CARY, N.C. - The Wofford men's tennis team competed in the 2019 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Carolina Region Championships held at Cary Tennis Park this weekend.
Javi Casasolas won his opening round match, while
Julian Chousa and
Omar Williams won their opening doubles match.
"The Carolina Regionals is arguably one of the best events in the country" said head coach
Rod Ray. "We had hoped to play some top-level fighters, so it was great that we got that opportunity. It is no surprise that Julian and Omar took down a great team, because I believe they can beat anyone in the country on a given day. We've got some work to do in our next two tournaments that are coming up soon."
On Friday in the first round of the main singles draw,
Javi Casasolas earned a 6-2, 6-1 win over Nicholas Arduh of North Carolina A&T. He then was defeated 6-1, 6-0 by #13 seed Andrew Zhang of Duke.
Bryce Keim faced #5 seed Nick Stachowiak of Duke and was defeated 6-0, 6-1.
Julian Chousa was defeated by #8 seed Garrett Johns of Duke (6-4, 6-4).
Diego Losada was defeated 6-4, 6-2 by Maxwell Benson of Presbyterian.
Callum Rendle went three sets with Jacob Bicknell of Elon (5-7, 6-4, 6-1) and
Omar Williams was defeated 6-1, 6-1 by Nick Condos of Elon.
In singles consolation matches,
Julian Chousa had a 7-5, 6-0 win over Michael Morphy of UNC Wilmington and was defeated by Abhimanyu Vannemreddy of Winthrop.
Omar Williams added a victory over Jaime Castillo Lopez (6-0, 6-1) of Presbyterian before falling to Davidi Innocenti of UNC Wilmington.
In the first round of the doubles on Saturday,
Julian Chousa and
Omar Williams defeated Spencer Furman and Garrett Johns of Duke (8-5) before losing to Connor Thompson and Phillip Jordan of South Carolina 8-4. Javier Casasolas and
Bryce Keim had an 8-7 win in the consolation round over a team from Presbyterian.
Diego Losada and
Callum Rendle picked up an 8-5 win on over North Carolina A&T in the consolation round.
More than 128 competitors took part in the ITA Regional. The singles and doubles winners from each of the 12 USTA/ITA regions advance to the 2019 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships, held in November.
Next, the Terriers will play in the Spartanburg Country Club Invitational from October 25 to 27.
