The Mountain Region crowned it’s singles and doubles champions on Sunday while the other seven regions having either a Monday or Tuesday final. The top four seeds made it to the singles semifinals of the Southwest Regional with USC’s Thibault Forget and UCLA’s Gage Brymer picking up wins while UCSB’s Simon Freund and Morgan Mays won a pair of nailbiters to claim the doubles crown.
The top four seeds also made it to the singles semifinals at the Texas Regional with the top seed Texas A&M’s Arthur Rinderknech and the second seed Texas Tech’s Jolan Cailleau advancing to Monday’s final. Rinderknech will also be playing for the doubles crown as he and Max Lunkin face TCU’s Reese Stalder and Trevor Johnson.
It looked like it might be an All-Arkansas singles final at the Central Regional but Minnesota junior Matic Spec crashed the party after he came back from a set down to defeat both Oklahoma’s Alex Ghilea and Arkansas’s Mike Redlicki.
Michigan is guaranteed to have a participant in the singles final after both Myles Schalet and Kevin Wong won their quarterfinal matches on Sunday with the two Wolverines now set to meet in the semifinals. Wong has another big match scheduled for Monday when he and Jathan Malik meet Valparaiso’s Charlie Emhardt/Jeffrey Schorsch in the doubles final. Emhardt and Schorsch made the doubles final a year ago before falling to Notre Dame’s Alex Lawson and Quentin Monaghan. Ohio State’s Herkko Pollanen, who is the defending champion, will square off against Northwestern’s Strong Kirchheimer in a rise and shine 8:00 a.m. eastern tilt. The singles final will be played a few hours later with the start time depending on whether Michigan’s Kevin Wong wins his semifinal match – if Wong does win then it’d be a 1 p.m. start since he’s playing in the doubles final at 10; if Wong loses then it’d be an estimated 10 a.m. start.
Columbia’s Shawn Hadavi is the only top eight seed remaining at the Northeast Regional while his teammate William Matheson is the only qualifier still in the main draw. They will play two flights of singles on Monday along with the doubles semifinals.
Kentucky’s Trey Yates advanced to the singles final at the Ohio Valley Regional after knocking out the top seed Vanderbilt’s Danny Valent. Yates will meet Memphis’s Ryan Peniston after the Memphis junior pulled out a third set tiebreak against Yates’s teammate Beck Pennington. Peniston will to attempt to become the second player in school history to win an ITA Regional with his teammate Andrew Watson winning the title in 2014.
Georgia’s Wayne Montgomery will take on Florida State’s Guy Iradukunda in the Southeast Region singles final. Montgomery, who is the top seed, has only dropped one set this week while Iradukunda, who was the ITA National Junior College Player of the Year last year, has won his last three matches in straight sets after a pair of three-setters to start off the week.
Men’s Regionals
Congrats to Morgan and Simon on taking the doubles title at the Southwest Regional! NYC here we come! #GoGauchos#regionalchampspic.twitter.com/oELbDhx9YD
— UCSB Men’s Tennis (@ucsbtennis) October 23, 2016
“They (Di Giulio and Rapp) had match-point in the tiebreaker, but Morgan served at 8-9 and won it, just barely,” Davis said. “Simon had a fabulous return and volley for the win.”
“They had never played together before this tournament,” he said. “It’s a credit to them that they were able to play as well as they did when they had never played together before. I expect we’ll keep them together for a while.”
2. Gage Brymer (UCLA)
3. Logan Smith (USC)
4. Thibault Forget (USC)
5. Filip Vittek (USD)
6. Guilherme Hadlich (Pepp)
7. Benjamin Donovan (CP)
8. Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (UCSB)
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Mountain (Las Vegas) – Singles/Doubles Draws – UNLV senior Jakob Amilon become only the second Runnin’ Rebel (Henner Nehles 2004) to ever win an ITA Regional after he defeated Utah State’s Kai Wehnelt 6-4, 6-3. Amilon didn’t drop a set all week with all but his first round match coming against seeded players.
“I’m very proud of Jakob for keeping mentally focused all week and not dropping even a set while winning the regional,” said UNLV men’s tennis head coach Owen Hambrook. “We are excited to see what he can do in New York in a couple of weeks.”
