SEWANEE, Tenn. – Sophomore
Ben Lammert posted a singles victory in the Round of 16 while freshman
Charlie Schweppe and sophomore
William Lewis won the B2 doubles bracket for Sewanee men's tennis Saturday in the ITA Southeast Regional in Memphis, Tenn.
Lammert defeated Emory University's ninth-seeded Ajay Kartik, 6-3, 6-2, in the Round of 16 before dropping a 6-1, 7-6 (4) decision to Emory's top-seeded Ruilin Feng, who eliminated senior
Andre-Remi Jakobi earlier in the day, 7-6 (5), 6-2. Also in the main draw, freshman
Lucas Wrigley lost, 6-3, 6-4, to Emory's second-seeded Dean Kamenev.
In the consolation bracket of the main draw, sophomore
Max Verellen defeated Rhodes College's Paul Fridman, 6-3, 6-2, while freshman
Samuel Schroerlucke won 6-2, 6-4, versus Emory's Joshua Lai. Both players advanced to the semifinals.
In doubles Schroerlucke and Wrigley defeated Hendrix College's Wesley McClure and James Thomson, 8-7 (3), before dropping an 8-3 decision to Emory's Daniel Kim and John Lasanajak in the semifinals. Lammbert and Jakobi lost, 8-7 (6) to North Carolina Wesleyan's second-seeded Albert Sitwell and Siddarth Madhavan in the quarterfinals.
In the B draw in singles, sophomore
Josh Lively dropped a 6-2, 6-2, decision to Emory's Caleb Zimmerman in the quarterfinals while sophomore
William Lewis lost, 6-3, 4-6, 11-9, to Wesleyan's Largo Koch, also in the quarterfinals.
In doubles senior
George Thomas Alexander and freshman
Silas Montana collected an 8-7 (5) win over Oglethorpe University's Callum Searle and Zack Raymond in the semifinals. Freshman
Charlie Schweppe and freshman
William Lewis defeated Emory's Ryan Nash and Joshua Lai, 8-6, before defeating Alexander and Montana, 8-6, in the finals.
In the C draw in singles, freshman
Aidan McVeigh defeated Ryan Rosalin from the University of the Ozarks, 3-6, 6-0, 10-3, in the quarterfinals and won 7-5, 6-4, against Asbury University's Paolo Cargnelutti in the semifinals, advancing to face Nicholas Giatras from Rhodes in the finals Sunday.
In the R3 bracket, freshman
Stephen Smith claimed a 6-2, 6-0, victory over Covenant College's Cameron Erb before falling to Hendrix's Matias Ancieta, 6-3, 7-6 (4).
