio State) 6-3, 7-6(4)
Carter Lin (Michigan/12.51) def. [7] Jeffrey Schorsch (Valparaiso/13.59) 6-4, 5-7, 7-5
[2] Chris Diaz (Ohio State) def. [22] Alp Horoz (Northwestern) 7-5, 6-2
Quartefinals (Sunday) – Live Scoring
[1] Quentin Monaghan (Notre Dame) vs. [5] Ralf Steinbach (Ohio State)
[6] Herkko Pollanen (Ohio State) vs. [20] Eddy Covalschi (Notre Dame)
[4] Aron Hiltzik (Illinois) vs. [8] Strong Kirchheimer (Northwestern)
[2] Chris Diaz (Ohio State) vs. Carter Lin (Michigan)
Northwest (Seattle, WA) – Washington had a nice day on its home courts with the host Huskies going 7-1 in the 2 main draw rounds of singles. Mitch Stewart, Jake Douglas, and Gal Hakak each won twice while newcomer Enzo Sommer won his Round of 32 match before falling to the #1 seed Florian Lakat 6-1, 6-4 in the Round of 16. Stanford’s Nolan Paige had one of the most impressive days, if not the most impressive, after he defeated UC Davis’s Alec Adamson 3-6, 6-0, 6-4 and the #3 seed Filip Bergevi 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Paige will meet Hakak in the quarters. Bay Area rivals Cal and Stanford squared off 5 times with Stanford winning 3 of the matches though each team placed 2 guys in the quarters.
Round of 32
[1] Florian Lakat (Cal) def. [17] Brett Bacharach (UCD) 6-4, 7-5
[9] Enzo Sommer (Washington) def. Mikus Losbergs (Sacramento State) 7-5, 6-3
[5] David Wilczynski (Stanford) def. [17] Vasco Valverde (San Francisco) 6-4, 6-2
[9] Sem Verbeek (Pacific) def. Thomas Hunt (Saint Mary’s) 6-0, 6-0
[4] Daan Maasland (Oregon) def. [17] Euan McIntosh (Fresno State) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
[9] Michael Genender (Stanford) def. [17] Mads Engsted (Cal) 6-4, 7-6
[5] Jake Douglas (Washington) def. Hayden Smith (Gonzaga) 6-4, 7-5
[17] Maciek Romanowicz (Stanford) def. [9] Oskar Wikberg (Cal) 6-3, 6-4
[17] JT Nishimura (Cal) def. [9] Sameer Kumar (Stanford) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
[17] Gal Hakak (Washington) def. Jordan Smith (Gonzaga) 6-1, 6-0
[17] Nolan Paige (Stanford) def. [9] Alec Adamson (UC Davis) 3-6, 6-0, 6-4
[3] Filip Bergevi (Cal) def. [17] Simon Stevens (Oregon) 6-3, 6-7(10), 6-2
[9] Billy Griffith (Cal) def. [17] Mike Pervolarkis (Portland) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
[5] David Hsu (Stanford) def. Robert Dula (Eastern Washington) 6-2, 6-4
[17] Jayson Amos (Oregon) def. [9] Ashot Khacharyan (Santa Clara) 6-4, 6-2
[2] Mitch Stewart (Washington) def. [17] Daniel Alameh (Pacific) 6-1, 6-1
Round of 16
[1] Florian Lakat (Cal) def. [9] Enzo Sommer (Washington) 6-1, 6-4
[5] David Wilczynski (Stanford) def. [9] Sem Verbeek (Pacific) 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(7)
[4] Daan Maasland (Oregon) def. [9] Michael Genender (Stanford) 6-0, 6-2
[5] Jake Douglas (Washington) def. [17] Maciek Romanowicz (Stanford) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(6)
[17] Gal Hakak (Washington) def. [17] JT Nishimura (Cal) 6-2, 6-0
[17] Nolan Paige (Stanford) def. [3] Filip Bergevi (Cal) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
[9] Billy Griffith (Cal) def. [5] David Hsu (Stanford) 6-1, 6-2
[2] Mitch Stewart (Washington) def. [17] Jayson Amos (Oregon) 6-1, 6-2
Quarterfinals (Sunday) – Streaming Video
[1] Florian Lakat (Cal) vs. [5] David Wilczynski (Stanford)
[4] Daan Maasland (Oregon) vs. [5] Jake Douglas (Washington)
[17] Gal Hakak (Washington) vs. [17] Nolan Paige (Stanford)
[2] Mitch Stewart (Washington) vs. [9] Billy Griffith (Cal)
Mountain (Albuquerque, NM) – Draws – Saturday was a battle of Utes versus Pioneers in the semifinals and while both teams were hoping for a sweep they had to settle for a split. Utah freshman Dan Little hadn’t dropped a set in his previous 4 matches but after losing the second set to Denver junior Yannik James he dug deep and pulled out a 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3 win. In the other semifinal it was Denver junior and #2 seed Diogo Rocha getting pushed to a 3rd set for the 3rd time this week but as he had done in his other two matches he came through and knocked off Utah senior Matt Cowley 6-7(4), 6-1, 7-5.