CHAMPS!!!! ??? Team Gasson/James has won the Doubles Title at the ITA Mountain Regional in Las Vegas!!!! https://t.co/bhynSRa9uT#DU1NATION? pic.twitter.com/QZIZqo0KEU
— Denver MTennis (@DU_MTennis) October 23, 2016
1. Diogo Rocha (Denver)
2. David Micevski (Utah)
3. Jacob Amilon (UNLV)
4. Alex Cozbinov (UNLV)
5. Bart Van Leijsen (New Mexico)
6. Jaime Barajas (Utah State)
7. Hayden Sabatka (New Mexico)
8. Yannik James (Denver)
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1. Arthur Rinderknech (Texas A&M)
Central (Oklahoma State) – Singles Top & Bottom/Doubles – Streaming Video
[3] Jose Salazar (Arkansas) def. Florin Bragusi (Oklahoma) 6-2, 7-5
[2] Julian Cash (Oklahoma State) def. Spencer Papa (Oklahoma) 6-1 6-4
1. Mike Redlicki (Arkansas)
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Midwest (Ohio State) – Singles/Doubles – Streaming $ via FloTennis
[2] Charlie Emhardt/Jeffrey Schorsch (Valparaiso) def. [11] Matt Gamble/Alex Lebedev (Notre Dame) 6-4, 6-7, 10-8
2. Strong Kirchheimer (Northwestern)
3. Herkko Pollanen (Ohio State)
4. Josh Hagar (Notre Dame)
5. Jathan Malik (Michigan)
6. Martin Joyce (Ohio State)
7. Jeffrey Schorsch (Valparaiso)
8. Julian Childers (Illinois)
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Northeast (Penn) – Singles/Doubles – here is the schedule for Monday with two rounds of singles to be played and one round of doubles.
[9-16] Sebastian Beltrame (Harvard) def. [5-8] Lez Kazakov (Cornell) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
[17-32] Charlie Broom (Dartmouth) vs. [17-32] Timmy Wang (Columbia) 6-4, 6-1
[17-32] Chris Vrabel (Cornell) def. [17-32] Jean Thirouin (Harvard) 6-4, 6-4
[9-16] Colin Sinclair (Cornell) def. [5-8] Tyler Lu (Yale) 6-7, 6-3, 6-3
[9-16] David Horneffer (Dartmouth) def. [17-32] Brian Yeung (Harvard) 7-6(3), 7-6(3)
[9-16] Josh Pompan (Penn) def. [5-8] Alex Keyser (Columbia) 7-6(0), ret.
[Q] William Matheson (Columbia) def. [17-32] Hao Sheng Koay (Buffalo) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
[9-16] Colin Sinclair (Cornell) vs. [9-16] David Horneffer (Dartmouth)
[9-16] Josh Pompan (Penn) vs. [Q] William Matheson (Columbia)
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1. Daniel Valent (Vanderbilt)
2. Luis Valero (Tennessee)
3. David Biosca (East Tennessee State)
4. Andrew Watson (Memphis)
5. Ryan Peniston (Memphis)
6. Cameron Klinger (Vanderbilt)
7. Benjamin Ugarte (Purdue)
8. Kai Lemke (Memphis)
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1. Wayne Montgomery (Georgia)
2. Elliott Orkin (Florida)
3. Piotr Lomacki (Miami)
4. Christian Langmo (Miami)
5. Carlos Benito (GA Tech)
6. Chase Perez-Blanco (Florida)
7. Jack Findel-Hawkins (North Florida)
8. Walker Duncan (Georgia)
Men’s National Indoor Intercollegiate Qualifiers
Singles:
Petros Chrysochos (Wake Forest) – All-American Champion
Hugo Di Feo (Ohio State) – AA Finalist
Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio State) – AA Semis
Christian Sigsgaard (Texas) – AA Semis
Chris Eubanks (Georgia Tech) – AA Quarters
Alfredo Perez (Florida) – AA Quarters
Tom Fawcett (Stanford) – AA Quarters
Florian Lakat (Cal) – AA Quarters
Brandon Holt (USC) – AA Consolation Champion
Ryotaro Matsumura (Kentucky) – Oracle ITA Masters Champion
Oliver Frank (Azusa Pacific) – Oracle Cup Champion
Andre Goransson (Cal) – ITA Northwest Champion
Nuno Borges (Mississippi State) – ITA Southern Champion
Skander Mansouri (Wake Forest) – ITA Carolina Champion
JC Aragone (Virginia) – ITA Atlantic Champion
Jakob Amilon (UNLV) – ITA Mountain Champion
Doubles:
Florian Lakat/Filip Bergevi (Cal) – AA Champion
Jack Findel-Hawkins/Lasse Muscheites (North Florida) – AA Runner-Up
Tommy Bennett/David Warren (Rice) – AA Consolation
Jordan Cox/Kevin Konfederak (Georgia Gwinnett) – Oracle Cup Champion
Sameer Kumar/Yale Goldberg (Stanford) – ITA Northwest Champion
Fabian Fallert/Grey Hamilton (Ole Miss) – ITA Southern Champion
Skander Mansouri/Christian Seraphim (Wake Forest) – ITA Carolina Champion
Jacob Dunbar/Alexandre Felisa (Richmond) – ITA Atlantic Champion
Alex Gasson/Yannik James (Denver) – ITA Mountain Champion
Simon Freund/Morgan Mays (UC Santa Barbara) – ITA Southwest Champion
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