Western Michigan Broncos
MUNCIE, Ind. -- Western Michigan's Oscar Corwin and Jack Davison punched their ticket to the ITA Conference Masters Tournament after winning the Doubles A Draw Finals at the MAC Indoor Qualifying Event at Ball State on Sunday. 

The duo earned a 6-2, 6-0 win over Buffalo's Connor Thomas Diog and Minjae Kim. The ITA Conference Masters takes place Nov. 5-8 at the Rome Tennis Center in Rome, Ga.

To get there, Corwin and Davison opened the weekend with an 8-5 win over Ball State's Andrei Caragea and Andrew Hayward. In the quarterfinals they downed Maddox Lundel and Pvan Uppu from Omaha, 8-5. In Saturday's semifinal match, they earned an 8-2 win over Drake's Adam Taruino and Ulysse Verrando. 

Davison had also made it to the Singles Flight C Finals, but fell to Vanja Hodzic 4-6, 6-3, 0-1 (3-10). Filip Poklemba won the Singles Flight D finals, beating UNO's Kaden Taylor 6-2, 6-3. Alex Antonopoulos also won his flight, beating Drake's Alex Yeager 6-3, 7-5.


UIC Flames
Recap coming soon...


Toledo Rockets
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Toledo men's tennis team closed out the Mid-American Conference Indoor tournament in Muncie, Ind. The Rockets finished the final day of the competition by tallying six wins in their final eight contests.

Newcomers Daniel Blinov and Bryan Heuwekemeijer each earned their first win as a Toledo Rocket. Blinov competed in the Flight E singles bracket and posted wins over Omaha's Kristian Thomas, 6-7 (7-9), 7-5, 10-1, and Buffalo's Chase Zhao 6-2, 6-3. Heuwekemeijer saw action in the Flight F singles bracket and tallied two-straight set wins. He took down Buffalo's Cowan Lau 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (8-6) and Drake's Max Goldemberg 6-1, 6-1.

Also in singles competition, Pannawat Suttisomboon picked up a win over UIC's Mihailo Savic 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 10-6 in the Flight B bracket. In the Flight C competition, Charlie Snow posted a 6-2, 7-5 win over Ball State's Nolan Hayward.

In doubles play, Poonthong Komolpisut and Suttisomboon fell in their opening contest in the A Flight to Omaha's Maddox Lundell and Pavan Uppu, 8-4. The Rocket duo responded by picking up three-straight wins, defeating Ball State's A. Hayward/Caragea, 8-7 (7-4), UIC's Savic/Dorojan, 8-4, and BSU's N. Hayward/Kimelman, the number two overall seed, 8-5.


Omaha Mavericks
MUNCIE, Ind. - Omaha Men's Tennis finished the first day of the MAC Championship on Friday night. Four of Omaha's five doubles teams opened the day with a win. In Flight A, sophomore Anthony Scheglowski and junior Eloi Roux won 8-5 over Ball State's Nolan Hayward and Zackary Kimelman. Still in Flight A, sophomore Maddox Lundell and senior Pavan Uppu beat Toledo's Poonthong Komolpisut and Pannawat Suttisomboon, 8-4. In singles, senior Christian Trevey opened the day with a 7-6 (3), 6-3 win in Flight A over Ball State's Andrew Hayward. Trevey then fell 7-6 (4), 6-4 in a close match to Drake's Jose Alessandro Hernandez Frias. Freshman Noah Greni went undefeated in Flight G with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Drake's Ulysse Verrando and a 6-3, 6-3 win over Western Michigan's Drew Evans. 

MUNCIE, Ind. - Omaha Men's Tennis wrapped up its second day at the MAC Championship on Saturday. The doubles duo of sophomore Anthony Scheglowski and junior Eloi Roux opened the day with an 8-4 quarterfinal win in Flight A over Drake's Alan Gonzalez and Samuel Melaga. The pair fell 8-5 in the semifinal round to Oscar Corwin and Jack Davison of Western Michigan. Seniors Kristian Thomas and Matej Kajzer earned back-to-back 8-6 wins over Ball State's Jenson Bicanic and Anthony Shalakov and Toledo's Aj Sidoti/David Perret. Sophomore Maddox Lundell went undefeated in singles with a 6-2, 4-6, 10-8 win over Drake's Alan Gonzalez and a 6-4, 6-2 win over Toledo's David Perret. 

MUNCIE, Ind. - Omaha Men's Tennis finished its first taste of MAC play, and its fall schedule, on Sunday night. The Mavs went 13-11 in singles and 10-7 in doubles over the three-day tournament. Junior Kaden Taylor made an appearance in the Flight D final and fell 6-2, 6-3 to Western Michigan's Filip Poklemba. In doubles, Taylor and senior Caleb Peterson beat Drake's Arin Menon and Alex Yeager 8-5. 


Drake Bulldogs
MUNCIE, Ind. – Drake men's tennis concluded its 2026 fall slate this weekend with the Bulldogs' first action against their new conference foes. The Bulldogs went to Muncie, Indiana for three days of singles and doubles play at the MAC Indoors.
 
Drake saw solid tennis up and down its lineup in Muncie. Matias Fernandez, Arin Menon, and Adan Tarquino all reached the quarterfinals of their respective flights before bowing out.
 
