ST. PETER, Minn. - The Carthage College Firebirds men's tennis team took part in the multi-day ITA Midwest Regional Tournament over the weekend in St. Peter, Minnesota. Senior Yanozie Amadike advanced to the round of 16 in the singles draw and also advanced to the third round in doubles as a part of a pairing with first-year teammate Francisco Silveira. Silveira advanced to the third round in the singles draw before falling to Gustavus's Jack Bergmeyer. 



 

• Location: St. Peter, Minnesota.

Singles Draw First Round
 

• Cooper Ferruzzi (CAR) def. Parker Sprague (UWW) 6-3, 6-1
• Luke Fridinger (GAC) def. Luca Okino (CAR) 6-3, 6-2
• Daniel Jaworski (CAR) def. Liam Lynch (Mac) 5-7, 6-2, 11-9
• Francisco Silveira (CAR) def. Jonah Gillmore (Grinnell) 6-2, 6-0
• Nicolas Welker (CAR) def. Jordan Doi (Mac) 6-1, 7-6
• Leo Esztergomi (Grinnell) def. Marco Czosnyka (CAR) 6-1, 6-2
• Yanozie Amadike (CAR) def. Cooper Kline (Carleton) 6-1, 6-0
• Josh Baldwin (UWW) def. Chris Mitev (CAR) 6-0, 6-2

Singles Draw Second Round
 

• Justin Sehlin (GAC) def. Cooper Ferruzzi (CAR) 6-4, 6-2
• Abhay Chhabra (Luther) def. Daniel Jaworski (CAR) 7-5, 6-3
• Francisco Silveira (CAR) def. Cade Davis (Wartburg) 6-0, 6-1
• Oscar Wikstrom (GAC) def. Nicolas Welker (CAR) 6-2, 6-1
• Yanozie Amadike (CAR) def. Luke Haddorff (GAC) 6-4, 6-3

Singles Draw Third Round
 

• Jack Bergmeyer (GAC) def. Francisco Silveira (CAR) 6-4, 6-2
• Yanozie Amadike (CAR) def. Sam Rudenberg (Grinnell) 7-5, 6-2

Singles Draw Round of 16
 

• Luke Van Donslear (UWW) def. Yanozie Amadike (CAR) 6-0, 7-5

Doubles Draw First Round
 

• Bochman/Sehlin (GAC) def. Okino/Mitev (CAR) 8-3
• Haddorff/Haddorff (GAC) def. Welker/Ferruzzi (CAR) 8-3
• Silveira/Amadike (CAR) def. Fischer/Anderson (SJU) 8-3
• Czosnyka/Jaworski (CAR) def. Portilla/de Felicio (Luther) 8-5

Doubles Draw Second Round
 

• Silveira/Amadike (CAR) def. Chapman/Griffiths (UWEC) 8-6
• Fridinger/Fridinger (GAC) def. Czosnyka/Jaworski (CAR) 8-1

Doubles Draw Third Round
 

• Bergmeyer/Wilkstrom (GAC) def. Silveira/Amadike (CAR) 8-7

"The guys played well," said Carthage head men's and women's tennis coach Brady Lindsley. "Five out of our eight athletes won their first match in the singles draw and two out of our four doubles teams advanced past the first round. [Yanozie] Amadike played really well and made it all the way to the round of 16 in singles before falling to a really good opponent. Francisco [Silveira] and Amadike made it to the third round in the doubles draw before falling in a tiebreak to another good team. Overall, we did well. We just happened to run into some good players, which can happen in a tournament with as many talented players as this one." 





The ITA Midwest Regional Tournament concluded the fall portion of the schedule for men's tennis, which will now have a four-month reprieve from competition. The Firebirds kick off their spring season on Saturday, February 4 in a home matchup with Carleton College.