GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. - McKendree University men's tennis competed at the ITA regional event hosted by Davenport University.

"I am very encouraged and excited for the upcoming spring season. These guys competed so well. The amount of growth in the last three weeks has been something I've never seen before. The work ethic and how coachable this team is, is very special. We owned the B draw and even out losses were good losses. Can't wait to keep developing these guys. Go Bearcats!" said head coach Chance Joost.

Singles Flight A
Senior Seb Holden, ranked 13^th , drops his opening round match [2-6, 6-7(5-7)] but earned a couple single victories in the round of 32 of the consolation bracket (6-0, 6-1) and in the round of 16 (6-4,6-1) before falling to Victor Lopes from Grand Valley State (4-6, 2-6) in the consolation quarterfinals.

Junior Luka Kalenic, ranked 10^th , opens the A draw with a win (7-5, 6-2). Kalenic goes on to beat Davenport University's Daniel Calver (6-2, 6-3) in the round of 32. Kalenic falls in the round of 16 (1-6, 0-6) to Wayne State University's George Day.

Freshman Bastian Post, and Sophomore Felix Diedrichs also competed in the A draw, but were knocked out in the consolation bracket. Post falls to #9 David Simeonov from University of Indianapolis (3-6, 2-6). Diedrichs falls to #3 Ugnius Bickauskis from William Jewel College (3-6, 3-6).

Singles Flight B
Junior Bendix Schroeder, ranked 7^th, won in his opening round (6-3, 6-2). Schroeder goes on to post a win in the round of 32 (6-0, 6-3). Schroeder breezes through the round of 16 (6-4, 6-4), and then battles to beat #2 Adrian Catahan from Ferris State University (6-3, 6-3) in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals Schroeder comes from behind to defeats Jorge Ruiz of Grand Valley State University in a hard-fought match [4-6, 7(7)-6(1), 10-8]. Schroeder then meets teammate Stepan Mach in the finals. Due to an injury, they did not compete in this match.

Sophomore Stepan Mach won his opening round (6-1, 6-2). Mach wins his round of 32 match (6-4, 4-6, 10-8). In the round of 16, Mach posts a win over Samuel Plys of Hillsdale College (6-0, 6-3). In the quarterfinals Mach battles to defeat #5 Diego Schtulmann of Rockhurst University [7(7)-6(3), 6-2]. Mach posts a win in the semifinals (6-0, 6-4) to then meet teammate Bendix in the final. This match was not played due to an injury.

Freshman Mathijs Aalpol wins his opening round over #9 Janis Auslands of Tiffin University (6-3, 3-6, 10-7). Aalpol then falls in the round of 32 (3-6, 4-6).

Sophomore Arne-Magnus Knott wins his opening round (6-1,6-4). Knott then falls in the round of 32 to #3 Ignasi Garros of Grand Valley State University (3-6, 3-6).

Singles Flight C
Junior Arhaan Pahwa opens with a win (6-1, 6-4). Pahwa goes on to win in the round of 32 over Walsh University's Fedor Kuznetsov (6-2, 6-3), but then falls in the round of 16 (7-5, 1-6, 6-10).

Sophomore Giacomo Valerga wins his opening round [5-7, 6-1, 10-5). Valerga then falls in the round of 32 to Tiffin University's Ethan Remy (4-6, 3-6).

Doubles Flight A
Ranked 8^th, Bendix Schroeder and Luka Kalenic post a win in the opening round of doubles (8-2). Schroeder and Kalenic go on to win in the round of 16 over Michigan Technological University's duo Leon Sell and Laurent Teysseire (8-6). Schroeder and Kalenic fall in the quarterfinals to #1 George Day and Cedric Drenth of Wayne State University (5-8).

Felix Diedrichs and Mathijs Aalpol open the doubles flight A with a won over Northwood University duo Max Wild and Finn Buschmass (8-5). They then fall in the round of 16 (8-1).

Doubles Flight B
Arhaan Pahwa and Arne-Magnus Knott fell in the doubles opening round to #4 Creed Skinner and Semyon Tsyrenov of Rockhurst University (8-2). Pahwa and Knott fell in the round of 16 in the consolation bracket (4-8).

Ranked 6^th, Stepan Mach and Bastian Post open the doubles round with a win over Purdue University Northwest duo Adhirit Awal and Pedro Diaz Camacho (8-5). Mach and Post fall in the round of 16 (6-8).

Doubles Flight C
Seb Holden and Giacomo Valerga received a bye in the doubles flight C round of 32. They would then fall in the round of 16 (4-8).

For the full ITA Regional results, click this link.