Huskers Set for ITA Regional Championships

The Nebraska men’s tennis team is headed to Tulsa, Okla., this week for the ITA Regional Championships. The central region tournament, hosted at Tulsa University, runs Oct. 16-20, and is a part of the national ITA tournament held at regional host sites.

Eight Huskers will compete, including seven in the main draw. The regional championship tournaments will name 26 NCAA Singles Qualifiers and 13 NCAA Doubles Qualifiers.

Redshirt senior Henry Bilcic will begin play in the qualifying round on Wednesday, Oct. 16. Redshirt freshman Colson Wells, juniors Lars Johann, Leo Linquet, Joan Torres Espinosa and Nikolay Sysoev and seniors Calvin Mueller and Anton Shepp will compete in the singles main draw. The Big Red will also compete in doubles play, with preseason No. 34 Mueller and Shepp making their 2024-25 debut. Bilicic and Johann will team up again, after reaching the semifinals at this year’s Milwaukee Tennis Classic. Other Huskers duos competing are Sysoev and Wells, and Linquet and Espinosa.

Tournament draws and scores are available via the tournament website. The tournament will also have a live stream available via Track Tennis.

Stay tuned to the Husker Men’s Tennis social media channels (@HuskerMTennis) to keep up with fall play updates and content.

ITA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

Wednesday, Oct. 16
QR64: Parv Nage (ORU) def. Henry Bilicic (NEB) 6-4, 6-3
CQR16: Henry Bilicic (NEB) def. Sansh Kumar (Saint Louis) 6-3, 6-2

Thursday, Oct. 17
R64: No. 31 Calvin Mueller (NEB) def. Luis Felipe Ferraz Sandoval Carvalho (Memphis) 6-3, 6-2
R64: Connor Smillie (Arkansas) def. Leo Linquet (NEB)  6-4, 6-3
R64: Jakub Vrba (Arkansas) def. Colson Wells (NEB) 6-3, 6-4
R64: No. 114 Anton Shepp (NEB) def. Rocky McKenzie (Creighton) 6-1, 6-0
R64: Nikolay Sysoev (NEB) def. Hank Trondson (Oklahoma) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
R64: Leandro Zgraggen (North Dakota) def. No. 63 Joan Torres Espinosa (NEB) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(2)
R64: Timothy Carlsson Seger (Tulsa) def. Lars Johann (NEB) 6-4, 6-4

R32: No. 34 Mueller/Shepp (NEB) def. Cheek/Holloway (ORU) 8-1
R64: Bilicic/Johann (NEB) def. Castellanos/Lo Nardo (Saint Louis) 8-5
R32: Linquet/Torres Espinosa (NEB) def. Bracks/Luethi (Wichita St.) 8-0
R32: Sysoev/Wells (NEB) def. Doig/Bojkovic (Tulsa) 8-6
R32: Smillie/Barun (Arkansas) def. Bilicic/Johann (NEB) 8-5

Friday, Oct. 17
R32: No. 31 Calvin Mueller (NEB) def. Luke Bracks (Wichita St.) 6-2, 6-4
R32: No. 114 Anton Shepp (NEB) def. Moritz Kudernatsch (Memphis) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
R32: Nikolay Sysoev (NEB) def. Harry Rock (Memphis) 6-3, 7-6(3)

CR32: Alejandro Gandini (Creighton) def. Colson Wells (NEB) 6(4)-7, 6-4, 6-4
CR32: Leo Linquet (NEB) def. Calum Jestin (Tulsa) 6-1, 6-4
CR32: Ian Bracks (Oklahoma St.) def. Lars Johann (NEB) 6(2)-7, 6-3, 6-3
CR32: Joan Torres Espinosa (NEB) def. Adam Bojkovic (Tulsa) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3

R16: Alessio Basile (Oklahoma St.) def. No. 31 Calvin Mueller (NEB) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
R16: No. 89 Luis Carlos Alvarez Valdes (Oklahoma) def. No. 114 Anton Shepp (NEB) 6-2, 6-0
R16: No. 110 Jordan Hasson (Oklahoma) def. Nikolay Sysoev (NEB) 7-5, 7-6(5)

R16: No. 34 Shepp/Mueller (NEB) def. Okonkwo/Komagata (Tulsa) 8-4
R16: Becroft/Basile (Oklahoma St.) def. Linquet/Torres Espinosa (NEB) 8-5
R16: Montsi/Trondson (Oklahoma) def. Sysoev/Wells (NEB) 8-2

Saturday, Oct. 19
CR16: Vojtech Petr (Oklahoma) def. Leo Linquet (NEB) 6-3, 6-3
CR16: Bozo Barun (Arkansas) def. Joan Torres Espinosa (NEB) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3

QF: Harazaki/Alvarez Valdes (Oklahoma) def. No. 34 Shepp/Mueller (NEB) 8-6

C-R16-Q: Arenui Luethi (Wichita St.) def. Colson Wells (NEB) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
C-R16-Q: Henry Bilicic (NEB) def. Jerall Yassin (North Dakota) 6-1, 7-5
C-R16-Q: Lars Johann (NEB) def. Vanja Hodzic 6-2, 6-2