FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – The Franklin & Marshall men's tennis team saw the rest of its traveling squad get into action on Friday at the ITA Southeast Regional Championship. The Diplomats had a number of players compete in the championship draws, while Nate Arnold and Samuel Donnelly advanced to the semifinals of the Blue I doubles draw.
After winning their opening round matches on Thursday in championship singles, Marco Romano and Nate Arnold both fell in round of 32 action to conclude their weekend of singles play. However, the Diplomats did find success in the consolation draw as Carlos Lana and Samuel Donnelly both bounced back with victories and will continue into Saturday's action. Other singles matches saw Daniil Lunev advance to the quarterfinals in the Blue I singles draw via a 10-point tiebreak over Mary Washington before falling to Swarthmore in the quarterfinals.
Championship doubles got underway on Friday and both of the F&M pairings in the main draw won their opening matches. Marco Romano and Theo Oeltermann were 8-5 winners over Batten, with Ian Alonso and Carlos Lana claiming an 8-3 win versus Shenandoah. However, both pairings were stopped against seeded opponents during the round of 32.
The highlight of the day was Arnold and Donnelly advancing to the semifinals of Blue I doubles. That duo started the tournament with an 8-5 victory over their Centennial Conference foes from Washington College and then doubled up Salisbury, 8-4, during the quarterfinal round. They will have another conference matchup waiting for them against Swarthmore when they return to the courts for semifinal action at 8 a.m. on Saturday.
Franklin & Marshall Results
Singles
Championship Draw
#5 Marco Romano
Round of 64: Won vs. Todd Cannaliato (Washington and Lee); 6-2, 6-2
Round of 32: Lost vs. Evan Fisher (Mary Washington); 6-4, 6-4
Nate Arnold
Round of 64: Won vs. Lucas Beasley (Shenandoah); 6-3, 6-3
Round of 32: Lost vs. #5 Rishi Verma (Swarthmore); 6-3, 6-2
Carlos Lana
Round of 64: Lost vs. #9 Dutch Prather (Washington and Lee); 6-2, 6-4
Consolation 1: Won vs. Samvid Andhare (Stevens); 8-3
Consolation 2: vs. Joshua Buckland (Batten) (Saturday; 2 p.m.)
Samuel Donnelly
Round of 64: Lost vs. David Jin (Haverford); 7-6 (3), 6-2
Consolation 1: Won vs. Nathan Russell (Christopher Newport); 8-7 (3)
Consolation 2: vs. Jed Platts (Batten) (Saturday; 2 p.m.)
Blue 1 Singles
Daniil Lunev
Round of 16: Won vs. Ryan Battaglia (Mary Washington); 1-6, 6-0, 1-0 (10-7)
Quarterfinals: Lost vs. Cameron Samek (Swarthmore); 7-5, 6-3
Theo Oeltermann
Round of 16: Lost vs. Rohan Mishra (Swarthmore); 6-2, 6-3
Consolation 1: vs. Robert Stabile (Salisbury) (Saturday; 10:30 a.m.)
Doubles
Championship Draw
Marco Romano/Theo Oeltermann
Round of 64: Won vs. Simon Oster/Frieso ter Schiphorst (Batten); 8-5
Round of 32: Lost vs. #5 Rainer Christiansen/James Smith (Christopher Newport); 8-6
Ian Alonso/Carlos Lana
Round of 64: Won vs. Shine Tokas/Bennett Gray Broermann (Shenandoah); 8-3
Round of 32: Lost vs. #2 Dylan Blenkiron/Adamantios Stavrakas (Johns Hopkins); 8-1
B1 Doubles
Nate Arnold/Samuel Donnelly
Round of 16: Won vs. Tiziano Chialva/Oscar Alexander Strom Lundsfryd (Washington College); 8-5
Quarterfinals: Won vs. Leo Pham/Lucas Pham (Salisbury); 8-4
Semifinals: vs. Fate MacAlasdair/Rohan Mishra (Swarthmore) (Saturday; 8 a.m.)
Daniil Lunev/James Parnwell
Round of 16: Lost vs. Cyrus Chan/Lixing Jiang (Johns Hopkins); 8-7 (5)
Consolation 1: vs. Daniel Gomes Ribeiro/Alexandre Gaboardi (Saturday; 8 a.m.)
