CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Old Dominion men's tennis team participated in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Atlantic Regionals hosted by the University of Virginia this weekend and came out with a few good results.
Highlighting the list was a run to the semifinals of the gold division in doubles by Younes Lalami and Brandon Perez. The duo had wins over Liberty (8-3) and Va. Tech (8-6), before knocking off the ninth-ranked duo in the country of Bar Botzer and Chris Rodesch from Virginia 8-7 (12-10). Their run ended in another tiebreaker with a semifinal loss to Ryan Fishback and Alberto Oriso of Virginia Tech 8-7 (7-5).
In singles, Codie van Schalkwyk went 3-0 in the silver singles to earn a spot in the gold bracket. He recorded wins over Bucknell (6-3, 6-3), Virginia (6-2, 6-1) and Temple (6-4, 6-0) to earn a spot in the gold division. His first match there was against the top seed from Virginia and he fell 6-4, 6-3.
Jakob Cadonau was one round from advancing to the gold bracket after wins over Navy (6-3, 6-2) and Virginia Tech (6-2, 6-3) before falling to William & Mary 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-1.
Overall, we had a very solid weekend in Charlottesville. Our new format with three play-in draws generated competitive matches from the first match on and these are the type of matches we needed in the fall," said head coach Dominik Mueller.
The Monarchs will close out the fall season at Liberty Hidden Duals on November 4-6.
Silver Singles
First Round
Codie Van Schalkwyk def. Amar Tahirovic (Bucknell) 6-3, 6-3
Konstantinos Raptis (Radford) def. Oliver Tobisch 6-4, 6-2
Jakob Cadonau def. Luke Garner (Navy) 6-3, 6-2
Brandon Perez def. Hugo Maia (Va. Tech – 3) 7-5, 6-4
Gregorie Barety (Temple) def. Nicola Vidal 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
Consolation
Oliver Tobisch def. Monil Lotikar (George Mason) 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (10-3)
Jake Fellows (Georgetown) def. Vidal 7-5, 6-0
Second Round
Van Schalkwyk def. Ty Switzer (Virginia) 6-2, 6-1
Cadonau def. Ryan Morgan (Virginia Tech) 6-2, 6-3
Zion Heaven (Liberty) def. Perez 6-4, 6-2
Quarterfinals
Van Schalkwyk def. Leo Raquin (Temple) 6-4, 6-0
Joseph Brailovsky (W&M) def. Cadonau 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-1
Gold Singles
First Round
Inaki Montes de la Torre (Virginia) def. Van Schalkwyk 6-4, 6-3
Yanis Moundir def. Manuel Goncalves (Va. Tech) 6-3, 7-6 (5)
Ryan Fishback (Va. Tech) def. Cosme Rolland De Ravel 6-3, 6-4
Younes Lalami def. Kieran Foster (Georgetown) 6-3, 6-0
Consolation
Joseph Brailovsky (W&M) def. Rolland De Ravel 6-2, 6-2
Second Round
Jeffrey von der Schuelberg (Virginia) def. Moundir 6-3, 6-4
Chris Rodesch (Virginia) def. Lalami 6-2, 6-4
Gold Doubles
First Round
Jakob Cadonau/Codie Van Schalkwyk def. Thando Longwe-Smit/Omar El Kadi (Liberty) 8-5
Rayane Stable/Matisse Bobichon (VCU) def. Cosme Rolland De Ravel/Yanis Moundir 8-5
Joseph Brailovsky/Andres Silva (W&M) def. Nicola Vidal/Francois Le Tallec 8-4
Younes Lalami/Brandon Perez def. Deji Thomas-Smith/Rafael Marques De Silva (Liberty) 8-3
Second Round
Maxence Bertimon/Charles Bertimon (VCU) def. Cadonau/Van Schalkwyk 8-3
Lalami/Perez def. Matt Harper/Frank Thompson (Va. Tech) 8-6
Quarterfinals
Lalami/Perez def. Bar Botzer/Chris Rodesch (Virginia) 8-7 (12-10)
Semifinals
Ryan Fishback/Alberto Orsio (Va. Tech) def. Lalami/Perez 8-7 (7-5)
Consolation
Charl Morgan/Miko Eala (Penn State) def. Vidal/Le Tallec 8-6
Men's Tennis Wraps Up ITA Regional With Big Win
