Nebraska Travels to ITA Central Regionals

Lincoln, Neb. – The Nebraska men's tennis team will head to Tulsa, Okla., this weekend to compete at the 2018 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Central Regional Championships. The tournament will be played on Oct. 18-22 at the Case Tennis Center, located on the campus of the University of Tulsa. 

Seniors Toby Boyer and Jon Meyer, juniors Chris Dean, Micah Klousia and Alvaro Moreno Lozano, and freshmen William Gleason and Victor Moreno Lozano will represent the Huskers at the Regionals, which will include over 100 student-athletes from 15 schools in the Central region.

“I think the ITA Regionals are a great event to see where we stack up in this region,” Head Coach Sean Maymi said, “and also to find out how some of our guys have improved so far. We are looking forward to it.”

The tournament starts on Thursday morning with the singles and doubles main draws, which will be posted here as soon as available. Following rounds will be announced later on the week. Times and rounds are subject to change due to expected weather in the area.

Victor Moreno will start off singles play on Thursday at 8 a.m. CT against Alexandre Reco (Arkansas), while Meyer faces Enrique Paya (Arkansas) at the same time. Chris Dean duels with Marcello Moreira (Oral Roberts) at 9 a.m. CT, and Alvaro Moreno takes on Joe Tyler (Iowa) at 9:30 a.m. CT. Klousia challenges Freddie Powell (Drake) at 10:30 a.m. CT before Gleason faces off against Jason Kerst (Iowa) at 11 a.m. CT.

No. 10 Boyer, the only Husker seeded at the Regionals, earns a bye before playing at 11:30 a.m. CT against the winner of Andre Caligiana (Wichita State) v. Brady Draheim (Oklahoma State).

Nebraska will join Arkansas, Creighton, Drake, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Omaha, Oral Roberts, Saint Louis, Tulsa, UMKC and Wichita State at the event. No team scores will be kept.

The Huskers competed at a pair of tournaments two weekends ago to continue their fall season. Klousia, Meyer and Victor Moreno earned a total of three singles wins and a doubles victory at the Bobby Bayliss Invitational in Notre Dame, Ind., on Oct 5-7. Boyer competed at the Texas Tamale Houston Cup, a USTA/ITF Pro tournament on Oct. 6, but fell just short to No. 7 Tim Ruehl in the singles qualifying round.

Fans can follow live streaming and scoring at streamingtennis.com/tulsa. Results will be also posted on Huskers.com and @HuskerMTennis on Twitter. 

Thursday's Schedule (all times in Central Time) Singles

8 a.m.: Victor Moreno v. Alexandre Reco (Arkansas)

8 a.m.: Jon Meyer v. Enrique Paya (Arkansas)

9 a.m.: Chris Dean v. Marcello Moreira (Oral Roberts)

9:30 a.m.: Alvaro Moreno v. Joe Tyler (Iowa)

10:30 a.m.: Micah Klousia v. Freddie Powell (Drake)

11 a.m.: William Gleason v. Jason Kerst (Iowa)

Doubles

3 p.m.: Boyer/Klousia v. Buth/Sitar (North Dakota)

3 p.m.: Dean/Meyer v. Koncz/Russo (Oral Roberts)

4 p.m.: Gleason/V. Moreno v. Bertsch/Stewart (Oklahoma)