Tournament Results

THE RUNDOWN
WICHITA FALLS, Texas – The St. Edward's University men's tennis team wrapped up two days of competition Saturday at the Midwestern State Invitational with a combined 17 wins between singles and doubles.

Sophomore CHASE BARTLETT led the Hilltoppers in singles play, going 3-1 and advancing to finals in the top bracket. Fellow sophomore ZAC ROBINSON also posted a winning record in singles as he advanced to the semifinal round in his bracket. LUIS DIAZ and SOTIRIS TSIOUMAS each battled their way to two singles victories and finished .500 on the weekend.

In doubles, the team of MATEUS DALLAVECHIA DE COL and JAKE WEATHERHEAD went 2-0. Robinson and Tsioumas teamed up to go 2-2 with an appearance in their bracket's consolation finals.

The weekend tournament served as a preview for the ITA Oracle Regional Championships as it followed the same format as next weekend's event. Winners in the first round of both doubles and singles fell into a single-elimination scenario, while first-round losers remained in a double-elimination format in the consolation bracket.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Diaz is 7-2 in doubles action this fall.
• Bartlett is a combined 9-3 between singles and doubles so far this season.
• Bartlett surpassed 20-career singles victories in Wichita Falls.
• A total of six Hilltoppers made finals or consolation finals appearances at Midwestern State.
• ANDRE MERCADO has 25-career singles wins.
• Tsioumas holds a career doubles mark of 17-5 with a 14-4 record in tournament play.

STAT OF THE WEEKEND I
68 – The Hilltoppers won their 68th match of the fall season at Midwestern State.

STAT OF THE WEEKEND II
 .561 – SEU heads into the Oracle ITA Regional Championships with a fall winning percentage of .561 between doubles and singles.

TOP QUOTE
Head Coach Estevam Strecker on the weekend…
"We continue to improve as the semester passes. It is good to see the work starting to show. We still need to fine-tune a few areas of our game, but we have only been playing for a month. There is still a lot of tennis to play and a lot of work to do in order to accomplish our goals. This was definitely the toughest tournament so far, and we competed on the same level."

WHAT'S NEXT
The Hilltoppers head to Midland, Texas Thursday for the ITA Oracle Regional Championships at the Bush Tennis Center. It is a three-day, double-elimination tournament.

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