CLAREMONT, Calif. – Cal Lutheran men's tennis competed in the three-day Fall ITA West Regionals on the campuses of Pomona-Pitzer and CMS this past weekend. The tournament consisted of singles and doubles, and a first-round loss created a consolation bracket, guaranteeing at least two matches for each participant. Singles matches were best-of-three sets with the third set as a 10-point tiebreak. Doubles matches were first to eight games, with a seven-point tiebreak if games were tied at seven all. The singles draw had three flights, while the doubles draw had two.

Enlisted in the singles draw for the Kingsmen were Raphael Simon (A), Carlo Drewelow (A), Mateo Sonaglia (B), Jerry Dominguez (C), Maciej Gawronski (C), Alvin Stromberg (C), Ryan Vernon (C), Jake Anderson (C), Matthew Goldstein (C), and Mills Hall (C).

Drewelow won his first consolation match after fighting through a close first set, 7(8)6(6), 6-3. Dominguez also claimed his first consolation match, outlasting his opponent 6-3, 7-5. Stromberg cruised in his first consolation match 6-3, 6-3.

Gawronski and Anderson both won their first-round matches. Gawronski defeated his opponent with ease, 6-2, 6-4. Anderson won a close first set, dropped the second, and dominated the tiebreak [10-2].

Goldstein won his first consolation match 6-1, 7-5, and advanced to face his teammate, Hall, in the consolation quarterfinals. Hall, who lost a tiebreak in the first round, beat Goldstein in a close match in the battle of Kingsmen, 4-6, 6-4, [10-2].

Vernon played a tight first-round match, falling 6-4, 4-6, [10-7].

The doubles pairings were Simon/Drewelow (A), Sonaglia/Anderson (A), Goldstein/Dominguez (B), Gawronski/Hall (B), and Vernon/Stromberg (B).

Gawronski/Hall cruised in the first round, winning 8-4. They stayed hot, winning a nail-biting tiebreak in the quarterfinals by a score of 8(7)-7(2). The duo lost in the semifinals.