Location: Blacksburg, Va

The Short Story: VCU Men's Tennis traveled to Blacksburg, Va, to compete at the ITA Atlantic Regional Championship. 

Opening Serve:

• Rams' Patrik Petera (singles), Leon Zaorski/Nicolo Consonni (doubles) had wins in the Round of 16 to propel themselves to the Quarterfinals.
• Taisei Hata won his Round of 32 Qualifier to advance into the Round of 64.
• The duos of Leon Zaorski/Nicolo Consonni, Yassin Wageh/Patrik Petera, Erwann Bouchet/Jakub Volesky, and Taisei Hata/Theo Mottier all finished 6-3 in doubles.
   

Day 1
Singles 
(R32-Q) Taisei Hata (VCU) def. Ethan Garcia (Naval Academy) 6-3, 6-4 
(R64) Nikita Bortnichek (W&M) def. Taisei Hata (VCU) 6-2, 6-2

Day 2
Singles
(R64) Andres Santamarta Roig (UVA) def. Yassin Wageh (VCU) 6-4, 6-1
(R64) Patrik Petera (VCU) def. Zechariah Hamrouni (ODU) 6-2, 7-6
(R64) Stiles Brockett (UVA) def. Theo Mottier (VCU) 6-3, 6-2
(R64) Jakub Volesky (VCU) def. Joshua Lamm-Bocharov (Georgetown) 6-4, 6-3
(R64) Benjamin Sparks (Liberty) def. Erwann Bouchet (VCU) 6-2, 6-7, 7-5
(R64) Zachary Fleishman (JMU) def. Leon Zaorski (VCU) 6-2, 7-6

Doubles
(R64) Leon Zaorski/Nicolo Consonni (VCU) def. Marcus Weekes/Michael Major (Howard) 8-5
(R64) Yassin Wageh/Patrik Petera (VCU) def. Andreas Chapides/Otto Sewell (Richmond) 8-3
(R64) Erwann Bouchet/Jakub Volesky (VCU) def. Nikolaos Fotios Makris/Alexi Roy (Mount SM) 8-3
(R64) Taisei Hata/Theo Mottier (VCU) def. James O'Sullivan/Cyrus Zia (Georgetown) 8-5
(R32) Leon Zaorski/Nicolo Consonni (VCU) def. Aryan Arora/Kohei Konishi (Hampton) 8-4
(R32) David Ekpenyong/Benjamin Sparks (Liberty) def. Yassin Wageh/Patrik Petera (VCU) 8-2
(R32) Gevorg Mnatsakanyan/Nicolas Iantosca (VT) def. Erwann Bouchet/Jakub Volesky (VCU) 8-4
 
Day 3
Singles
(R32) Patrik Petera (VCU) def. Jake Young (Naval Academy) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
(R32) Piet Steveker (ODU) def. Jakub Volesky (VCU) 6-1. 6-2
(R16) Patrik Petera (VCU) def. Ilyas Milad Fahim (VT) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6
(R32-Q) Kaua Lopes Cressoni (JMU) def. Yassin Wageh (VCU) 6-2, 7-5
(R32-Q) Aurelien Schmitt (JMU) def. Theo Mottier (VCU)
 
Doubles
(R16) Leon Zaorski/Nicolo Consonni (VCU) def. Patrik Jurina/ Drew Fishback (VT) 8-7
 
Day 4
Singles (Quarterfinals)
Stiles Brockett (UVA) def. Patrik Petera (VCU) 6-2, 6-3
Doubles (Quarterfinals)
Jangjun Kim/Andres Santamarta Roig (UVA) def. Leon Zaorski/Nicolo Consonni (VCU) 8-3
 
NEXT UP:
The Rams will travel to Winston-Salem, N.C., for their next competition as they take part in the Wake Forest Invite from Oct. 23 – Oct. 25.