SUMTER. S.C. -- Several members of the men's and women's tennis teams competed in the ITA Southeast Regional, held Friday-Monday at the Palmetto Tennis Center in Sumter, South Carolina. LMU had a good weekend as Joshua Peress won the group A consolation bracket championship and the duo of Peress and David Segarra won the group B tournament crown in men's doubles, while Julia Valls finished as the runner up in the group A consolation bracket.

On the men's side in group A play, Xavier Marti defeated Southern Wesleyan's Urs Widow 6-4, 6-4 in the opening round and then fell to Columbus State's Kiranpal Pannu 6-2, 6-3 in the round of 32. Mount Olive's Armando Ferreira defeated Joshua Peress 6-2, 6-2 in the opening round, sending him to the consolation bracket. In that bracket, Peress defeated Tusculum's Tashique Kader 4-6, 6-2, 10-8 in the first round and then received a bye into the quarterfinal round, where he faced SWU's Widow and won 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the semifinals. He then received a pair of byes due to other teams not playing due to time constraints and therefore won the Group A Consolation Bracket.

In group B play, Constantin Ernstberger and Segarra both advanced to the quartfinal round. Ernstberger won over Young Harris' Ignacio Ascarrunz 7-6 (1), 6-4; King's Arturo Alfaro 6-3, 6-4; and Belmont Abbey's Carlos Nolasco 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-2 before falling to Newberry's Nikhil Mannepalli 6-3, 6-3. David Segarra pick up wins over YHC's Max Muldoon (6-1, 6-0), CSU's John Wesley Carlson (6-2, 6-3) and USC Aiken's Vakentin Mountono (6-4, 6-4) before losing to North Georgia's George
Waldo 7-5, 6-2.

In doubles action Ernstberger and Marti fell to Lander's Gronje and Groner 8-2 in the opening round of group A play. In group B, Peress and Segarra received a first round by before winning over Emmanuel's Canadas and Pereira (8-2), Tusculum's de Klerk and Munoz (8-7 (4)) and Lander's Korsten and Regner (8-4) to reach Monday's group B championship. In that match, they defeated Mount Olive's Ferreira and Middleton to win the tournament group B doubles crown.

In Women's group A action, Marta Pinol picked up three wins, defeating Georgia College's Valeria Lopez 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, Lenoir-Rhyne's Sara Kalkenova 6-4, 6-0 and Francis Marion's Marie Krueger 1-6, 6-1, ret. before falling in the group quarterfinal to Tusculum's Katarina Majorova 6-2, 6-4. In other group A action, Julia Loos fell to Tusculum's Annie McCullough 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 in the opening round and then lost to L-R's Marta Escanero 7-5, 6-3 in the consolation bracket.

Women's group B play saw Angelica Solano defeat Emmanuel's Katharina Kiderlen 6-0, 6-2 in the round of 64 before falling to Young Harris' Ana Rodriguez 6-4, 6-2. Mount Olive's Areej Fareh won over Julia Valls 7-6 (2), 6-4, forcing Valls into the consolation bracket. In that bracket, Valls had a pair of byes before beating FMU's Nikita Berger 7-5, 6-1 and Coker's Suzanna Mickey 6-2, 6-0 to advance to the consolation semifinals. Valls then advanced to the finals following a walkover, where she fell to Tusculum's Brooks 3-6, 6-4 ,10-8.

In doubles action, Pinol and Loos won over Mount Olive's Fareh and Gardner 8-2 before falling to Georgia College's Kelly and Lopez 8-6 in group A play. In group B, Solano and Valls advanced to the second round via a bye before falling to Columbus State's Kattah Paz and Williams 8-1.

The LMU women will face UVa-Wise Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Wise, Va. The match was originially scheduled for Monday but was moved due to LMU still playing in the ITA Regional on Monday. The Cavaliers are currently 3-7 on the year, with all three wins coming in Mountain East Conference play, where they are 3-4.

The LMU men, barring any matches added in the next few weeks, have now completed the fall portion of their schedule. They will resume action in February, beginning on Feb. 3 when they host the University of the Cumberlands.


