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Box Score 2 WESTERVILLE – The Otterbein men's tennis divided for the weekend, with four players competing at the ITA regionals in St. Louis, MO, while others took part in the Kenyon Invitational in Gambier. Three players stood out in St. Louis by reaching the Round of 64. Meanwhile at Kenyon,
Nikita Kitaev and
Will Newberry led the group with two doubles victories.
The Basics:
ITA Regionals venue: Tao Tennis Center
Kenyon Invitational venue: VandenBerg Courts
ITA Regionals
- Sanjan Shanker advanced to the Round of 64 after defeating Owen Reynolds (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology), but was eliminated by Jesus Soto Bossa (Principia College) with a score of 5-7, 6-2, 10-3. Soto Bossa had received a bye in the first round.
- Max Fickas lost to Colton Hulme (Greenville University) in the Round of 128 with a score of 6-3, 6-3.
- Fickas and Shanker competed in the doubles competition. The duo was eliminated in Round 128 by Denison, with a score of 8-4
- Jake Chicote and Neil Reddy won their doubles match against Adrian, 8-6, to advance to Round 64, where they were defeated by the University of Chicago, 8-2.
Kenyon - Singles
- Nikita Kitaev faced Benedek Kaibas (Allegheny) in a three-set match, ultimately winning 6-4, 2-6, 10-2.
- Luke English (Centre) defeated Coltan Stamper 6-1, 6-3
- Anderson Gosnell (Centre) beat Stamper 6-0, 6-0
- Kyle Patrick (Denison) downed Kitaev 6-3, 6-1
- Benedek Kaibas (Allegheny) won against Zach Frederick 6-1, 6-1
- Oliver Knijnenburg (Oberlin) topped Frederick 6-1, 6-3
- Tory Johansson (Oberlin) conquered Stamper 6-1, 6-0
Kenyon- Doubles
- Kitaev and Newberry defeated Olivier Erkens and Will Jarvie (Allegheny) 6-3, then went on to win against Luke English and Emilio Ventura Ramire (Centre) 6-2.
- Tory Johansson/Rowan Ing (Oberlin) beat Zach Frederick/Coltan Stamper 6-1
- Emerson Dean/Anderson Gosnell (Centre) beat Kitaev/Will Newberry 7-5
- Luke English/Emilo Ventura Ramire (Centre) bested Stamper/ Frederick 6-4
- Reid Stasolla/P. Garland-Sutter (Allegheny) overcame Frederick/Stamper 6-2
