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UMW Men's Tennis Sees Four Singles Players, Four Doubles Teams Advance to Day Two of ITA Regional

UMW Men's Tennis Sees Four Singles Players, Four Doubles Teams Advance to Day Two of ITA Regional

The University of Mary Washington men's tennis team saw four singles players and four doubles teams advance to day two of the ITA South/Southeast Regional Tournament on Friday at the Battleground.

In doubles action, Joseph Brown and Michael Fleming gained a first round bye and then topped Joshua Pinckney and Kunal Barde of Carnegie Mellon, 8-5. Ryland Byrd and Derek Hagino topped Evan Han and James Hahn of Swarthmore, 8-2, to advance. Patrick Hughes and Cole Tecce topped Noah Criss and Noah Cheng of Swarthmore before edging Vishnu Joshi and Scott Thygesen of Johns Hopkins, 8-7 (4). Matt Miles and Moses Hutchison defeated John Rudden and Noah Tapp of Washington & Lee, 8-3, to advance to Saturday's round of 16.

In singles play, Michael Fleming downed Paul Gladstone of Virginia Wesleyan, 6-2, 6-2, before topping Thibault Vernier of Swarthmore, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1. Patrick Hughes beat Lucas Bueno of Muhlenberg, 6-3, 6-3, and Samuel Gibson of Carnegie Mellon, 6-3, 6-4, and Matt Miles defeated Frankie Fortunati of Catholic, 6-0, 6-1, and Clark Safran of Carnegie Mellon, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0. Derek Hagino advanced by beating Ian Siew of Salisbury, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, and Andy Mason of Christopher Newport, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Saturday's action will start with two rounds of doubles, followed by singles play.