MARION, Ind. - Grace's men's tennis team participated in the ITA Regional Championships last week hosted by Indiana Wesleyan University. 

Three players made finals' appearances on Saturday, starting with Benjamin Rahine in the consolation bracket and followed by Pablo Gregori and Salva Pons in doubles.

Gregori and Salva Pons entered the tournament as the second seed. The duo moved through the bracket with wins over some familiar opponents on their march to the finals. The championship match needed a tiebreaker with each team winning a set, but the pair from Oakland City came out on top.

Grace had three other pairs participating in the doubles bracket. Manuel Marques and Roko Misura picked up a win 8-2, but fell in the next round. Artur Pons and Luis Cordoba fared the same with an opening round victory before falling in the second round.

The final doubles group of Benjamin Rahine and Cesar Garcia dropped their opener 5-8. When the moved into the consolation draw, they split a pair of matches.

Benjamin Rahine advanced to the consolation bracket final, after dropping his first match of the tournament in the main draw. He picked up five wins in straight sets on his way to securing the title on the consolation side.

In the singles draw, Grace had seven players in the field with two earning top-10 seeds.

Artur Pons made a run to the semifinals, before losing to the eventual champion in a third-set tiebreaker 3-6, 6-4, 3-10. He knocked off the No. 1 seed from Huntington in the quarterfinals. Pablo Gregori collected two straight set wins as the No. 3 seed, but was upended in the quarters.

Luis Cordoba and Roko Misura each picked up a win in the opening round before bowing out of the tournament. 

Salva Pons and Manuel Marques dropped both of their matches, one in the main draw and one in the consolation bracket.

Cesar Garcia performed well in the singles B draw. He was on the winning side in three matches, advancing to the semifinals. 

Grace will continue league play on Tuesday with a match against Spring Arbor. The match is set to begin at 1p.m. at the Don Cramer Tennis Courts.


SINGLES

MAIN DRAW

A. Pons def. Gray, 6-2, 6-3
A. Pons def. Soriano, 2-6, 6-1, 10-7
A. Pons def. Sarudiansky
A. Pons def. Perez, 6-0, 6-2
Perez def. A. Pons, 6-3, 4-6, 10-3

Gregori def. Prescupscu, 6-2, 7-5
Gregori def. Salomon, 6-2, 6-4
Gregori def. Kunkle

Cordoba def. Gonzalez, 6-0, 6-0
Ashworth def. Cordoba, 7-5, 6-7(4), 10-8

Misura def. Hollingsworth, 6-0, 6-0
Perez def. Misura, 6-2, 7-6(5)

Sarudiansky def. Rahine, 6-1, 6-1
Rahine def. Hall, 6-3, 6-2
Rahine def. Carasco
Rahine def. Hostetter, 6-1, 6-2
Rahine def. Sidhu, 6-2, 6-3
Rahine def. Smalto, 7-5, 6-1

Ramos def. S. Pons, 3-6, 6-3, 10-5
Def. S. Pons, Default

Pinto def. Marques, 6-1, 2-1, Retired
Smalto def. Marques

B DRAW

Garcia def. Easter, 6-0, 6-2
Garcia def. Lyon, 8-2
Garcia def. Mishler, 8-3
Rongos def. Garcia, 8-5


DOUBLES

MAIN DRAW

Gregori/S. Pons def. Morgan/Pasto, 8-1
Gregori/S. Pons def. Rodriguez/Reupka
Gregori/S. Pons def. Marchetti/Flores
Gregori/S. Pons def. Cilliers/Sivfi, 8-4
Ramos/Perez def. Gregori/S. Pons, 4-6, 6-0, 11-9

Marques/Misura def. Funez/Carbajal, 8-2
Garcia/Ramos def. Marques/Misura

Cordoba/A. Pons def. Real/Capdevilla, 8-4
Marchetti/ Flores def. Cordoba/A. Pons

Mendez/King def. Rahine/Garcia, 8-5
Rahine/Garcia def. Mangetic/Novak
Trento/Fischer def. Rahine/Garcia, 9-7