Recap courtesy of Athletic Communications Departments

Western Michigan Broncos
CHICAGO, Ill. -- The Western Michigan men's tennis team wrapped up the opening day of the 2025 ITA Midwest Regional, hosted by DePaul, on Thursday.

Sophomores Oscar Corwin and Alex Antonopolous both advanced to Friday's main singles draw. Corwin started off with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-0 win over DPU's Sven Moser. He later defeated Cleveland State's Devin Boyer 6-3, 7-6 (7-4). Corwin will now take on Ohio State's Nikita Filin on Friday at 3 p.m. ET. Antonopoulos opened with a 6-1, 6-1 win over OSU's JP Day. He then defeated Notre Dame's Nicholas Patrick 6-2, 6-3. He will face off against Toledo's Poonthong Komolpisut at 7:30 p.m.

Freshmen Chen-Hui Ho opened up the tournament with a 6-2, 6-3 win over UT's Joshua Mackey. Ho then fell to Notre Dame's Evan Lee 6-4, 6-3.

Dimitri Moriarty and Jonas Keck both dropped their opening matches and moved into the Consolation Bracket, with each earning wins in two sets.

Corwin, Antonopolous, Ashton Adesoro and Tim Riedel are all in action tomorrow for the Singles Main Draw, while the Broncos will all be in action in doubles.


Northern Illinois Huskies
CHICAGO, Ill. - Northern Illinois University men's tennis team takes a short trip to Chicago, Ill. for the 2025 ITA Midwest Regionals, hosted by DePaul University at XS Tennis Village. Beginning Thursday, Oct. 16 and running through Monday, Oct. 20, the five-day event welcomes in talent across the region looking to secure NCAA Division I Singles and Doubles Championship bids.

In day one, the Huskies had three players in the qualifying draw in Iker Dellien Velasco, Federico Scotuzzi and Lorenzo Leti Messina. Dellien and Scotuzzi drew a pair of Big Ten opponents in the opening round of qualifying as both men battled but fell short. Messina faced Cleveland State's Cole Chappell but couldn't hold on, dropping the set 6-4, 6-2.

Dellien and Scotuzzi both responded in consolation matches as Dellien defeated Illinois State's Manuel Pavia 6-3, 6-0 and Scotuzzi outlasted Cleveland State's Maxime Aremon 6-2, 2-6, 10-7. 

Nikola Puntaric qualified for the main draw and begins Friday against Marquette's Blake Roegner.

In the doubles main draw, Messina and Scotuzzi will face conference opponents in Western Michigan's Drew Evans and Tim Riedel. 

Thursday Results
Sasha Colleu (Illinois) def. Iker Dellien 6-2, 6-2
Collin Beduhn (Wisconsin) def. Federico Scotuzzi 6-3, 6-3
Cole Chappell (Cleveland State) def. Lorenzo Leti Messina 6-4, 6-2
Iker Dellien def. Manuel Pavia (Illinois State) 6-3, 6-0
Federico Scotuzzi def. Maxime Aremon (Cleveland State) 6-2, 2-6, 10-7