Huskers Open Fall at ITA All-American

Tulsa, Okla. - The Nebraska men's tennis team hit the road for their first competition where they will participate in the Saint Francis Health Systems ITA Men's All-American Championships. The Huskers are excited to begin fall play competing with some of the country's top universities and with two new additions to the roster, Toby Boyer and Micah Klousia. The two-week event will take place at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. 

The day began at 8 am where Chris Schindler kicked off the tournament against Riley Reist of Ohio State. Schindler took the victory in a tight event where he lost the first set 4-6 followed by a win in a tie-breaker in the second going 7-6(4) and finishing the match up with a final win in the third set producing the closing score of 6-3. 

Marc Herrmann grabbed a win against Aaron Gomez of Virginia Tech where the two had an alternating match. Herrmann began play with a loss in the first set going 0-6. In the second set Marc was able to re-focus and produce a win of 6-3. In the third and final set, Herrmann and Gomez battled ultimately leading to Herrmann taking the victory 6-4.

Later in the morning Andrew Dzulynsky competed against Middle Tennesee's Gian Issa. Dzulynsky started off with a loss in the first set where the two went 6-3 followed by a win in the second 5-7. With each competitor possessing a win the third set determined the winner to be Issa where he went 7-6 over Dzulynsky. 

Senior Scott Elsass took on Vaughn Hunter of Mississippi State. The two battled it out going 7-5 in the first set followed by Hunter also taking the second set 6-1 giving him the win. 

Nebraska's Vasileios Stavropoulos fought for a quick win over New Mexico's Michael Tran. Stavropoulos took the first set 6-3 and completed with a 6-4 win over Tran in the second set awarding him the win of his opening round of the tournament. 

Toby Boyer competed in his first meet with the Huskers against Keivon Tabrizi of Wake Forest where the two fought hard resulting in a loss for Boyer. The two went neck in neck where Tabrizi took the first set going 7-5 over Boyer. In the second set, Boyer went 6-4 over Tabrizi. Finally in the third set, Tabrizi took back control where he finished the match 6-2. 

Bradford Zitsch competed against Mississippi's Vinod Gowda where he suffered a loss in the first round of the tournament. Gowda went 6-2 and 6-4 in the second set bringing fourth a win. 

Chris Schindler competed for a second time today against Christian Cargill of William & Mary. The two had a tight first set, going 6-7(4) with Schindler taking that victory with a tie breaker. In the second set Cargill came back and won 6-2 over Schindler finishing with another 6-2 win in the third. 

"Glad to get Mark (Herrmann) and Vasileios (Stavropoulos) through today and live for another day to work on advancing," said Head Coach Kerry McDermott. "Tough three set losses for Andrew (Dzulynsky) and Toby (Boyer) which could have made for some good confidence building with those two guys. My hat is off to Chris Schindler who won in three sets against a very good Ohio State guy in the first round and then a tough three set loss to another excellent player from William & Mary."

Competition will resume tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. in Tulsa. Results of each match will be posted here on huskers.com following the day's competition. Go Huskers!