Vicente Faria and Gonzalo Cotter advanced to the prestigious ITA Cup next week in Rome, Ga., after winning at the regional event last week.
Faria, a sophomore from Lisbon, Portugal, and Cotter, a sophomore from Valencia, Spain, teamed up to win the top men’s doubles draw at the ITA Southern Regional in Ellisville. The duo defeated teammates Moritz Stroebel (Fr., Metzingen, Germany/Theodor-Heuss-Schule Reutlingen) and Ryland Buford (Fr., Gulfport/Gulfport) 6-1, 6-4 in the finals, as the Bulldogs dominated that draw.
The ITA Cup, formerly the Small College Nationals, serves as a fall national championship event for colleges below the NCAA Division I level. Faria and Cotter will compete against other NJCAA Division II competition at the Rome Tennis Center starting Oct. 10.
Faria also advanced to the finals of the men’s singles top draw. Cotter defeated Stroebel in the quarterfinals before being eliminated in the semis.
In the men’s B singles draw, Nick Dulaney (Fr., Long Beach/Long Beach) advanced to the semifinals. Jeremiah Layton (So., Brookhaven/Brookhaven) and Easton van Norden (Fr., Long Beach/Long Beach) made it to the quarters in B doubles.
On the women’s side, Danique Vermue (So., ‘s-Heerenhoek, Netherlands/Scheldemon College) had to retire in the semifinals of the top singles draw. Lauren Sullivan (So., Laurel/Laurel Christian) made it to the quarters of that draw, as did Mikenzy Dubrow (So., Biloxi/Biloxi) in B singles. Meredith Matthews (Fr., Wiggins/Stone) got knocked out of the C singles semifinals.
Dubrow and Sullivan won the B doubles with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Northwest Mississippi’s Mattison Sanders and Allie Rawles. Vermue and Isona Arnaus (Fr., Barcelona, Spain/Centre Lopez Vicuna) made it to the semifinals of the A doubles draw.
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