Four Cavaliers Advance to ITA Regional Semifinals

Jamie Holt/Virginia Athletics

It will be Andres Santamarta vs Stiles Brockett and Jangjun Kim vs Luca Preda on Monday at the ITA Regional. The two winners will earn NCAA Singles qualifications

LYNCHBURG, Va.– Members of the Virginia men’s tennis team will compete as individuals in singles and doubles matches at the ITA Atlantic Regional, being held Oct. 8-12 at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center in Blacksburg, Va.

Andres Santamarta Roig, Stiles Brockett Jangjun Kim and Luca Preda have all advanced to Monday's singles semifinals. The two winners will earn NCAA Singles qualifications.

Santamarta Roig and Kim also advanced to the doubles final, where they will face a tandem from Virginia Tech. The winner earns an automatic qualification to the NCAA Doubles Championship.

Brockett and Preda advanced to the doubles semifinals, but lost in a tight three-set match to be eliminated.

The regional singles finalist and champion and the doubles champion will earn qualifications in the NCAA Individual Championships, being held Nov. 17-22 at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga.

Monday, Oct. 12SinglesSF [1] Andres Santamarta Roig (VA) vs. [5] Stiles Brockett (VA)SF [3] Luca Preda (VA) vs. [2] Jangjun Kim

DoublesF [1] Andres Santamarta Roig/Jangjun Kim (VA) vs. [3] Blake Hilsen/Eyal Shumilov (VT)

Sunday, Oct. 11SinglesQF [1] Andres Santamarta Roig (VA) def. [6] Eyal Shumilov (VT) 6-4, 6-2QF [5] Stiles Brockett (VA) def. Patrik Petera (VCU) 6-2, 6-3QF [3] Luca Preda (VA) def. [12] Piet Steveker (ODU) 6-1, 6-3QF [2] Jangjun Kim (VA) def. [8] Drew Fishback (VT) 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5

DoublesQF [1] Andres Santamarta Roig/Jangjun Kim (VA) def [9] Leon Zaorski/Nicolo Consonni (VCU) 8-3QF [3] Stiles Brockett/Luca Preda (VA) def. [5] Angel Veliz/Siwanat Auytayakul (LIB) 8-3SF [1] Andres Santamarta Roig/Jangjun Kim (VA) def. [9] Oliver Hague/Connor Kruger (WM) 6-2, 6-3SF [3] Blake Hilsen/Eyal Shumilov (VT) def. [3] Stiles Brockett/Luca Preda (VA) 6-3, 6-7 (6), 14-12

Saturday, Oct. 10SinglesR32 [1] Andres Santamarta Roig (VA) def. Blake Hilsen (VT) 6-3, 6-1R32 [5] Stiles Brockett (VA) def. Chase Robinson (LIB) 7-6 (3), 6-2R32 [3] Luca Preda (VA) def. Ryan Morgan (JMU) 6-4, 6-1R32 [2] Jangjun Kim (VA) def. Nicolas Iantosca (VT) 6-3, 6-0

R16 [1] Andres Santamarta Roig (VA) def. [15] Oliver Hague (WM) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5R16 [5] Stiles Brockett (VA) def. Paxton Pritchard (RICH) 6-3, 6-2R16 [3] Luca Preda (VA) def. [13] Benjamin Sparks (LIB) 7-6 (3), 6-2R16 [2] Jangjun Kim (VA) def. Omar Rhazali (WM) 6-1, 6-2

DoublesR16 [1] Andres Santamarta Roig/Jangjun Kim (VA) def. Marc Ferrando Farras (LONG) 8-5R16 [3] Stiles Brockett/Luca Preda (VA) def. Gevorg Mnatsakanyan/Nicolas Iantosca (VT) 8-6

Sunday, Oct. 11SinglesQF [1] Andres Santamarta Roig (VA) vs [6] Eyal Shumilov (VT)QF [5] Stiles Brockett (VA) vs Patrik Petera (VCU)QF [3] Luca Preda (VA) vs [12] Piet Steveker (ODU)QF [2] Jangjun Kim (VA) vs [8] Drew Fishback (VT)

Friday, Oct. 9SinglesR64 [1] Andres Santamarta Roig (VA) def. Yassin Wageh (VCU) 6-4, 6-1R64 [5] Stiles Brockett (VA) def. Theo Mottier (VCU) 6-3, 6-2R64 [3] Luca Preda (VA) def. Gevorg Mnatsakanyan (VT) 6-2, 6-3R64 [2] Jangjun Kim (VA) def. Riccardo Ciulli (JMU) 6-3, 7-5

DoublesR64 Ty Switzer/Stefan Regalia (VA) def. Ilya Maltsev/Abdulraheem Isa (MORG) 8-5R32 [3] Carson Baker/ Ilya Fahim (VT) def. Ty Switzer/Stefan Regalia (VA) 8-6R32 [1] Andres Santamarta Roig/Jangjun Kim (VA) def. Egor Zakharov/Adrian Franco Regue (MASON) 8-2R32 [3] Stiles Brockett/Luca Preda (VA) def. Omar Rhazali/Dylan Chou (WM) 8-2

Thursday, Oct. 8Qualifying Singles

R1 Stefan Regalia (VA) def. Lachlan Buckingham (Navy) 6-4, 7-6 (2)QFAndreas Chapides (RICH) def. Stefan Regalia (VA) 6-2, 6-4

R1 Zachary Fleishman (JMU) def. Ty Switzer (VA) 6-4, 6-2Conso Ty Switzer (VA) def. James Thomson (Navy) 6-2, 6-1