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Men's Tennis

Lewis Men's tennis competes at ITA Midwest Regionals

ALLENDALE, Mich. -- The Lewis men's tennis team traveled to the ITA Regionals Saturday-Monday hosted by Grand Valley State University.

Tatenda Mutetwa (Harare, Zimbabwe) advanced all the way to the round of 16 in Flight B after winning a pair of matches. Mutetwa defeated Amaan Tezabwala from Northwood University in a three set tiebreaker in the first round 2-6,7-6(5),10-8.

Mutetwa went on to defeat Kacper Pasielak of Ferris State in the round of 32 in another three-set tiebreaker 2-6,6-1,10-8. The sophomore eventually fell in the round of 16 to Freddy Cossio of Grand Valley State University 6-1,4-6,10-4

Sophomore Indrek Soome (Pielavesi, Finland) advanced to the round of 32 in Flight A after defeating the number 1 seed Cedric Drenth from Wayne State 1-6,7-5,11-9. Soome was eliminated in the round of 32 after losing his match to Mathieu Derache from University of Indianapolis 6-7,6-4,10-3

Matias Parzajuk (Buenos Aires, Argentina) advanced to the round of 32 in Flight A after defeating Jan Stolin from Davenport University 6-2,4-6,12-10. Parzajuk was eliminated in the round of 32 by Yaroslav Sharyy of Drury University 6-4,6-2. Oliwer Wierzbicki (Szczecin, Poland/Tennessee State) lost in his matchup in Flight B to Luka Kalenic of McKendree University 7-5,7-5.

In doubles flight A, Parzajuk and Soome won their round of 32 matchup against Northwood's Leon Grassnickel and Max Wild 8-6. The pair went on to defeat Mathieu Derache and Erwan Momo from University of Indianapolis 8-5. The Lewis duo were eliminated in the quaterfinals after losing to Daniel Grey and Cedric Drenth from Wayne State 8-5.

Grant Miller (Charlestown, Ind./Silver Creek) and Brayden Bartecki (Chicago, Ill./Marist) were narrowly defeated in the round of 16 in Flight C to Giacomo Valerga and Charlie Sanzo from Mckendree University 8-3

Lewis will be back in action October 13 at the Purdue Northwest Invitational Tournament.
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Players Mentioned

Grant Miller

Grant Miller

5' 9"
Sophomore
Tatenda Mutetwa

Tatenda Mutetwa

6' 1"
Sophomore
Oliwer Wierzbicki

Oliwer Wierzbicki

6' 0"
Senior
Indrek Soome

Indrek Soome

6' 0"
Sophomore
Matias Parzajuk

Matias Parzajuk

5' 5"
Graduate Student
Brayden Bartecki

Brayden Bartecki

6' 1"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Grant Miller

Grant Miller

5' 9"
Sophomore
Tatenda Mutetwa

Tatenda Mutetwa

6' 1"
Sophomore
Oliwer Wierzbicki

Oliwer Wierzbicki

6' 0"
Senior
Indrek Soome

Indrek Soome

6' 0"
Sophomore
Matias Parzajuk

Matias Parzajuk

5' 5"
Graduate Student
Brayden Bartecki

Brayden Bartecki

6' 1"
Freshman