Singles Semifinals
[8] Dan Little (Utah/12.70) def. [12] Yannik James (Denver/12.91) 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3
[2] Diogo Rocha (Denver/13.43) def. [26] Matt Cowley (Utah/12.19) 6-7(4), 6-1, 7-5
Singles Championship (Sunday)
[2] Diogo Rocha (Denver/13.43) vs. [8] Dan Little (Utah/12.70)
Doubles Semifinals
[1] Sabatka/Van Leijsen (New Mexico) def. Sierra/McGeehan (Utah) 6-3, 6-2
[2] Craig/Gasson (Denver) def. [3] Roskilly/Tenrerio (Boise State) 6-4, 7-5
Doubles Championship
[2] Henry Craig/Alex Gasson (Denver) def. [1] Hayden Sabatka/Bart Van Leijsen (New Mexico) 3-6, 7-6, 1-0(6)
Northeast (New Haven, CT) – The Lions did a lot of roaring on Saturday as 6 guys from Columbia moved into the Round of 16 including Timothy Wang who came through qualies and has now won 5 matches this week by the scores of 6-0, 6-1; 6-2, 6-2; 6-2, 6-1; 6-2, 6-2; and 6-3, 6-3. Cornell’s highly touted freshman David Volfson (ITA #2 Newcomer) made his collegiate singles debut and got all he wanted from Penn’s Nicholai Westergaard before pulling through with a 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 decision.
Penn senior Zachary Lessen (12.50) knocked off Harvard freshman and #9-16 seed Andy Zhou (13.54) 4-6, 7-6, 7-5 in what doubled as a UTR upset.
Early Round Upsets:
Pablo Alvarez (Buffalo/12.26) def. [9] Alexander Day (Princeton/12.76) 6-2, 6-2
Zachary Lessen (Penn/12.50) def. [9] Andy Zhou (Harvard/13.54) 4-6, 7-6, 7-5
[Q] Timothy Wang (Columbia/13.23) def. [9] Diego Pedraza (Dartmouth/12.68) 6-2, 6-2
Round of 32 – (Singles Draw) – Streaming Video
[1] Dovydas Sakinis (Dartmouth) def. Mladen Mitak (Brown) 6-2, 6-0
[17] Josh Pompan (Penn) def. [9] Chris Vrabel (Cornell) 3-6, 7-6, 6-4
[5] Lucas Hajhal (St. John’s) def. [17] Ziqi Wang (Yale) 7-6, 6-4
[17] Eric Rubin (Columbia) def. Pablo Alvarez (Buffalo) 6-7, 7-5, 6-3
[17] Greg Garcia (Brown) def. [3] Nicky Hu (Harvard) w/o
[9] Kyle Mautner (Penn) def. [17] Vaidek Munshaw (St. John’s) 6-2, 6-2
[5] Mike Vermeer (Columbia) def. [17] Brendan Tannenbaum (Dartmouth) 3-6, 2-2 ret.
[17] Diego Vives (Princeton) def. [9] Stefan Vinti (Cornell) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Daniel Grunberger (Columbia) def. Zachary Lessen (Penn) 6-4, 6-1
[5] Victor Pham (Columbia) def. [17] Brandon Yeoh (Brown) 6-0, 6-2
[Q] Timothy Wang (Columbia) def. [17] Vim De Alwis (Penn) 6-3, 6-3
[17] Colin Sinclair (Cornell) def. [3] Thomas Colautti (Princeton) 7-5, 6-3
[9] Shawn Hadavi (Columbia) def. Kenneth Tao (Harvard) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
[5] Ciro Riccardi (Dartmouth) def. [17] Josh Yablon (Princeton) 6-3, 6-2
[9] Markus Schultz (NJIT) def. [17] Richard Pham (Columbia) 6-1, 6-4
[2] David Volfson (Cornell) def. [17] Brian Yeung (Harvard) 6-0, 6-4
Round of 16 (Sunday) – Streaming Video
[1] Dovydas Sakinis (Dartmouth) vs. [17] Josh Pompan (Penn)
[5] Lucas Hajhal (St. John’s) vs. [17] Eric Rubin (Columbia)
[9] Kyle Mautner (Penn) vs. [17] Greg Garcia (Brown)
[5] Mike Vermeer (Columbia) vs. [17] Diego Vives (Princeton)
[5] Victor Pham (Columbia) vs. Daniel Grunberger (Columbia)
[17] Colin Sinclair (Cornell) vs. [Q] Timothy Wang (Columbia)
[5] Ciro Riccardi (Dartmouth) vs. [9] Shawn Hadavi (Columbia)
[2] David Volfson (Cornell) vs. [9] Markus Schultz (NJIT)
