ABILENE, TX – The University of St. Thomas men's tennis team opened play Thursday in the ITA Southwest Regional Championships, hosted by Hardin-Simmons University, with seven Celts competing across the Championship and Flight B singles draws, plus doubles action in both flights.
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Singles – Championship Flight A
In the Round of 64, Allen He defeated East Texas Baptist 6-3, 6-2, and Gavin Simpson defeated Schreiner 6-4, 6-1 to advance. Sawyer White fell 3-6, 5-7 to Southwestern, Raja Pandya fell in a third-set match tiebreak to Mary Hardin-Baylor, 1-6, 6-2, [5-10], Edouard Mudry fell in a third-set match tiebreak to Trinity, 4-6, 6-4, [8-10], Wilson Salazar Jr. fell to Hardin-Simmons 4-6, 0-6, and Ricardo Moolchan fell in a third-set match tiebreak to Hardin-Simmons, 2-6, 6-3, [2-10].
In the Round of 32, He fell to ninth-seeded Trinity 2-6, 0-6, and Simpson fell to ninth-seeded Mary Hardin-Baylor 3-6, 3-6, closing out the Championship draw for St. Thomas.
Singles – Flight B
Pooya Tork opened with a gritty three-set win over Howard Payne, 6-4, 3-6, [10-8], to advance to the Round of 16, where he fell to top-seeded Mary Hardin-Baylor 4-6, 6-7, 5-7.
Doubles – Flight A
Edouard Mudry and Wilson Salazar Jr. defeated Mary Hardin-Baylor 8-5 to advance to the Round of 16. Sawyer White and Ricardo Moolchan fell to Southwestern 5-8.
Doubles – Flight B
Sixth-seeded Allen He and Pooya Tork defeated McMurry 8-4 to advance to the Round of 16.
Championship Consolation – Flight A
Dropping into consolation play, White defeated McMurry 6-2, 6-2, Pandya defeated Austin College 6-0, 6-1, Mudry defeated Hardin-Simmons 6-0, 6-2, and Salazar defeated Texas Lutheran 7-5, 6-0 to each advance. Moolchan fell to Southwestern 2-6, 5-7 and was eliminated.
Up Next
White, Pandya, Mudry, and Salazar each received byes into Friday's consolation Round of 16, while Mudry/Salazar in Flight A doubles and He/Tork in Flight B doubles continue in the Round of 16 as the ITA Regional Championships continue Friday in Abilene.
