Huskers Impress at Day One of ITA Regionals

Lincoln Neb. – Nebraska had a strong showing on day one of the ITA Regionals, sending three doubles teams and six individuals to the winner’s bracket for the second day.

Seniors Dario Huber and Victor Moreno Lozano defeated Pini and Allen of Oklahoma State 8-6 to move to the round of 16. Freshman Calvin Mueller and senior William Gleason also advanced, as they bested Clegg and Sardo of Drake 8-3. Sophomore Nic Wiedenhorn and junior Shunya Maruyama were the final team to advance for Nebraska as they defeated Jones and Siddall of Tulsa 8-7 (3).

Six Huskers advanced in the main draw of the tournament. Junior Albert Sprlak-Puk won two matches and defeated Verboven from Oklahoma State to advance to the round of 32. Freshman Calvin Mueller also won his first match, but fell just short in a tough second round matchup 6-4, 6-3.

The other Nebraska players to move on were Huber, Wiedenhorn, Gleason, Maruyama, and Moreno Lozano. Overall in singles competition the Huskers went 8-4 as well as 4-1 in doubles. 

Play will start tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. with two rounds of singles consolation at the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center. Main draw singles will begin at 11:00 a.m. Fans can follow along on Twitter, or view the bracket here.

Singles:

Round 1:

Sprlak-Puk (Nebraska) def. Evans (ORU) 6-3, 7-5

Siddall (Tulsa) def. Cacciatore (Nebraska) 6-3, 5-7, 6-2

Bolin (Drake) def. Dixit (Nebraska) 7-5, 6-3

Mueller (Nebraska) def. Richards (WSU) 6-1, 6-1

Round 2:

Huber (Nebraska) def. Odell 6-3, 6-1

Wiedenhorn (Nebraska) def. Schfris (Drake) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2

Gleason (Nebraska) def. Mylavarapu (UNO) 6-3, 6-2

Sprlak-Puk (Nebraska) def. Verboven (OSU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1

Maruyama (Nebraska) def. Inoue (Creighton) 6-4, 6-1, 6-0

Fragistas (Drake) def. Hietaranta (Nebraska) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4

Hasson (Oklahoma) def. Mueller (Nebraska) 6-4, 6-3

Lozano (Nebraska) def. Richards (WSU) 6-3, 7-5

Doubles:

Round 1:

Maruyama/Wiedenhorn (Nebraska) def. Mylavarapu/Quintana (UNO) 8-4

Round 2:

Maruyama/Wiedenhorn (Nebraska) def Jones/Siddall (Tulsa) 8-7(3)

Mueller/Mueller (Nebraska) def. Clegg/Sardo (Drake) 8-3

Huber/Lozano (Nebraska) def. Pini/Allen (OSU) 8-6

Lo/Richards (WSU) def. Sprlak-Puk/Cacciatore (Nebraska) 8-6