FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – Shenandoah University has one men's tennis player remaining in the ITA South/Southeast Regionals after day one of play on Saturday.
Freshman Alex Haley remains in the B6 singles draw after winning two matches Saturday. Haley opened the tournament with an 8-4 win in the round of 16 before taking out Alex Elbogen 8-2 in the quarterfinals.
Haley will play Nate Hoskins from York College of Pennsylvania on Sunday morning at 11:30.
In other singles action, senior Michael Milanov was eliminated from the main draw with a 6-1, 6-1 loss to Swarthmore's Anthony Collard in the round of 64.
Freshman Steven Baker was an 8-3 winner over Hampden-Sydney's Walt Mountcastle in the opening round of the B5 draw before falling 8-4 to Shane Gunther from Salisbury in the quarterfinals.
Junior Dustan DeMello also made it to the quarterfinal round as he was an 8-2 winner in the round of 16 in the B7 draw. DeMello was eliminated with an 8-1 loss to Derek Kegerris from Lynchburg in the quarterfinals.
Milanov and Haley, playing in the main doubles draw, advanced into the round of 16 with an 8-3 win over Jordan Domsky and Steven Ly from Penn State – Altoona. The duo was defeated 8-1 by Carnegie Mellon's Abhishek Alla and Bryce Beisswanger.
Complete results:
Singles:
Champ
|
64 |
Anthony Collard, Swarthmore d. Michael Milanov |
6-1; 6-1 |
|
C |
Graham Wilson, Va Wesleyan d. Michael Milanov |
8-1 |
B5
|
Q |
Shane Gunther, Salisbury d. Steven Baker |
8-4 |
|
C |
Steven Baker d. Walt Mountcastle, Hampden-Sydney |
8-3 |
B6
|
S |
Alex Haley vs Nate Hoskins, York (Pa.) |
11:30 |
|
Q |
Alex Haley d. Alex Elbogen, UC |
8-2 |
|
16 |
Alex Haley d. Colby Beighey, GCC |
8-4 |
B7
|
Q |
Derek Kegerris, Lynchburg d. Dustin DeMello |
8-1 |
|
16 |
Dustin DeMello d. Logan Sturgeon, TC |
8-2 |
B8
|
16 |
Chris Collins, GCC d. Vladimir Daskalov |
8-2 |
B9
|
16 |
Mike Lifshitz, Juniata d. Jeremy Parel |
8-4 |
Doubles
Championship
|
32 |
Haley/Milanov d. Domsky/Ly, PSU-Altoona |
8-3 |
|
16 |
Alla/Beisswanger, Carnegie Mellon d. Haley/Milanov |
8-1 |
B4
|
16 |
Gregory/Lifshitz, Juniata d. Baker/DeMello |
8-3 |
|
CQ |
Baker/DeMello d. Steinberg/Wolff, PSU-Altoona |
8-1 |
B5
|
F |
Johnson/Long, Lynchburg d. Daskalov/Parel |
8-2 |