FLUSHING, N.Y. - Freshman Jonathan Berling (Moss, Norway) won four matches Friday at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) East Regional Championship to advance to the quarterfinals of the doubles bracket and into the round of 16 in singles. Senior Fernando Torres (Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico) and graduate student Thomas Guy (Fulda, Germany) also remain alive in the singles bracket at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Full results for all of the Southern New Hampshire University men's tennis competitors are below. The action resumes Saturday (Sept. 18).
Singles
Boris Stastny def. Gabriel Balestero (Adelphi), 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (14-12) – R64
Omar El Shehawey (Queens (N.Y.)) def. Stastny, 6-2, 6-3 – R32
Fernando Torres def. #16 Preston Gordon (Franklin Pierce), 6-2, 4-0, retired – R64
Torres def. Max Kendler (St. Thomas Aquinas), 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (7-5) – R32
Thomas Guy def. #4 Lennart Legmann, 6-4, 6-4 – R64
#10 Jonathan Berling def. Brandon Sze (Assumption), 6-4, 6-1 – R64
#10 Berling def. Jose Williamson (Daemen), 6-2, 6-1 – R32
Doubles
#8 Nkrumah Patrick/Alejandro Ortiz (Franklin Pierce def. Zachary Duboulay/Cade Nadeau, 8-4 – R32
Fernando Torres/Jonathan Berling def. Valentin Baranyi/Julius Upel (St. Thomas Aquinas), 8-6 – R32
Fernando Torres/Jonathan Berling def. Tim Ostheimer/Julius Schulte (Queens (N.Y.)), 8-1 – R16
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