FREDERICKSBURG, Va. – Seniors Evan Erb and Will Kistler were in action in main draws for the Washington and Lee men's tennis team on Saturday at the ITA Southeast Regional Championships, while senior James Kurani and sophomore Britton Buckingham picked up five total wins in B3 singles.
 
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAY 2:
Buckingham led all Generals players on Saturday with four total wins, including three in the B3 singles bracket. Buckingham and Kurani paired in the Doubles Consolation Round of 16 for a 6-3 win over Muhlenberg's Owen Dyer and Matthew Miller. In singles play, Buckingham won in the B3 Round of 16, Quarterfinals and Semifinals, including an 8-7 (2) battle against Haverford's Owen Kilmer.
 
Kurani also made a run through the B3 bracket, winning two matches by a combined 16-2 games score before bowing out in the semifinals against Brian Yi of Johns Hopkins.
 
Erb and Kistler remained W&L's only representation in the main draw, but both were defeated in the Championship Doubles Round of 16, before Erb went down in the Championship Singles Round of 16.
 
Other Blue and White doubles wins on Saturday included senior Eli Hirshberg and sophomore Heys Parker with a 6-3 win in the Championship Doubles Consolation Round of 16 and first-year Ryan Good and sophomore Sanjheev Rao in the B1 Doubles Round of 16. Parker added a singles win in the B1 Round of 16, while Rao finished up with a win in the B2 Singles Consolation Quarterfinals.
 
UP NEXT:
The Generals will hit the courts for the final time this fall on Saturday, October 12, when they travel to Virginia Wesleyan, before breaking for the winter.
 
WASHINGTON AND LEE DAY TWO RESULTS
Championship Doubles
Round of 16
Dylan Blenkiron/Allen Gong [9] (JHU) def. Evan Erb/Will Kistler [5] (WLU), 8-5
 
Consolation Round of 16
Britton Buckingham/James Kurani (WLU) def. Owen Dyer/Matthew Miller (MUHL), 6-3
Eli Hirshberg/Heys Parker (WLU) def. James Earwood/Diego Romo (CUA), 6-3
 
Consolation Quarterfinals
Britton Buckingham/James Kurani (WLU) vs. Federico Maccari/Emiliano Ramirez (RC)
Eli Hirshberg/Heys Parker (WLU) vs. Tiziano Chialva/Jorge Urgal (WC)
 
B1 Doubles
Round of 16
Ryan Good/Sanjheev Rao (WLU) def. Teodor Bortan/Zachary Miano (HAV), 7-5
 
Quarterfinals
Sam Halvorsen/Alex Seretis (CNU) def. Ryan Good/Sanjheev Rao (WLU), 6-4
 
Championship Singles
Round of 16
Chakor Sankaran Rajendra [9] (JHU) def. Evan Erb [4] (WLU), 6-1, 6-4
 
B1 Singles
Round of 16
Heys Parker (WLU) def. James Smith (CNU), 8-5
 
Quarterfinals
Brendan Hendrata (CMU) def. Heys Parker (WLU), 8-4
 
B2 Singles
Round of 16
Pranav Gadiraju (JHU) def. Sahil Arora (WLU), 8-6
Matt Scott (UMW) def. Sanjheev Rao (WLU), 8-4
 
Consolation Quarterfinals
Rithik Manchala (UMW) def. Sahil Arora (WLU), 8-4
Sanjheev Rao (WLU) def. Alex Seretis (CNU), 8-3
 
B3 Singles
Round of 16
Britton Buckingham (WLU) def. Mitch Desman (SAL), 8-5
James Kurani (WLU) def. Aidan Miller (SIT), 8-2
 
Quarterfinals
Britton Buckingham (WLU) def. Aamish Pal (SWA), 8-5
James Kurani (WLU) def. Drew Campbell (UMW), 8-0
 
Semifinals
Britton Buckingham (WLU) def. Owen Kilmer (HAV), 8-7 (2)
Brian Yi (JHU) def. James Kurani (WLU), 8-3
 

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