Oct. 21, 2017
By Joanne Norell
Singles Main Draw | Doubles Main Draw
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – One University of Notre Dame men’s tennis play remains in play as singles play advances at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships at Michigan’s Varsity Tennis Center.
Alex Lebedev, Guillermo Cabrera, Daniel Rayl and Grayson Broadus each advanced out of the first round Saturday, but only Lebedev remains in contention after two rounds. The Irish junior, who earlier this month advanced to the round of 16 at the ITA All-American Championships, defeated Michigan’s Harrison Brown 6-4, 6-4, and Ohio State’s Riley Reist 6-3, 7-6(7).
Lebedev is now 5-2 on the season and will face Illinois’ Zeke Clark on Sunday.
In doubles, Lebedev and freshman partner William Howells fell in the quarterfinal to Ohio State’s Matt Mendez and Hunter Tubert.
Play will resume at 10 a.m. ET Sunday.
ITA Midwest Regional Championships
Varsity Tennis Center
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Oct. 19-23, 2017
Saturday – Singles
First Round
[5-8] No. 104 Alex Lebedev (ND) def. Harrison Brown (UM) 6-4, 6-4
[17-24] Guillermo Cabrera (ND) def. Kristofer Siimar (UM) 6-2, 6-7(6), 6-4
Daniel Rayl (ND) def. Boris Spanjaard (DEP) 6-1, 6-4
Grayson Broadus (ND) def. [9-16] Antonioni Fasano (NU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
[17-24] Jason Seidman (NU) def. William Howells (ND) 6-4 6-2
[17-24] Osgar O’Hoison (UW) def. Tristan McCormick (ND) 3-6 ,7-5, 6-4
Joseph Thomas (OSU) def. Brendon Kempin (ND) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
Nico Mostardi (CLSU) def. Matt Gamble (ND) 6-0, 6-4
[9-16] Alex Brown (UI) def. Nathan Griffin (ND) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
Ben Vandixhorn (NU) def. Richard Ciamarra (ND) 7-6(5), 7-5
Second Round
[5-8] No. 104 Alex Lebedev (ND) def. Riley Reist (OSU) 6-3, 7-6(7)
[9-16] Martin Joyce (OSU) def. [17-24] Guillermo Cabrera (ND) 6-4, 6-4
Matthew Terry (CLST) def. Daniel Rayl (ND) 6-2, 6-0
[17-24] Noe Khlif (UI) def. Grayson Broadus (ND) 7-6(7), 7-5
Saturday – Doubles
Quarterfinal
[5-8] Matt Mendez / Hunter Tubert (OSU) def. [9-16] William Howells / Alex Lebedev (ND) 8-4
Friday – Singles Qualifying
Third Round
[4] William Howells (ND) def. Luka Soskic (UDM) 6-3, 7-6(4)
[17-24] Nathan Griffin (ND) def. Garrett Gardner (VALPO) 6-2, 6-3
Luke Phillips (CSU) def. [9-16] Paul Gota (ND) 7-6(4), 6-7(3), 7-5
Friday – Doubles
First Round
[9-16] William Howells / Alex Lebedev (ND) def. Louis-Philippe Hamel / Tom Hjertonsson (NIU) 8-3
[9-16] Richard Ciamarra / Matt Gamble (ND) def. Brian Pecyna / Nick Marino (VALPO) 8-4
[17-24] Guillermo Cabrera / Tristan McCormick (ND) def. Charlie Croxford / Miles McDowall (UWGB) 8-3
Davis Crocker / Carter Lin (UM) def. [3-4] No. 38 Grayson Broadus / Brendon Kempin (ND) 8-7(3)
Maik Steiner / Jannik Opitz (WMU) def. Paul Gota / Nathan Griffin (ND) 8-4
Chase Colton / Osgar O’Hoison (UW) def. Daniel Rayl / Conor Somers (ND) 8-6
Second Round
[9-16] William Howells / Alex Lebedev (ND) def. Billy Heckman / Kennosuke Nouchi (WMU) 8-4
[9-16] Richard Ciamarra / Matt Gamble (ND) def. Brett Forman / Jasper Koenen (MSU) 8-6
[9-16] Kristofer Siimar / Mattias Siimar (UM) def. [17-24] Guillermo Cabrera / Tristan McCormick (ND) 8-5
Round of 16
[9-16] William Howells / Alex Lebedev (ND) def. [3-4] Myles Schalet / Gabe Tishman (UM) 8-5
[5-8] Martin Joyce / John McNally (OSU) def. [9-16] Richard Ciamarra / Matt Gamble (ND) 8-1
Thursday – Singles Qualifying
First Round
[4] William Howells (ND) def. Luuk Wassenaar (DEP) 6-3, 6-3
[9-16] Paul Gota (ND) def. Tom Hjertonsson (NIU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
[17-24] Nathan Griffin (ND) def. Billy Shisler (MSU) 7-6, 6-3
[17-24] Brett Myers (MU) def. Drew Dawson (ND) 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
Second Round
[4] William Howells (ND) def. Chris Greve (ISU) 6-0, 6-1
[9-16] Paul Gota (ND) def. James Ling (UWGB) 6-3, 6-3
[17-24] Nathan Griffin (ND) def. [9-16] Florian Kraenzler (UWGB) 6-4, 6-3
— ND —
Joanne Norell, athletics communications assistant director at the University of Notre Dame, has been part of the Fighting Irish athletics communications team since 2014 and coordinates communications efforts for the Notre Dame men’s tennis, women’s tennis and fencing programs, in addition to overseeing production of the football Gameday Magazine. Norell is a 2011 graduate of Purdue University and earned her master’s degree from Georgetown University in 2013.