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Ian Royse hits a backhand, indoors
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Men's Tennis

Men's Tennis Competes In ITA's And Big Red Invite

Squad splits up to tackle pair of events

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2  Four Fighting Scots – Anthony VanOyen, Bennett Dickerson, Santiago Medina and Ian Royse - traveled to Indiana to compete in the ITA Division III Men's Central Regional Championships this past weekend.
 
The rest of the team went to Denison University to play in the Big Red Invite.
 
First, at the ITA's, which kicked off Friday, VanOyen started singles play with a near comeback victory against Jesse Yang of the University of Chicago, but ultimately fell 6-2, 7-6 (6).
 
VanOyen and Dickerson teamed for the doubles portion but could not get much going. They suffered an 8-3 loss to Drew Koval and Nathan Tam of Washington University of St. Louis. Then, on Saturday, they went to the consolation bracket but fell to North Central College's Henry Ros and Philipp Wottgen, 8-2.
 
VanOyen returned Saturday to pick up a pair of singles consolation wins. VanOyen captured a win over Kalamazoo College's Tristan Bonanni, 6-0, 6-2. He then followed that with a come from behind win over Adrian's Michael Mascarin, 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (6).
 
Also on Saturday, Medina and Royse found success in singles competition. The first-year Medina captured a win for the Scots, defeating Adrian College's Jaxon Nejedlik, 6-3, 6-0. The junior Royse did the same, defeating Alexander Burns of Franciscan University of Steubenville, 6-4, 6-2.
 
Royse then defeated Tyler Fenton from Baldwin Wallace University in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, while Medina took a tough loss to David Hill of Wheaton College, 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (5).
 
Royse continued with a win over Connor Schultz from Albion College, 6-2, 6-1 before finally taking a loss to Joao Vitor Espindola from Lake Forest College, 6-2, 6-4, to end his run.
 
At Denison, the team saw plenty of competition on Saturday with seven total teams present.
 
In doubles play, Sammy Jang and Max Stratford took a 6-2 win over Otterbein's Arthur Porto and Nathan Walter.
 
Yet, Wooster lost its other two doubles matchups on Saturday with Martin Hauschild and Andrew Wissman falling 7-6 (7) to Findlay and Jack Currie-Welch and Thomas Ishikawa falling to Wilmington, 6-0.
 
In the first round of singles competition, Ishikawa found a singles win over Ohio Northern's Roberto Mucarsel, 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (7).
 
Three Scots fell in third set super tiebreakers. Hauschild fell 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (5) to Findlay, Currie-Welch took a 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (9) defeat to Wilmington, and Stratford lost 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (7) to another Findlay player.
 
Jang lost in straight sets to Otterbein, 6-1, 6-1, and Wissman lost 6-3, 6-4 to Wilmington.
 
In the second round of singles play, Wooster captured three wins between Currie-Welch, Stratford and Ishikawa. 
 
Currie-Welch defeated Findlay's Conner Nguyen 1-6, 6-3, 1-0 (2). Stratford won in straight sets, 7-5, 6-1, against Otterbein's Nathan Walter, and Ishikawa won 7-6 (8), 6-3 against Otterbein's Nikita Kitaev.
 
Jang fell to 6-1, 6-2 to Wilmington while Wissman took a tough loss to Austin Asada of Ohio Northern, 6-1, 6-7, (6), 1-0 (6).
 
Next, the Scots will host their own Wooster Invite on Sunday.
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Players Mentioned

Jack Currie-Welch

Jack Currie-Welch

First-Year
Bennett Dickerson

Bennett Dickerson

Senior
Martin Hauschild

Martin Hauschild

First-Year
Thomas Ishikawa

Thomas Ishikawa

First-Year
Sammy Jang

Sammy Jang

First-Year
Santiago Medina

Santiago Medina

First-Year
Max Stratford

Max Stratford

Senior
Ian Royse

Ian Royse

Junior
Anthony VanOyen

Anthony VanOyen

Senior
Andrew Wissman

Andrew Wissman

Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Jack Currie-Welch

Jack Currie-Welch

First-Year
Bennett Dickerson

Bennett Dickerson

Senior
Martin Hauschild

Martin Hauschild

First-Year
Thomas Ishikawa

Thomas Ishikawa

First-Year
Sammy Jang

Sammy Jang

First-Year
Santiago Medina

Santiago Medina

First-Year
Max Stratford

Max Stratford

Senior
Ian Royse

Ian Royse

Junior
Anthony VanOyen

Anthony VanOyen

Senior
Andrew Wissman

Andrew Wissman

Sophomore