WOMEN
Tennis Tournament Results
ITA Southeast Regional
9/29-10/1, 2017 at Sumter, SC (Palmetto Tennis Center)

 Singles competition 
Group A
64   Annie McCullough (Tusculum) def. Julia Loos (Lincoln Memorial) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
64   Marta Pinol (Lincoln Memorial) def. Valeria Lopez (Georgia College) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
32   Marta Pinol (Lincoln Memorial) def. Sara Kalkenova (Lenoir-Rhyne) 6-4, 6-0
16   Marta Pinol (Lincoln Memorial) def. Marie Krueger (Francis Marion) 1-6, 6-1, retired
QF   Katarina Majorova (Tusculum) def. Marta Pinol (Lincoln Memorial) 6-2, 6-4
Group A Consolation
1st Rnd Marta Escanero (Lincoln Memorial) def. Julia Loos (Lincoln Memorial) 7-5, 6-3
Group B
64   Angelica Solano (Lincoln Memorial) def. Katharina Kiderlen (Emmanuel) 6-0, 6-2
64   Areej Fareh (Mount Olive) def. Julia Valls (Lincoln Memorial) 7-6 (6-2), 6-4
32   Ana Rodriguez (Young Harris) def. Angelica Solano (Lincoln Memorial) 6-4, 6-2
Group B Consolation
3rd Rnd Julia Valls (Lincoln Memorial) def. Nikita Berger (Francis Marion) 7-5, 6-1
QF   Julia Valls (Lincoln Memorial) def. Suzanna Mickey (Coker) 6-2, 6-0
SF   Julia Valls (Lincoln Memorial) def. Lucia Davila (Newberry), walkover
F     Brittani Brooks (Tusculum) def. Julia Valls (Lincoln Memorial) 3-6, 6-4, 10-8

 Doubles competition 
32-A Marta Pinol/Julia Loos (Lincoln Memorial) def. Areej Fareh/Sonja Gaertner (Mount Olive) 8-2
16-A Jena Kelly/Valeria Lopez (Georgia College) def. Marta Pinol/Julia Loos (Lincoln Memorial) 8-6
16-B Natalia Kattah Paz/Rachael Williams (Columbus State) def. Angelica Solano/Julia Valls (Lincoln Memorial) 8-1


MEN
Tennis Tournament Results
ITA Southeast Regional
9/29-10/1, 2017 at Sumter, SC (Palmetto Tennis Center)

 Singles competition 
Group A
64   Xavier Marti (Lincoln Memorial) def. Urs Widow (Southern Wesleyan) 6-4, 6-4
64   Armando Ferreira (Mount Olive) def. Joshua Peress (Lincoln Memorial) 6-2, 6-2
32   Kiranpal Pannu (Columbus State) def. Xavier Marti (Lincoln Memorial) 6-2, 6-3
Group A Consolation
1st Rnd Joshua Peress (Lincoln Memorial) def. Tashique Kader (Tusculum) 4-6, 6-2, 10-8
3rd Rnd Joshua Peress (Lincoln Memorial) def. Timothy Kiehl (North Georgia) 6-1, 7-5
QF   Joshua Peress (Lincoln Memorial) def. Urs Widow (Southern Wesleyan) 6-1, 6-3
SF   Joshua Peress (Lincoln Memorial) def. Bye (), walkover
F    Joshua Peress (Lincoln Memorial) def. Bye (), walkover
Group B
64   C. Ernstberger (Lincoln Memorial) def. Ignacio Ascarrunz (Young Harris) 7-6 (6-1), 6-4
64   David Segarra (Lincoln Memorial) def. Max Muldoon (Young Harris) 6-1, 6-0
32   C. Ernstberger (Lincoln Memorial) def. Arturo Alfaro (King) 6-3, 6-4
32   David Segarra (Lincoln Memorial) def. John Wesley Carlson (Columbus State) 6-2, 6-3
16   C. Ernstberger (Lincoln Memorial) def. Carlos Nolasco (Belmont Abbey) 6-3, 6-7 (6-3), 6-2
16   David Segarra (Lincoln Memorial) def. Vakentin Mountono (USC Aiken) 6-4, 6-4
QF   Nikhil Mannepalli (Newberry) def. C. Ernstberger (Lincoln Memorial) 6-3, 6-3
QF   George Waldo (North Georgia) def. David Segarra (Lincoln Memorial) 7-5, 6-2

 Doubles competition 
32-A Axel Gronje/Firik Groner (Lander) def. C. Ernstberger/Xavier Marti (Lincoln Memorial) 8-2
16-B Joshua Peress/David Segarra (Lincoln Memorial) def. Jorge Canadas/Lucas V. Pereira (Emmanuel) 8-3
QF-B Joshua Peress/David Segarra (Lincoln Memorial) def. Toby de Klerk/Eduardo Munoz (Tusculum) 8-7 (6-4)
SF-B Joshua Peress/David Segarra (Lincoln Memorial) def. David Korsten/Alex Regner (Lander) 8-4
F-B  Armando Ferreira/Jack Middleton (Mount Olive) def. Joshua Peress/David Segarra (Lincoln Memorial) 8-6