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Midway won twice in singles and once in doubles at the highly competitive ITA Regional Tournament over the weekend.
Midway won twice in singles and once in doubles at the highly competitive ITA Regional Tournament over the weekend.
Midway won twice in singles and once in doubles at the highly competitive ITA Regional Tournament over the weekend.

Men's tennis team wins three matches at ITA Regionals

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Two wins by freshman Ferran Clapes were the highlight for Midway, which openend the fall portion of the 2024-25 season at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Men's Southeast Regional Championships over the weekend.

Clapes was dominant in his first singles match in college, earning a 6-0, 6-0 win over Aiden Pine of Shawnee State on Thursday. Later that day, he was eliminated in a 6-1, 6-3 loss to Luis Marcos of Cumberlands.

In doubles, Clapes and German Collado won their first match Thursday, defeating Gabor Szabo and Emanuel Casco of Johnson (Tenn.) 6-3. On Friday, against the top overall seed, the duo battled valiantly before dropping a 6-4 decision to Santiago Passoni and Hans Schubert of Lindsey Wilson.

Midway got another singles win by Daniel Pinzon, who defeated Carlos Garcia of Free-Hardeman (Tenn.) 7-6, 6-1 Thursday. Lindsey's Wilson's Schubert, also the No. 1 seed in singles, defeated Pinzon 6-0, 6-0 Friday.

The Eagles will play their first dual of the new year, traveling to Cedarville (Ohio) for a 2 p.m. match on Saturday.

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