The Dogs boasted two semifinalists in Jose Alessandro Hernandez and Sam Melaga. Hernandez opened his play with an upset of No. 4 seed Onder Balci of Buffalo (6-2, 6-0) before beating Omaha's Christian Trevey (7-6, 6-4). He was ousted by the Flight A first seed Nikola Puntaric of UIC before claiming fourth place after conceding the consolation match. Melaga had a similar path, winning a couple matches before being struck down in the semis. Melaga punctuated his weekend with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Mathis Salvestre of Buffalo, his flight's top seed, to take third.
 
Drake's brightest highlight came in Flight F. Sophomore Alex Yeager ripped off two straight wins to secure his spot in the final match. There, Yeager's magic ran out as Western Michigan's Alexander Antonopoulos handed him a 6-3, 7-5 result, placing the Bulldog in second.
 
The weekend's schedule also included doubles play, which Drake found some more success in. Adan Tarquino and Ulysse Verrando took down the Flight A No. 2 seed in Miko Lapalme and Mathis Salvestre of Buffalo before suffering a semifinal loss of their own. Yeager and Menon, who were competing in Flight B, upended top-seeded Antopoulos and Chen Hui Ho of WMU on their way to the semis and a fourth-place finish.
 

Buffalo Bulls
MINCIE, Ind. – The University at Buffalo men's tennis team concluded fall competition at the MAC Fall Championships this weekend, hosted by Ball State University. The weekend was highlighted by a pair of strong doubles performances as both UB doubles pairings reached the championship of their respective doubles draws and Miko Lapalme won the championship of the Flight B singles draw.

In Flight B, Michael Malkin and Chase Zhao defeated Omaha's Christian Trevey and Noah Greni 8-6 before cruising to an 8-3 win over Drake's Alex Yeager and Arin Menon to advance to the championship match, where they defeated UIC's Vanja Hodzic and Henrique Sa 8-3.

In Flight A, Connor Doig and Minjae Kim defeated Wester Michigan's duo of Drew Evans and Dominik Vonbank 8-4 and Omaha's Eloi Roux and Anthony Scheglowski 8-4 to advance to the championship match, where they fell to Western Michigan's Jack Davidson and Oscar Corwin.

In singles action, the Bulls had two semifinalists in Flight B as Lapalme took down Toledo's Pannawat Suttisomboon 6-1, 6-4 before defeating Drake's Samuel Melaga in a three-set semifinal thriller, winning 6-4, 5-7, 10-4 to advance to the championship match where he defeated Ball State's Maksym Ivashko 6-2, 6-1.

Across the draw, Mathis Salvestre defeated Western Michigan's Anh Hoang La Pham in a three-set thriller 6-4, 2-6, 10-7 to advance to the semifinals where he then fell to Ball State's Maksym Ivashko 6-1, 7-6.

In Flight D, Malkin cruised to a 6-1, 6-3 win over Toledo's Aj Sidoti before falling to Western Michigan's Filip Poklemba 7-6, 6-2 in the semifinals. In Flight E, Zhao defeated Western Michigan's Dimitri Moriarty 6-4, 6-1 before dropping a hard-fought three-set battle to UIC's Aarav Nair 6-7, 6-2, 5-10. In Flight A, Minjae Kim defeated Drake's Alan Gonzalez 7-6, 6-4 before falling in three sets to Ball State's Andrei Caragea 6-4, 5-7, 3-6.


Ball State Cardinals
MUNCIE, Ind. - History was made in Muncie this weekend as the Ball State men's tennis team hosted the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Indoor Championships for the first time in program history. Under the guidance of second-year head coach Gene Orlando, the Cardinals welcomed the expanded seven-team conference field to First Serve Muncie for a high-stakes, three-day tournament from October 23–25, 2026.

The historic weekend was capped off by a monumental individual achievement, as Ball State's own Andrei Caragea captured the 2026 MAC Indoor Singles Championship title. By winning the top singles flight, Caragea has earned a prestigious opportunity to compete in the ITA Conference Masters Championships in Rome, Georgia. He will proudly represent the MAC in the tournament, which serves as a direct qualifier for the 2026 NCAA Individual Championships.

Beyond the championship victory, it was a thrilling and deeply competitive weekend for the rest of the Cardinals roster as Maksym Ivashko put together a spectacular run in his respective singles flight. Ivashko showcased his grit and talent by winning two high-level, grueling matches to earn a spot in the finals before eventually falling in a hard-fought championship match. 

Caragea surged to the championship title, starting with a straight-sets (6-3) win over Omaha's Maddox Lundell in the round of 16. After halting Buffalo's Minjae Kim 7-6 (3), 6-4 in the quarterfinals, he outlasted Eldin Nokic of the UIC Flames in a three-set thriller. Caragea was crowned champion following a medical withdrawal by UIC's Jose Frias Hernandez.

The weekend was also highlighted by Jeremy Milette found another level in his game this weekend. Stepping up his performance under the bright lights of the home courts, Milette battled his way through the bracket with elite execution, ultimately falling just short in a highly competitive flight final.

Hosting the event for the first time put Ball State tennis center stage, and the Cardinals capitalized on the home-court advantage by delivering an unforgettable weekend of championship-level tennis.