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Men's Tennis

Men's Tennis Competes at ITA Tournament

GREENWOOD, Ind. -- The Lewis University men's tennis team had individuals compete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Tournament (ITA) hosted by University of Indianapolis which concluded Monday (Sept. 19). 

Omer Gorgun (Kocaeli, Turkey/South Carolina State) and Zachary Matuszak advanced to the quarterfinals in Flight B after defeating Drury's Casper Otten and Claudio Vertiz Olivares, 8-4. The duo also defeated Rockhurst's Juan Felipe Castellanos and Victor Agustin Cortes Flores, 8-4. In quarterfinals, Gorgun and Matuszak's run came to an end after losing to Findlay's Octavio Carrasco and Mark Ivanov, 9-7. 

Boris Redkow (Hamburg, Germany/Saint Mary College) and Tatenda Mutetwa (Harare, Zimbabwe) made it to the Round of 16 in Flight A after defeating Findlay's Luigi Bove and Dallas Ramsey, 9-7. The duo ended up losing to Indianapolis's Louis Picaud and Mathieu Derache, 8-5. 

Oliwer Wierzbicki (Szczecin, Poland/Tennessee State) and Grant Miller (Charlestown, Ind./Silver Creek) lost in the quarterfinals in Flight C, 8-5, to Lake Superior's Logan Brown and Xavier Vincent Navarro. 

Gorgun made to the quarterfinals in Flight A after defeating Northwood's Leon Grundstroem, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 and Purdue Northwest's Luca Kirchhoff, 6-2, 6-1, before dropping his match against Tom Niklas Zeuch of University of Indianapolis, 6-2, 6-1. 

Matuszak made it to the Round of 32 after defeating Brendan Everhart of Quincy in straight sets,  7-5, 6-1 before falling to Mario Aleksic of Maryville in Flight A, 6-3, 6-4. 

Miller suffered a setback in the round of 32 against Iago Alcover of Rockhurst in Flight C, 6-1, 1-6, 11-9. 

Mutetwa lost to Daniel Cardy of Davenport in the round of 32 in Flight B, 6-4, 7-6, (7-5) 

Wierzbicki dropped his match to Leon Sell of Michigan Tech in the round of 32 also in Flight B, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3). 

Matuszak made it to the Round of 32 after defeating Brendan Everhart of Quincy in straight sets,  7-5, 6-1 before falling to Mario Aleksic of Maryville in Flight A, 6-3, 6-4. 

Reckow lost his match in the Round of 32 to Tiffin's Ruben Fonga, 6-1, 6-4. 
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Players Mentioned

Oliwer Wierzbicki

Oliwer Wierzbicki

Junior
Omer Gorgun

Omer Gorgun

Graduate Student
Grant Miller

Grant Miller

Freshman
Tatenda Mutetwa

Tatenda Mutetwa

Freshman
Boris Reckow

Boris Reckow

Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

Oliwer Wierzbicki

Oliwer Wierzbicki

Junior
Omer Gorgun

Omer Gorgun

Graduate Student
Grant Miller

Grant Miller

Freshman
Tatenda Mutetwa

Tatenda Mutetwa

Freshman
Boris Reckow

Boris Reckow

Graduate Student