XULA men's tennis
Intercollegiate Tennis Association
Julius Hell

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3 more doubles victories, including an upset for Hell and Woody

2023 ITA Cup brackets

        ROME, Ga. — Julius Hell and VanDer Woody defeated Tennessee Wesleyan's second-seeded Nicolas Cortes and Octavio Volpi 6-3, 6-4 Friday in the men's quarterfinals to highlight another 3-for-3 day for Xavier University of Louisiana tennis in the doubles main draw at the ITA Cup Championships.
        XULA's top-seeded teams — Jacobi Bain and Nereo Suarez of the Gold Rush, Mbali Langa and McKenna Wheatley of the Gold Nuggets — also won to join Hell and Woody, who are unseeded, in the semifinals. Bain and Suarez won 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) against Laurenz Flender and Perry Gregg of Holy Cross of Indiana, and Langa and Wheatley rallied for a 4-6, 6-4, [10-3] victory against Yeva Kononovych and Isabella Perez of Keiser.
        Start time for all the XULA semifinal matches will be 2:30 p.m. EDT Saturday at Rome Tennis Center at Berry College. The pairings:
        •  Langa and Wheatley vs. Begona Benjumeda and Shalimar Talbi of SCAD Atlanta.
        •  Bain and Suarez vs. Alex Gurmendi and Santiago Villarruel of Georgia Gwinnett.
        •  Hell and Woody vs. Dragan Omcikus and Luca Ebenriter of Missouri Baptist.

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Players Mentioned

Mbali Langa

Mbali Langa

6' 0"
Senior
1L
McKenna Wheatley

McKenna Wheatley

5' 10"
Sophomore
1L
Jacobi Bain

Jacobi Bain

6' 1"
Junior
2L
Julius Hell

Julius Hell

5' 11"
Sophomore
1L
Nereo Suarez

Nereo Suarez

5' 11"
Sophomore
1L
VanDer Woody

VanDer Woody

6' 5"
Sophomore
1L

Players Mentioned

Mbali Langa

Mbali Langa

6' 0"
Senior
1L
McKenna Wheatley

McKenna Wheatley

5' 10"
Sophomore
1L
Jacobi Bain

Jacobi Bain

6' 1"
Junior
2L
Julius Hell

Julius Hell

5' 11"
Sophomore
1L
Nereo Suarez

Nereo Suarez

5' 11"
Sophomore
1L
VanDer Woody

VanDer Woody

6' 5"
Sophomore
1L