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Owen Kilmer
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Men's Tennis Curran McCauley, Director of Athletic Communications

Kilmer Reaches ITA Quarterfinals as Men’s Tennis Competes at Two Tournaments

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Owen Kilmer earned two straight-set victories to advance to the championship singles quarterfinals, highlighting the Haverford College men's tennis team's second day of play Friday at the ITA Southeast Regional Championships at Mary Washington.

Marko Arboleda also reached the championship singles round of 16, while Zach Miano and Chait Krishna advanced to the B1 doubles semifinals. Closer to home, the Fords competed in singles and doubles action at the Saint Joseph's Invitational on Hawk Hill.

Championship Singles
Kilmer opened Friday with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Randolph's Jacob Martin in the round of 32 before defeating Christopher Newport's James Smith, 6-4, 6-1, in the round of 16. He will face Washington and Lee's Dutch Prather in the quarterfinals Saturday at noon.

Arboleda defeated Swarthmore's Hayes Gilbert, 7-5, 6-3, to advance to the round of 16 before falling to Carnegie Mellon's Alex Feies, 6-2, 6-3.

First-year David Jin dropped a 6-2, 6-1 decision to Swarthmore's Nikola Galov in the round of 32, while Will Geske fell to Mary Washington's Asher Willenborg, 6-1, 6-1.

In consolation play, Teo Bortan defeated Christopher Newport's Andrew Kinnear, 8-4, to set up a Saturday matchup with Mary Washington's John Riordan at 2 p.m.

B1 Singles
Robbie Vazquez outlasted Batten's Sebastien Muller, 6-2, 2-6, 10-7, securing the victory in a match tiebreak.

 B2 Singles
Lucio Kombo earned a straight-set victory over Roanoke's Nolan Macedo, 6-2, 6-2. Caden Hsia fell in a match tiebreak, 6-4, 4-6, 12-10. He will face Stevens' Tristan Wroe in consolation action Saturday at 10:30 a.m.

Championship Doubles
Arboleda and Vazquez received a first-round bye before falling to Christopher Newport's Matthew Miller and Andrew Kinnear in the round of 32. Kombo and Hsia opened with an 8-3 victory over Salisbury's Robert Stabile and Nick O'Dea before dropping an 8-4 decision to Johns Hopkins' Chakor Sankaran Rajendra and Allan Xu in the second round.

Kilmer and Geske defeated Gettysburg's Teo Burgess and Owen Kutlu, 8-7, winning the tiebreak 7-3. The Haverford duo then fell to Swarthmore's Nikola Galov and Connor Chun in the second round. Bortan and Jin dropped an 8-4 decision to Christopher Newport's Sam Halvorsen and Ivan Ceric in the opening round.

B1 Doubles
Miano and Krishna secured two victories to advance to the semifinals. The pair opened with an 8-6 win over Batten's Olaf van der Stam and Joshua Buckland before edging Washington College's Petter Storberg and Oskar Wroblewski, 8-7, with a 7-2 victory in the tiebreak.

Miano and Krishna will face Johns Hopkins' Cyrus Chang and Lixing Jiang in the semifinals Saturday at 8 a.m.

Saint Joseph's Invitational
On Hawk Hill, Aarush Kumar pushed Villanova's Jack Sherner to a match tiebreak in the White Bracket singles before falling, 7-6 (8-6), 0-6, 10-8. Alejandro Rodriguez dropped a 6-0, 6-1 decision to Swarthmore's Akshay Kommineni.

Both Fords will return for consolation singles Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Kumar will face Thomas Jefferson's Matthew Cizmarik, while Rodriguez will take on Lafayette's Tomas Grygalis.

In doubles, Dhruv Anantaraman and Rodriguez fell to Drexel's Josue Guzman and Tiago Lima, 6-3, in the opening round. The Haverford pairing will face Saint Joseph's Jakob Gaudreau Barnes and Stefan Brajovic on Saturday at 10 a.m.
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Players Mentioned

Marko Arboleda

Marko Arboleda

Junior
Teo Bortan

Teo Bortan

Sophomore
Owen Kilmer

Owen Kilmer

Sophomore
Chait Krishna

Chait Krishna

Junior
Zach Miano

Zach Miano

Sophomore
Alejandro Rodriguez

Alejandro Rodriguez

First-Year
Aarush Kumar

Aarush Kumar

First-Year
Robbie Vazquez

Robbie Vazquez

First-Year
Lucio Kombo

Lucio Kombo

First-Year
Caden Hsia

Caden Hsia

First-Year
David Jin

David Jin

5' 7"
First-Year
Will Geske

Will Geske

6' 0"
First-Year

Players Mentioned

Marko Arboleda

Marko Arboleda

Junior
Teo Bortan

Teo Bortan

Sophomore
Owen Kilmer

Owen Kilmer

Sophomore
Chait Krishna

Chait Krishna

Junior
Zach Miano

Zach Miano

Sophomore
Alejandro Rodriguez

Alejandro Rodriguez

First-Year
Aarush Kumar

Aarush Kumar

First-Year
Robbie Vazquez

Robbie Vazquez

First-Year
Lucio Kombo

Lucio Kombo

First-Year
Caden Hsia

Caden Hsia

First-Year
David Jin

David Jin

5' 7"
First-Year
Will Geske

Will Geske

6' 0"
First-Year
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