Men's Tennis | October 16

COLUMBUS, Oh. – The Northern Illinois University men's tennis team began the ITA Midwest Regionals on Thursday, hosted by Ohio State. The regional will be played at Ty Tucker Tennis Center and the Racquet Club of Columbus from Oct. 15-20.

Both Curzio Manucci (Genoa, Italy / Coastal Carolina University) and Lorenzo Leti Messina (Rome, Italy / North Florida) reached the singles main draw, earning bids by securing qualifying wins on Thursday and Friday. The two join Constantin Radu and will compete this weekend.

Leti Messina and Radu entered the doubles main draw and reached the Round of 16 on Friday afternoon with a victory over Michigan.

Day One
Manucci started the day with a three-set victory over Toledo's David Perret, winning 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Leti Messina breezed to a 6-1, 6-1 win over Evan Glebov of Marquette.

Saul Berdullas Calvino won the first set against Notre Dame Nicholas Patrick, but retired in the second due to injury.

Day Two
Friday morning began with Manucci punching his ticket to the single main draw with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Vanja Hodzic. Soon after, Leti Messina knocked off Notre Dame's Nolan Balthazor 6-2, 6-3 to give the Huskies three representatives on the singles main draw.

In the doubles draw, Leti Messina / Radu faced Chadwick Anderson / Evan Glebov of Marquette, winning 8-3. The duo followed the opening round win by knocking out Benjamin Azar / Naoto Tomizawa of Michigan to reach the Round of 16 by score of 8-6.