Results

MOUNT BERRY, Ga. – Taking on some of the top completion in the region, the Millsaps College men's tennis team came away with some strong results at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Regional Championship hosted by Berry College. Senior Diego Marti-Vertiz (San Luis Potosi, Mexico) and junior Davis Plummer (Richardson, Texas) both reached the Round of 16 in the main singles draw, with Plummer and senior Alex Centurion (Portland, Ore.) making it to the quarterfinals of the main doubles draw.
 
Plummer scored an upset in the first round of the singles draw, knocking off seeded Ritwik Chatterjee of Rhodes, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5. He then took down Dane Hawthorne of Sewanee, 6-3, 6-0 to reach the Round of 16. Marti-Vertiz started his way to the Round of 16 with an opening 7-6 (2), 6-2 win over Aubrey Davis of Sewanee before scoring a 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-4 decision against Chris Cox from Covenant.
 
Centurion and junior Josh Shearin (Memphis, Tenn.) also scored opening round wins in the main draw, with Centurion taking a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 win over Mason Robb of Guilford and Shearin coming up with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Travous Wilson from Belhaven.
 
Playing in the singles Gold Draw, sophomore Jacob Niehaus (New Orleans, La.) won three straight matches in straight sets to reach the semifinals before bowing out in three sets. In the consolation of the same draw, sophomore Brandon Beck (New Orleans, La.) overcame his opening loss to also win three straight to reach the finals, which went unplayed.
 
In the main doubles draw, Centurion and Plummer won their first two matches by the same 8-3 score over squads from Methodist and Sewanee to reach the quarterfinal round where they fell by the same 8-3 score to a team from Emory. In the Gold Draw a pair of teams from Millsaps played deep into the competition. Seniors Avinash Ananth (Hoover, Ala.) and Cameron Doles (Metairie, La.) won three straight to reach the finals (which was not played), dropping four or fewer games in each of their victories. Shearin and junior Cooper Cearley (Midland, Texas) reached the semifinals with an 8-4 win over a team from Centre before falling 8-5 in the semis to a squad from Sewanee.
 
In the Silver Doubles Draw, Niehaus and junior Brian Deason (Birmingham, Ala.) overcame an opening loss to come back and win the consolation side of the bracket, taking an 8-6 decision in the final over a team from LaGrange.
 
Millsaps will continue preparation for their spring season that is scheduled to begin in February.