OWENSBORO, Ky. -- The Midway tennis teams concluded their first invite of the year with a series of matches at the ITA NAIA Men's and Women's Southeast Regional Championship over the weekend.
The Eagles took part in both singles and doubles matches at the invite.
The Open Doubles tournament is where the Midway men found success. Ricardo Starosta and Mudiwa Munyimani advanced to the quarterfinal round. After a first-round bye, Starosta and Munyimani dominated their round of 32 matchup, 8-1. They took care of business in the next round with an 8-6 victory to advance to the quarterfinals.
The Eagles men won four of their seven doubles matches. Shimpei Yazuka and Mathias Nivet teamed up for an 8-3 win in their opening match and followed it with another 8-3 victory before ultimately falling in the round of 16.
The women's team won two of its five matches in Open Doubles. Tanit Cevada Cruz and Carina Richter took care of business in the opening round with an 8-0 victory. Cevada Cruz and Richter fell in the next round. After a first-round bye, Alicia Sanglas and Maggie Ku won their first match 8-3 before coming up short in the next round.
In the Men's Open Singles tournament, the Eagles won two of their eight matches. After first-round byes, Nivet and Starosta each won their first matchup in straight sets. Nivet won both sets 6-3, while Starosta earned a 6-2, 6-3 victory. Both fell in the round of 32.
For the women in the singles tournament, Midway also won two of its eight matches. Cevada Cruz and Ku were the lone Eagles players to advance to the round of 32. After a first-round bye, Ku won in straight sets in the round of 64, 7-5, 6-4.
Cevada Cruz won her first set in a tiebreaker. She dropped the second set before clinching the match with a 6-4 victory in the third.
It will be a quick turnaround for both teams as they will participate in the Cumberlands Invitational on Oct. 3 at the UC Tennis Complex in Williamsburg, Ky.
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