Box Score BOURBONNAIS, Ill. – The William Woods University men's tennis team had a strong showing at the ITA Regional Championships presented by Oracle, which was hosted by Olivet Nazarene University.
 
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"We had a lot of opportunities in matches this tournament with our players with opportunity to advance further than what we did especially in the singles matches," stated Head Coach Justin Stuckey. "Most of the singles matches we played if a point here or there goes a different way changed the entire outcome of the match. We had 4 players in the quarterfinals of the tournament and only one advanced in Oscar to the semifinals." 
 
In singles action, the Owls had five players ranked in the top 16 of the draw. The highest seeded player was Oscar Barreiro, who was the two seed and opened with a bye. He followed with a 6-2, 6-4, victory in the second round over Nate Benoit. The third round, Barreiro won 6-2, 6-1 over Marius Castella. In the quarterfinals, Barreiro matched up with tenth seed Alfonso Martinez. Barreiro dropped the first set 7-6 (4) before winning 6-2, 10-3 advancing to the semifinals. Barreiro's run ended in the semifinals as he was defeated 6-4, 6-4 by Agustin Gascia, who went onto win the singles draw.
 
The fourth seed Christian Barbieri had a first round bye. In the second round, he defeated David Wolk, 6-1, 6-2. He was victorious in the third-round match, 6-0, 6-1, as he defeated Tyler Cannon, the No. 15 seed, advancing to the quarterfinals. However, Barbieri was taking one set in the quarterfinals before being defeated by Nicola Wehrile, 6-2, 1-6, 12-10.
 
Like the other two seeded players for the Owls, fifth seed Christopher Vleeming Ortiz followed suit as he advanced to the quarterfinals as well. After a bye, Vleeming Ortiz defeated Greg Teal, 6-1, 6-0. He followed that with a win over Nicola Rossi, the ninth seed, 6-4, 6-1, in the third round advancing to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals Vleeming Ortiz battled top seeded Fabio Peraso. Peraso came away with the 4-6, 7-8 (6), 10-6, over Vleeming Ortiz.
 
Seventh seeded Jesus Amezcua was the fourth Owl player to advance to the quarterfinals in the single draw. He had a bye in the first round and followed with a 6-2, 6-2, victory over Kendrick Chong. Playing the 16th seed in the third round, Amezcua won 6-1, 6-0, to advance to the quarterfinals. Amezcua was knocked out of the single draw 6-1, 4-1, when he retired to third seed Agustin Gascia.
 
Oscar Donker was the last ranked Owls player in the draw as he came in ranked 13th in the draw. He had a bye in round one and won, 2-6, 6-4, 10-5 over Marc Kerndl in the second round. He was knocked out in the third round by Nicola Wehrile in straight sets.
 
The Owls had three unseeded players also in the draw. Nathan Cooke won his first-round match, 6-0, 6-2, over Andrew Fuelleman. He was knocked out in round two by Fabio Peraso, 6-2, 6-0.  Benjamin Tzchentke was another unranked Owl. He was defeated in his first round match up 2-6, 6-3, 10-5 to Dylan Euzarraga. The last Owl in the draw was Juan Esteban Duran. Duran had a bye in the first round. In the second round he was defeated by 14th seed, Nicolas Palacio, 6-2, 6-3.
 
In doubles action, the Owls Christopher Vleeming Ortiz and Oscar Barreiro entered the draw as the No. 2 seed and received a first round bye. The second seed did not disappoint as they won its first match 8-1 over Wulk and Cong of Roosevelt. Following that they won 8-4 over Alig/Rossi. With its second win, the Owls pair had advanced to the semifinals. Vleeming Ortiz and Barreiro advanced to the championship with an 8-6 victory over Martinez and Cannon of Olivet Nazarene. In the championship, Vleeming Ortiz and Barreiro faced top seed Peraso and Palacio. Peraso and Palacio knocked out Vleeming Ortiz and Barreiro 8-5.
 
The fifth seed in the doubles draw also belonged to the Owls as Jesus Amezcua and Christian Barbieri teamed up together. They received a first round bye and in the second round defeated Euzarraga and Flannery 8-5. They then knocked out the fourth seed, Cavestro and Paige 8-2 advancing to the semifinals. Amezcua and Barbieri were defeated by the champions, Peraso and Palacio 8-4.
 
The Owls had two more doubles teams in action as Benjamin Tzchentke and Juan Esteban Duran teamed up and Oscar Donker and Nathan Cooke teamed to play together. Tzchentke and Duran came out winning its first match 8-2 over Kohler and Schieffer. They were defeated 8-3 in its second match to No. 6 seed Martinez and Cannon. Donker and Cooke won its first match as they knocked off eighth seed Aviles and Pejovich, 8-2.
 
"We performed better in doubles this weekend especially Christopher and Oscar making it to the finals of the doubles after only playing together for 2 weeks shows how far they have come with playing together," remarked Coach Stuckey. "Christian and Jesus also making it to the semifinals and having a few points here and there go a different way could have easily put them in position to have advanced to the finals. Oscar Donker and Nathan Cooke beating the #8 seed while being unseeded also shows the level of there play. At the end of the day the guys fought hard in every match which is all I ask."