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.