Men's Tennis Heads to ITA Ohio Valley Regional in Louisville, Ky.

Thursday, October 13

Louisville, Ky.

Xavier University

ITA Ohio Valley Regional

Men's Tennis Heads to ITA Ohio Valley Regional in Louisville, Ky.

10.12.22 | Men's Tennis

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Musketeers set to compete with 23 squads, from Oct. 13-17 at UofL and Bellarmine

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier men's tennis continues the Fall Tournament schedule this weekend, traveling to Louisville, Ky., to take part in the ITA Ohio Valley Regional. The tournament will feature 23 teams playing matches across five days at Louisville's Bass-Rudd Tennis Center and Bellarmine's Eddie Weber Tennis Complex.

TOURNAMENT DETAILS

ITA Ohio Valley Regional
Dates: Thursday, October 13 – Monday, October 17, 2022

Format: Main draw singles (128 players) and doubles (64 teams) and a full consolation draw for singles only.
- The singles and doubles finalists from this regional event will earn an automatic berth to the 2022 ITA National Fall Championships which will take place November 2-6, 2022, at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego,
Location: Louisville, Ky.
Venue(s): Thursday and Friday, main draw and consolation matches will be played (both indoors and outdoors) at Louisville's Bass-Rudd Tennis Center and Bellarmine's Eddie Weber Tennis Complex. We anticipate that all matches will be held solely at Louisville's Bass-Rudd Tennis Center Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Admission: Free
Participating Teams (23):Austin Peay, Ball State, Bellarmine, Belmont, Butler, Chattanooga, Dayton, Eastern Kentucky, East Tennessee State, Indiana, IUPUI, Kentucky, Lipscomb, Louisville, Memphis, Middle Tennessee, Northern Kentucky, Purdue, Southern Indiana, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, Vanderbilt and Xavier.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Thursday, October 13 (at Louisville and Bellarmine/Indoor and Outdoor)
Doubles
9:00 AM - First Round
10:00 AM - First Round
Main Draw Singles
11:00 AM –First Round
12:00 PM –First Round
2:00 PM –First Round
3:00 PM –First Round

Friday, October 16 (at Louisville and Bellarmine/Indoor and Outdoor)
Doubles
9:00 AM –Second Round
Main Draw Singles (Outdoor)
10:00 AM –Second Round
11:30 AM - Second Round
1:00 PM - Second Round
2:30 PM - Third Round
4:00 PM - Third Round
Consolation Singles (Indoor)
10:00 AM - First Round
11:00 AM - First Round
12:00 PM - First Round
1:00 PM - First Round
2:00 PM - Second Round
3:00 PM - Second Round

Saturday, Oct. 15 at Louisville
Doubles
9:00 AM - Third Round
10:30 AM – Quarterfinals
Main Draw Singles
12:00 PM – Fourth Round
Consolation Singles
12:00 singles –Third Round
3:00 singles - Quarterfinals

Sunday, October 16 at Louisville
Doubles
9:00 AM – Semifinals
Main Draw Singles
10:30 AM - Quarterfinals
2:00 PM - Semifinals
Consolation Singles
10:30 AM - Semifinals

Monday, October 17 at Louisville
Doubles
10:00 AM – Finals
Main Draw Singles
11:30 AM – Finals
Consolation Draw Singles
11:30 AM – Finals

FALL RESULTS

Xavier men's tennis picked up 14 combined wins over two days at the James O'Connell Memorial Tournament, facing off with Ball State, NKU and the host Dayton Flyers in the opening event of the Fall.
On day one, Xavier collected a pair of singles wins over Ball State, with Kyle Totorica defeating Danilo Kovacevic, 3-6, 7-5, 10-7, and Jorge Santamaria taking a 6-7 (3), 6-2, 11-9 win over Broc Fletcher.
In doubles action against Dayton on day one, Ryan Cahill and Kyle Totorica picked up a 6-3 win, and Charlie Temming and Deacon Thomas taking a 6-2 win over the Flyers.
Xavier closed out day one with a doubles sweep of NKU, with Cahill pairing up with Temming for a 6-4 win, Totorica and Santamaria taking a 7-5 win and Cambell Nakayama pairing with Marco Pennelli for a 7-6 win.
Xavier opened day two with three singles wins over Dayton, with Deacon Thomas taking a 7-5, 7-6 (5) win, Cambell Nakayama taking a 2-6, 6-2, 10-6 win and Jorge Santamaria battling to a 2-6, 6-4, 13-11 win.
Xavier picked up four more wins on day two, all four coming in two sets in singles action against NKU. Ryan Cahill collected a 6-2, 6-0, win. Kyle Totorica also won 6-2, 6-0. Marco Pennelli (Xavier) picked up a 6-1, 6-1 victory and Cambell Nakayama finished with a 6-3, 6-4 win.

FALL SCHEDULE

The Musketeers will return to Louisville to take part in a tournament at Bellarmine running October 28-29, to wrap up the Fall schedule.

THE MUSKETEERS

Xavier returns nine letterwinners from last year's squad that advanced to the BIG EAST Semifinals for the first time since 2016 after earning the No. 3 seed, the program's highest seed in the BIG EAST Championship since joining the conference in 2013-14.
The 2021-22 Musketeers finished the season at 12-9 overall, the most wins since the 2015-16 season.
Among the returners are All-BIG EAST Second Team selection Ryan Cahill, as well as Marco Pennelli, Charlie Temming, Cambell Nakayama, Pascal Mosberger, Shashank Reddy, Nick Loudermilk, Aaron Thompson and Jake Zipoli.
Xavier also added a trio of freshmen, Jorge Santamaria, Deacon Thomas and Kyle Totorica.