Texas (Houston, TX) – Rain pushed play indoors on Saturday and in the opening 2 rounds of singles 2 seeds got upset, including the #1 seed Felipe Soares, while Baylor’s Felipe Rios, who was the #9 seed, pulled out. Due to the large number of matches that had to be played they played 10-point tiebreaks in lieu of a 3rd set. Draws – here
Early Round Seeded Upsets:
Hunter Johnson (SMU/12.66) def. [1] Felipe Soares (Texas Tech 14.13) 6-1, 6-4
Max Lunkin (Texas A&M/13.72) def. [26] Michael Feucht (Lamar/13.14) 6-4, 6-1
Kevin Lam (Texas A&M/12.17) def. [24] Kevin Bettendroffer (TX A&M CC/13.02) 6-4, 6-4
Connor Curry (Texas Tech/13.15) def. [29] Reese Stalder (TCU/13.15) 6-1, 6-2
David Warren (Rice) def. [31] Joshua Sheehy (Abilene Christian) 4-6, 7-6(5), 1-0(6)
Jimmy Bendeck (Baylor/13.18) def. [13] Nikita Lis (Lamar/12.90) 7-5, 6-2
Round of 32 (Sunday):
Hunter Johnson (SMU) vs. [27] Oscar Janglin (Texas A&M)
[18] Michael Riechmann (Texas) vs. [28] Jerry Lopez (TCU)
[10] Hugo Dojas (Texas Tech) vs. Max Lunkin (Texas A&M)
[6] Samm Butler (SMU) vs. Kevin Lam (Texas A&M)
[3] Shane Vinsant (Texas A&M) vs. Connor Curry (Texas Tech)
[16] Tommy Bennett (Rice) vs. [17] Tito Moreiras (UTSA)
Ricardo Mayagoitia (Texas A&M CC) vs. [23] Harrison Scott (Texas)
[8] Alex Sendegeya (Texas Tech) vs. David Warren (Rice)
[7] Jolan Cailleau (Texas Tech) vs. [22] Jordi Arconada (Texas A&M)
[14] George Goldhoff (Texas) vs. [20] Adam Gustafsson (Rice)
[11] Tommy Mylnikov (Texas Tech) vs. [30] Will Little (Baylor)
[4] Arthur Rinderknech (Texas A&M) vs. [32] Yates Johnson (SMU)
[5] A.J. Catanzariti (Texas A&M) vs. [19] Jamie Malik (Rice)
[12] Liam Caruana (Texas) vs. [15] Nate Lammons (SMU)
Jimmy Bendeck (Baylor) vs. [25] Jacob Hansen (Rice)
[2] Guillermo Nunez (TCU) vs. [21] John Mee (Texas)
SEC Fall Classic (Auburn, AL) – Florida’s Elliott Orkin stayed undefeated on the week by winning his 3rd and 4th matches in straight sets and in fact he hasn’t dropped a set this week. Orkin will meet Mississippi State’s Rishab Agarwal in the finals after Agarwal beat Vanderbilt’s Cameron Klinger 7-6 in the 3rd in the quarters and Luis Valero 6-3, 7-6 in the semis. Agarwal has been on a tear over the last 2 weeks after making a run from the qualies to the semifinals of the Houston Future last week.
‘A’ Draw Quarterfinals:
[5] Elliott Orkin (Florida/14.02) def. Harrison O’Keefe (S. Carolina/13.43) 7-5, 6-2
[8] Thomas Mayronne (S Carolina/12.75) def. Igor Smelyanski (Tennessee/12.84) 6-4, 7-6
Rishab Agarwal (Miss St/13.38) def. Cameron Klinger (Vandy/13.72) 1-6, 7-5, 7-6
Luis Valero (Tennessee/13.09) def. McClain Kessler (Florida/13.25) 6-3, 7-6
Semifinals:
[5] Elliott Orkin (Florida/14.02) def. [8] Thomas Mayronne (S Carolina/12.75) 6-3, 6-2
Rishab Agarwal (Miss St/13.38) def. Luis Valero (Tennessee/13.09) 6-3, 7-6
Championship:
[5] Elliott Orkin (Florida/14.02) vs. Rishab Agarwal (Miss St/13.38)
‘B’ Draw Semifinals:
[1] Kris Yee (Vanderbilt) def. [5] William Albanese (Arkansas) 6-2, 6-3
[2] Andrew Schafer (S Carolina) def. [4] Fabian Fallert (Ole Miss) 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
‘B’ Draw Championship:
[1] Kris Yee (Vanderbilt) vs. [2] Andrew Schafer (S Carolina)
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