CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland State men's tennis team opened its fall slate Friday and Saturday, including
Lincoln Battle advancing in the PreQualifying Draw at the ITA All-American Championships.
Battle, who is playing in the ITA All-American Championships for the second season, earned a straight-set victory over Eric Padgham of Arkansas in the first round, and will now play Memphis' Maxime Dubouch in a second round matchup Sunday morning.
In addition to Battle, five other Vikings opened their seasons at the WMU Invite, including
Devin Boyer,
Maxime Aremon and
Nico Jamison who all picked up two singles wins on the weekend.
Along with this trio,
Cole Chappell also picked up a singles win at the WMU Invite, while freshman
Tristan Stine earned his first collegiate win over Butler's Arnesh Singh.
In doubles play, Aremon and Stine went 3-0 on the weekend.
PreQualifying Round One
Lincoln Battle (CSU) def. Eric Padgham (ARK), 7-6, 6-4
Doubles Round One
Baldi/Singh (BUT) def. Chappell/Jamison (CSU), 6-3
Aremon/Stine (CSU) def. Giles/Cano (DEP), 6-4
Doubles Round Two
Becker/Lee (ND) def. Chappell/Boyer (CSU), 6-2
Aremon/Stine (CSU) def. Evans/Ho (WMU), 6-3
Doubles Round Three
Aremon/Stine (CSU) def. Kajzer/Moriarty (WMU), 6-4
Arts/Konakanchi (BUT) def. Chappell/Jamison (CSU), 6-1
Singles Round One
Nico Jamison (CSU) def. Dimitri Moriarty (WMU), 6-4, 6-7(5), 1-0(3)
Maxime Aremon (CSU) def. Matej Kajzer (WMU), 6-0, 5-7, 1-0(7)
Devin Boyer (CSU) def. Jack Davison (WMU), 7-5, 5-7, 1-0(6)
Cole Chappel (CSU) def. Oscar Corwin (WMU), 6-4, 6-4
Tristan Stine (CSU) def. Arnesh Singh (BUT), 6-7(4), 6-2, 1-0(2)
Singles Round Two
Tim Riedel (WMU) def.
Cole Chappell (CSU), 6-4, 6-2
Thomas Giles (DEP) def.
Maxime Aremon (CSU), 4-6, 6-2, 1-0(8)
Devin Boyer (CSU) def. Rahulniket Konakanchi (BUT), 6-2, 6-7(4), 1-0(9)
Evan Lee (ND) def.
Nico Jamison (CSU), 6-2, 6-1
Sven Moser (DEP) def.
Tristan Stine (CSU), 6-2, 7-5
Singles Round Three
Noah Becker (ND) def.
Devin Boyer (CSU), 2-6, 6-1, 1-0(5)
Nicholas Balthazor (BUT) def.
Cole Chappell (CSU), 6-7(1), 6-1, 1-0(7)
Nico Jamison (CSU) def. Matej Kajzer (WMU), 7-5, 6-1
Nicholas Balthazor (BUT) def.
Tristan Stine (CSU), 6-1, 7-5
Maxime Aremon (CSU) def. Nicholas Shirley (BUT), 6-4, 7-5
