Men's Tennis | October 17
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 saw Marquette's Blake Roegner. Puntaric and Roegner went three sets as Roegner held on to win 3-6, 7-6, 6-4.
In the doubles main draw, Western Michigan's Drew Evans and Tim Riedel defeated Messina and Scotuzzi 8-3.
The trio of Dellien, Puntaric and Scotuzzi will be in action Saturday in singles consolation matches with Dellien facing Cleveland State's Carl Gedlitschka, Scotuzzi seeing DePaul's Sven Moser and Puntaric serving against Illinois State's Tomas Valencia.
Messina and Scotuzzi team up again in the doubles consolation bracket against Illinois State's Christian Capacci and Manuel Pavia.
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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
Friday Results
Blake Roegner (Marquette) def.
Nikola Puntaric 3-6, 7-6, 6-4
Drew Evans / Tim Riedel (Western Michigan) def.
Lorenzo Leti Messina / Federico Scotuzzi 8-3
