FREDERICKSBURG, VA - Shenandoah Men's Tennis concluded play at this year's ITA Southeast Regional Championships this afternoon at the University of Mary Washington.
Doubles
Dominick Suwak and
Lucas Beasley played a back-and-forth match against Gipner/Battaglia of Mary Washington. The match ended 8-7 in favor of the UMW pair, with a 7-3 tiebreak. The pair will start the season as one of the region's best doubles teams.
Artem Babaiev and
Neal Love had the longest run of the day, making it to the B1 Consolation Final round. They opened the day with an 8-3 quarterfinal win over Esztergomi/Nelson of St. Mary's (MD), followed by a gritty semifinal win against Snyder/Finkel of Ursinus, 8-7 (8-6). The pair's day would come to an end in the final, falling to Storberg/Urgal of Washington College (MD), 4-8.
Singles
Dominick Suwak only got one match today, as he fell in the Singles Quarterfinals to Alex Feies of Carnegie Mellon, 1-6, 0-6.
Lucas Beasley also had one match today, going down in the B2 Consolation Quarterfinal to Will Secord of Carnegie Mellon, 6-8.
Full Results:
Doubles
Champ R64:
Suwak/Beasley (SU) def. Gershon/Irkar (CMU), 8-7 (10-8)
Champ R32:
Suwak/Beasley (SU) def. Melnikov/Koduri (SWAR), 8-5
Champ R16: Gipner/Battaglia (UMW) def.
Suwak/Beasley (SU), 7-8 (3-7)
B1 R16: Wroblewski/Perkins (WCOLL) def.
Babaiev/Love (SU), 8-7 (4-7)
B1 Cons QF:
Babaiev/Love (SU) def. Esztergomi/Nelson (SMCMD), 8-3
B1 Cons SF:
Babaiev/Love (SU) def. Snyder/Finkel (URS), 8-7 (8-6)
B1 Cons F: Storberg/Urgal (WCOLL) def.
Babaiev/Love (SU), 4-8
B2 QF:
Arkans/Rajagopalan (SU) def. Ramirez/Henriquez (ROA), 8-7 (7-4)
B2 SF: Fogle/Funderbunk (HSC) def.
Arkans/Rajagopalan (SU), 6-8
Singles
Champ R64:
Suwak (SU) def. Beshoar (BC), 6-2, 2-2 (RET Inj.)
Champ R64: Martin (RAND) def.
Babaiev (SU), 2-6, 1-6
Champ R32:
Suwak (SU) def. Lane (WLU), 6-3, 6-3
Champ R16:
Suwak (SU) def. Boopathi (JHU), 6-4, 0-6, 1-0 (10-8)
Champ QF: Feies (CMU) def.
Suwak (SU), 1-6, 0-6
Champ Cons R32Q: Choudhary (VWU) def.
Babaiev (SU), 2-8
B2 R16: Bortan (HAV) def.
Beasley (SU), 6-3, 5-7, 0-1 (5-10)
B2 Cons QF: Secord (CMU) def.
Beasley (SU), 6-8
Up Next
The Hornets take a month off in preparation for the Randolph Invite, scheduled for November 2nd at 9 am.
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