EAST LANSING, Mich. – Sunday at the ITA Regionals in East Lansing was full of singles play where the Notre Dame men’s team would claim 7 match victories on the day. The morning started early with consolation singles action where four men’s players took the court, three of whom advanced in the draw. Zhang has a strait set win over Michigan State while Thompson had the most competitive match of the opening act, winning 7-6(6), 1-6, 1-0(5) over his Ohio State opponent. Bilsey advanced by walkover to join his two teammates in the consolation quarterfinal round. Corsillo’s tournament came to an end against the top from from Northern Illinois.
After the first wave of consolation matches to begin the day, Dominko took to the court for his main draw quarterfinal match against a sophomore from Toledo. The junior would take the match with a pair of 6-4 sets to advance to the semifinals. Unfortunately, that is where the junior from Slovenia’s run would end at the hands of the #42 ranked player in the country from Illinois. Dominko tallied 6 singles wins this week alone between the professional event in Louisville to start the week and the regional to end it, along with 3 doubles wins.
Zhang would take another straight set win over a Western Michigan player in the quarterfinal round while Bilsey fell in a very close 3-sets to the Northern Illinois player who took out his fellow senior earlier in the day. Thompson was slated to play his second consecutive Buckeye opponent but the Ohio State player withdrew, giving Thompson a free pass to the semifinals. That semifinal match was played today as well and the sophomore from California would go the distance again, needing another 3rd set tiebreak to win 6-7(3), 7-5, 1-0(7). Zhang is set to take on the NIU foe on Monday morning with the winner set to take on Thompson who already awaits them in the finals.
Day 4 Results
Singles Main Draw
R16 #13 Dominko(ND) def. Komolpisut(TOL) 6-4, 6-4
QF #42 Miyoshi(ILL) def. #13 Dominko(ND) 6-2, 7-6(6)
Consolation Singles
C-R16 Thompson(ND) def. Stearns(OSU) 7-6(6), 1-6, 1-0(5)
C-R16 Zhang(ND) def. Rakhmatullayev(MSU) 6-4, 6-3
C-R16 Bilsey(ND) def. Bowers(ILL) w/o
C-R16 Gaztambide(NIU) def. Corsillo(ND) 6-4, 6-3
C-QFs Thompson(ND) def. Anthrop(OSU) w/o
C-QFs Zhang(ND) def. Adesoro(WMU) 6-3, 6-4
C-QFs Gaztambide(NIU) def. Bilsey 6-4, 5-7, 1-0(5)
C-SFs Thompson(ND) def. Guzauskas(ILL) 6-7(3), 7-5, 1-0(7)