ABILENE, TEXAS – The University of the Incarnate Word men's tennis team had a long and successful weekend at the ITA Regionals hosted by Abilene Christian University at the Eager Tennis Pavilion Saturday through Monday.

The Cardinals had five of their six players at least win their first round match in the 64-individual tournament and both doubles teams won their first round matches.  Leo Ivic advanced to the round of 16 after beating Matt Tabler of Arkansas-Fort Smith and Angelo Lencioni of Cameron in straight sets.  Mario Jakovljevic also made it to the round of 16 after knocking out CSU-Pueblo's Alex Lesivk and McMurry's Chris Breaux by identical 6-3, 6-3 scores.

Tucker Brown, Brandon Davis and Luke Trautman each won their first round matches before succumbing in the second round.

Trautman and Davis advanced to the final eight doubles teams.  They defeated a squad from CSU-Pueblo, 8-4 and a team from Lone Star Conference rival Abilene Christian, 8-5. 
Jakovljevic and Ivic paired together to win their first match, 8-2 over a duo from UT-Permian Basin.  Both UIW doubles teams lost to teams from Oklahoma Christian.

The ITA Regional Tournament is the only competition that UIW will participate in during the fall.

Results
Leo Ivic d. Matt Tabler, Arkansas-Fort Smith - 6-4, 6-2
Leo Ivic d. Angelo Lencioni, Cameron - 6-3, 6-2
Leo Ivic l. Josip Smoljan, Oklahoma Christian - 6-4, 6-2
Tucker Brown d. Eric Manning, Arkansas-Fort Smith - 6-2, 6-4
Tucker Brown l. Duje Janjic, Cameron - 6-3, 6-3
Brandon Davis d. Dean Welgert, Cameron - 6-4, 7-6 (11-9)
Brandon Davis l. Martin Poboril, Oklahoma Christian - 6-4, 7-6 (5)
Mario Jakovljevic d. Alex Lesivk, CSU-Pueblo - 6-3, 6-3
Mario Jakovljevic d. Chris Breaux, McMurry - 6-3, 6-3
Mario Jakovljevic l. Nicolai Ferrigno, Cameron - 6-4, 6-3
Luke Trautman d. Tom Weir, McMurry - 6-7, 7-5, 10-4
Luke Trautman l. Borja Cortes, ACU - 6-3, 6-2
Aiden DeLeon l. Luke Joyce, Midwestern State - 6-4, 7-5

Doubles
Trautman/Davis d. Saul Shrom/Alex Lesivk, CSU-Pueblo - 8-4
Trautman/Davis d. Alfredo Desiati/Guilherme Gesser, ACU - 8-5
Trautman/Davis l. Bruno Tiberti/Martin Poboril, Oklahoma Christian - 8-4
Jakovljevic/Ivic d. Jonathan Rutledge/Adam Cheney, UT-Permian Basin - 8-2
Jakovljevic/Ivic l. Josip Smoljan/Paulo Roessle, Oklahoma Christian - 8-5

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