ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. - The University of the South men's tennis team participate in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) South Regional Championships over the weekend, hosted by N.C. Wesleyan University.
Over the three-day event, Sewanee went 29-18 in singles play and 15-10 in doubles competition.
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SINGLES MAIN DRAW HIGHLIGHTS
-Four Sewanee players advanced to the Round of 16, with three advancing to the quarterfinals.
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Jordan Theron led the Tigers by advancing to the final of the Main Draw. The junior transfer, the top seed in the region, earned a first-round by and won four matches. After defeating his first two opponnets in straight sets, he battled to a three-set win of Emory's Dean Kamenev, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4.
-Next, in the semis, he faced another Emory foe in Charlie James. After each player took a set by similar 6-2 scores, Theron came back to win the round, 6-4, to advance to the championship.
-In the final, facing his fourth straight opponent from Emory in Nolan Shah, who won 20 matches last season in singles. Theron won the first set, 7-5, but Shah rallied to win the next two sets, 6-0, 6-2, to win the regional championship.
-Theron qualified for his second straight ITA Cup on Sunday by finishing as a finalist. Last season with Methodist (N.C.), he made it to the semifinals of the Small College National Championship for Division III.
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Peyton Erck used a three-set victory over Sam Tolbert of Birmingham-Southern and a 6-3, 6-2 win versus Gustavo Rivas of N.C. Wesleyan to make it to the third round of the draw.
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Liam Selvido and
Gil Weston both played to the quarterfinal round. Selvido breezed past John Kimball of Millsaps in his first contest. Next, against John Falke of N.C. Wesleyan, the sophomore used a second-set tie break to advance to the third round, 6-3, 7-6 (4). In the Round of 16, Selvido took down Eshaan Dani of Emory in come-from-behind fashion, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
-Weston posted victories of Millsaps's Hamilton Jackson (6-0, 6-2), N.C. Wesleyan's Diego Segovia (6-1, 4-6, 7-5) and Emory's Ryan Glanville (3-6, 6-3, 6-4) to advance to the quarters.
-In the consolation round,
Hugh Graham,
Quinn Wicklund and
Jax Harbour all made it to the semifinals.
B DRAW HIGHLIGHTS
-Despite losing their respective matchups in the first round of the B Draw,
Max Gallivan and
Mark Motlow both made it to the semifinals of the back draw. Gallivan was defeated by Sam Tuli of Millsaps, 6-1, 6-1, in the final.
DOUBLES MAIN DRAW HIGHLIGHTS
-Two sets of Sewanee doubles teams make it to the quarterfinals in the draw.
-Theron/Wicklund played up to the semifinals of the main draw after winning three straight matches. In the semifinals, they took on Shah/John Lasanajak. After dropping the first set, 6-4, the Sewanee team forced a third set with a crucial 7-6 (5) win to force a deciding set. Playing a 10-point tiebreak, Lasanajak/Shah edged Theron/Wicklund, 10-7.
-Erck/Motlow also made it to the final eight teams of the draw. After winning 8-6 over Rhodes, the duo played Vittorio Noli/Andrea Fanzaga of N.C. Wesleyan to an 8-7 (3) win in the Round of 16.
-In the back draw,
Liam Baer/
Hugh Graham and
George Thomas Alexander/
Aiden Goldenberg reached the final. Baer/Graham posted identical 8-3 scores over Rhodes and Emory to qualify for the final, while Alexander/Goldenberg won beat back-to-back N.C. Wesleyan teams to make it to the quarters. Next, the duo defeated David Phillips/Daniel Trudell of Rhodes, 8-6 to make it to the final.
-In the consolation final, Baer/Graham defeated Alexander/Goldenberg, 8-4.
B DOUBLES HIGHLIGHTS
-Despite falling in the first round of the B draw, Gallivan/
Ryan Stafford won back-to-back matches by N.C. Wesleyan to win the consolation round.
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Theron will join four women's tennis players, Katherine Petty, Brooke Despriet, Alice Hall and Ansley Carpenter at the ITA Cup from Oct. 13-16 at the Rome Tennis Center in Rome, Georgia.
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