Tech tennis competes at ITA Ohio Valley regional
October 24, 2016

Tech tennis competes at ITA Ohio Valley regional

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech tennis team recently traveled to Knoxville to compete in the ITA Ohio Valley Regional at the University of Tennessee. Eduardo Mena went the furthest in the field, reaching the round of 32 before falling to Kentucky’s Enzo Wallart 6-2, 6-3. He defeated Eastern Kentucky’s Sebastian Mueller 6-3, 6-3 and Butler’s Adrian Mag 6-1, 6-1.

By Thomas Corhern, TTU Sports Information

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech tennis team recently traveled to Knoxville to compete in the ITA Ohio Valley Regional at the University of Tennessee.

Eduardo Mena went the furthest in the field, reaching the round of 32 before falling to Kentucky's Enzo Wallart 6-2, 6-3. He defeated Eastern Kentucky's Sebastian Mueller 6-3, 6-3 and Butler's Adrian Mag 6-1, 6-1.
 
Marcos Bernandes fell 6-1, 6-4 to Tennessee's Timo Stodder in the round of 128, but later beat Chattanooga's Simon Bustamante 6-3, 7-6, 7-4 in the consolation first round. His run ended with a loss to Indiana's Bennet Crane 7-5, 7-6 (7-5).
 
Jorge Alfonzo defeated Ball State's Conner Andersen 7-5, 6-3 in the opening round, then lost to Purdue's Ricardo Medinilla 6-2, 6-3. Middle Tennessee's Nicolas Buitrago defeated Carlos Tajes 6-2, 6-3, then Guillermo Nicolas topped Northern Kentucky's Lukas Clemens 7-5, 6-1.
 
Nicolas fell in the second round in a 6-3, 6-0 decision to Kentucky's Beck Pennington.
 
In doubles, the pairing of Nicolas and Alfonzo fell to Louisville's Sean Donohue and George Hedley 8-6, then Benandes and Tejas beat Tennessee's Luca Wiedenmann and Srdjan Jakovljevic 8-6.
 
Memphis duo Ryan Peniston and Felix Rauch ended the Tech pair's run with an 8-4 loss.
 
The Golden Eagles are idle this weekend, but return to action as they have three events from Nov. 3 to 6 as members of the team could compete in the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships in New York, the Bulldog Scramble in Athens, Ga., or the CCB Collegiate Invitational in Birmingham, Ala., to complete the fall season.

Thursday

Singles

Round of 128

(9) Timo Stodder (Tennessee) def. Marcos Bernandes 6-1, 6-4

(10) Eduardo Mena def. Adrian Mag (Butler) 6-1, 6-1

Jorge Alfonzo def. Conner Andersen (Ball State) 7-5, 6-3

Nicolas Buitrago (Middle Tennessee) def. Carlos Tajes 6-2, 6-3

Guillermo Nicolas def. Lukas Clemens (Northern Kentucky) 7-5, 6-1

Round of 64

(10) Eduardo Mena def. Sebastian Mueller (Eastern Kentucky) 6-3, 6-3

(12) Ricardo Medinilla (Purdue) def. Jorge Alfonzo 6-2, 6-3

(28) Beck Pennington (Kentucky) def. Guillermo Nicolas 6-3, 6-0

 

Doubles

Round of 64

(16) Sean Donohue/George Hedley (Louisville) def. Guillermo Nicolas/Jorge Alfonzo 8-6

Marcos Bernandes/Carlos Tejas def. Luca Wiedenmann/Srdjan Jakovljevic (Tennessee) 8-6

 

Friday

Doubles

Round of 32

(15) Ryan Peniston/Felix Rauch (Memphis) def. Marcos Bernandes/Carlos Tejas 8-4

 

Singles

Round of 32

(22) Enzo Wallart (Kentucky) def. (10) Eduardo Mena 6-2, 6-3

 

Consolation

First round

Marcos Bernandes def. Simon Bustamante (UTC) 6-3, 7-6, 7-4

Matthew McCoy (Bloomington) def. Carlos Tajes 7-5, 6-3

 

Saturday

Singles

Consolation

Round of 32

(24) Bennet Crane (Indiana) def. Marcos Bernades 7-5, 7-6 (7-5)