ABILENE, Texas – The 2022 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III Men's Southwest Regional Championship was a very successful outing for Southwestern University, especially for Ashton Ellis and Oscar Roy, whose fantastic effort won them the Southwest Regional Doubles Championship. Ellis and Roy's win promotes them to All-American status and they become the first men in Southwestern's history to win an ITA Regional Championship. Ellis and Roy will advance to Rome, Georgia on October 12-15 to compete in the ITA Cup.
Ellis, a freshman from Baton Rouge, La., only tasted defeat on the first day of singles play in a narrow defeat by Trinity University's Dalton Locke 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 10-6. Ellis then proceeded to win all five of his matches in the consolation bracket including a 7-5, 6-4 decision over Concordia's Andres Padilla in the consolation finals.
Seven of the ten Pirates that competed in the individual tournament saw victory in their opener with Roy and Steven Tibbetts making it to as far as the winner's bracket Round of 16.
The duo of Ellis and Roy were one of four Southwestern pairs in the doubles competition that won their first-round matchup and the only duo to advance past the second round.
Ellis and Roy played consistent tennis throughout their first three matches winning all three by the same 8-4 tally. The semifinal round was a close 8-6 victory to set up a best-of-three set match in the finals against Trinity's Rafael Candelas Ruiz and Alessio Azzalini.
Roy and Ellis had to go to a tiebreaker in the first set before pulling out a 7-6 (7-5) set victory. The second set, however, saw Roy and Ellis impose their will and dictate the rest of the matchup taking the set by a 6-3 tally.
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Ellis and Roy advance to the ITA Cup with their doubles championship win and will compete in Rome, Georgia on October 12-15th.
Southwestern will look to ride the momentum built up from the ITA Regionals as they head into training for the upcoming spring portion of the schedule. Fans will get to see the Pirates in action with 14 of their 15 spring matches at home not counting the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament.
Men's Open A Singles Round of 64
Ryan Flanagan (Southwestern) def. Evan Pena, Jr. (Concordia) 6-1, 6-0
Steven Tibbetts (Southwestern) def. Eric Moninger (Texas Lutheran) 6-1, 6-2
Travis Rafferty (Southwestern) def. Andres Padilla (Concordia) 5-7, 6-3, 10-3
Parth Patel (Southwestern) def. Cal Hunter (Trinity) 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 10-4
Bernardo Clemente (Southwestern) def. Bruno Brocanelli (ETBU) 6-3, 6-4
Dalton Locke (Trinity) def. Ashton Ellis (Southwestern) 6-2, 6-7 (3-7), 10-6
Rafael Candelas Ruiz (Trinity) def. Jared Burton (Southwestern) 6-2, 7-6 (8-6)
Rylan Hastings (Southwestern) def. Edward Shteyn (UT-Dallas) 7-5, 6-4
Oscar Roy (Southwestern) def. Aryan Sharma (UT-Dallas) 6-1, 6-2
Julian Lee (LeTourneau) def. Sebastian Herrera (Southwestern) 6-4, 6-3
Men's Open A Singles Round of 32
Hao Nguyen (Trinity) def. Flanagan (Southwestern) 7-5, 6-2
Tibbetts (Southwestern) def. Cashton Herrera (Texas Lutheran) via injury withdrawal
Nathan Schoendorf (Hardin-Simmons) def. Rafferty (Southwestern) 6-4. 7-5
Joshua Bode (Concordia) def. Patel (Southwestern) 6-2, 6-2
Robbert Chang (Trinity) def. Clemente (Southwestern) 6-3, 6-3
James Moore (Hardin-Simmons) def. Hastings (Southwestern) 6-2, 6-1
Roy (Southwestern) def. Conor Kaczmarczyk (Trinity) 6-4, 6-3
Men's Open A Singles Round of 16
Schoendorf (Hardin-Simmons) def. Tibbetts (Southwestern) 6-3, 6-4
Moore (Hardin-Simmons) def. Roy (Southwestern) 7-5, 7-5
Men's Open A Singles Consolation Round of 32
Ellis (Southwestern) def. Austin Cervantes (Schreiner) 6-1, 6-2
Burton (Southwestern) def. Zhanlue Kuang (St. Thomas) 6-1, 6-3
Herrera (Southwestern) def. Sam Black (ETBU) 6-2, 3-6, 10-7
Men's Open A Singles Consolation Round of 16
Ellis (Southwestern) def. Zach Fowler (Hardin-Simmons) 6-3, 6-0
Burton (Southwestern) def. Max Karseno (ETBU) 6-3, 6-2
Justus Petersilie (Hardin-Simmons) def. Herrera (Southwestern) 6-2, 3-6, 10-6
Men's Open A Singles Consolation Quarterfinals
Ellis (Southwestern) def. Burton (Southwestern) 4-6, 6-2, 10-5
Men's Open A Singles Consolation Semifinals
Ellis (Southwestern) def. Sharma (UT-Dallas) via injury withdrawal
Men's Open A Singles Consolation Final
Ellis (Southwestern) def. Andres Padilla (Concordia) 7-5, 6-4
Men's Open A Doubles Round of 32
Clemente/Parth (Southwestern) def. Thomas O'Donnell/Luke Ogden (Dallas) 8-0
Herrera/Flanagan (Southwestern) def. Miles Grubbs/Julian Lee (LeTourneau) 8-5
Roy/Ellis (Southwestern) def. Joaquim Fernandes/Nicolas Cusano (Mary Hardin-Baylor) 8-4
Burton/Tibbetts (Southwestern) def. Tyler Head/Jace Ware (St. Thomas) 8-7 (7-4)
Bode/Adrian Munguia (Concordia) def. Rafferty/Drew Shuvalov (Southwestern) 8-6
Men's Open A Doubles Round of 16
Nguyen/Cameron Goldstein (Trinity) def. Clemente/Parth (Southwestern) 8-6
Moore/Desmond O'Shea (Hardin-Simmons) def. Herrera/Flanagan (Southwestern) 8-7 (7-3)
Roy/Ellis (Southwestern) def. Cervantes/Carson Kirk (Schreiner) 8-4
Candelas Ruiz/Alessio Azzalini (Trinity) def. Burton/Tibbetts (Southwestern) 8-4
Men's Open A Doubles Quarterfinals
Roy/Ellis (Southwestern) def. Karseno/Black (ETBU) 8-4
Men's Open A Doubles Semifinals
Roy/Ellis (Southwestern) def. Moore/O'Shea (Hardin-Simmons) 8-6
Men's Open A Doubles Final
Roy/Ellis (Southwestern) def. Candelas Ruiz/Azzalini (Trinity) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3