The Chicago State men's and women's tennis teams are competing in the 2022 ITA Regional Championships and several Cougars athletes completed first round matches today. The University of Illinois is hosting the men's regional while the University of Michigan is hosting the women. The ITA Regional Championships feature some of the top men's and women's players across the country with over 8,000 student-athletes from NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, Junior and Community Colleges competing across 85 ITA Regional Championships around the country. In Division I, regional doubles champions and regional singles champions and finalists qualify for the season-ending ITA National Fall Championships.
In first round action today,
Arhaan Pahwa from the CSU men's tennis team picked up the lone Chicago State victory with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Vlad Meluta from Toledo in consolation singles. Complete results for Chicago State from today's first day are listed below along with the remaining tournament schedule.
Looking ahead, Hugo Hidalgo Perez and
Pedro Alvarez were automatic qualifiers into the main draw of the men's tournament in singles and will begin play Saturday. For the women,
Kristina Pukhaeva is also in the main draw for singles and her first match is Friday following the first and second round of the main draw in doubles. The doubles pairings for the men and women will be as follows:
Max Sandoval and
Pedro Alvarez,
Arhaan Pahwa and
Hugo Hidalgo Vega,
Katarina Dukic and
Cali Fuller, and
Ethel Li and
Kristina Pukhaeva.
2022 ITA Men's Regional Championships
Midwest Region Qualifying Draw
Hosted by The University of Illinois
Oct. 20-25, 2022
Chicago State Results
Thursday's Results
Qualifying Singles First Round
Matthew Halpin (Notre Dame) defeated
Max Sandoval (Chicago State), 6-3, 6-4
Jameson Corsillo (Notre Dame) defeated
Arhaan Pahwa (Chicago State), 6-3, 6-0
Consolation Singles
Hsiang Lee (Northern Illinois) defeated
Max Sandoval (Chicago State), 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
Arhaan Pahwa (Chicago State) defeated Vlad Meluta (Toledo) defeated , 6-4, 6-2
Friday, October 21
Singles Round of 16
Doubles Round of 64
Doubles Round of 32 and Round of 16
Saturday, October 22
Round of 64 Main Draw - Singles
Round of 32 Main Draw - Singles
Quarter Finals - Doubles
Sunday, October 23
Round of 16 Main Draw - Singles
Quarterfinals Singles
Semi Finals - Doubles
Monday, October 24
Semifinals - Singles
Finals - Singles
Doubles Finals
2022 ITA Women's Regional Championships
Midwest Region Qualifying Draw
Hosted by The University of Michigan
Oct. 20-25, 2022
Chicago State Results
Thursday's Results
Qualifying Singles First Round
Mariona Perez (Toledo) defeated
Cali Fuller (Chicago State), 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
Elisabeth Desmaris (Marquette) defeated
Ethel Li (Chicago State), 6-0, 7-5
Emily Casati (Illinois) defeated
Katarina Dukic (Chicago State), 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
Friday, Oct. 21
Doubles Main Draw First Round
Doubles Main Draw Second Round
Singles Main Draw First Round
Saturday, Oct. 22
Doubles Main Draw Round of 16
Singles Main Draw Round of 32
Singles Main Draw Round of 16
Sunday, Oct. 23
Doubles Main Draw Quarterfinals
Doubles Main Draw Semifinals
Singles Main Draw Quarterfinals
Monday, Oct. 24
Doubles Main Draw Final
Singles Semifinals
Tuesday, Oct. 25
Singles Main Draw Final
*Schedule subject to change
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach
Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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