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ATHENS, Ga. – The Columbus State University men's tennis team started its fall season with four days of competition at the 2018 Southern Intercollegiate Championships hosted by the University of Georgia. The four-day event was held Sept. 7-10.
 
The Cougars put together a 15-14 overall record across 29 matches, with 24 coming against Division I competition.
 
Columbus State's best showing came in doubles action, with a pair of teams reaching at least the quarterfinal round.
 
KP Pannu and Matei Avram downed duos from East Tennessee State and Central Florida before falling in the quarterfinals against a pair from UNC Asheville that won the tournament.
 
Zach Whaanga and Alvaro Regalado ran off consecutive wins over teams from Arkansas, Gardner Webb and Lander to move into the semifinal round. Their run to the final came up just short however, as the Cougar pair fell 8-5 against the eventual runners-up from Arkansas.
 
In singles action, Pannu won his opening matches against opponents from Dartmouth and Georgia Gwinnett before falling in the round of 16 against the eventual champion from Central Florida. Arnold Kokulewski and Tommaso Schold also won their opening matches in the Division I Singles bracket.
 
Avram won two of the three matches he played in the Division II Singles bracket, while Fabien Asdrubal reached the quarterfinals in the Division III bracket.
 
Columbus State will host the annual CSU Tennis Classic Wednesday through Friday. More information is available here.
 
The Cougars will be back in action Sept. 21-22 for the CSU Invitational at the John W. Walden Tennis Center.
 
Results

Division I Singles
R64: Arnold Kokulewski def. Eirik Groner (Lander) 6-3, 6-3
R32: Jan Zielinski (Georgia) def. Arnold Kokulewski 6-7, 6-3, 6-3
Consolation: Jose Alonso (Arkansas) def. Arnold Kokulewski 6-2, 1-0, ret.
 
R64: KP Pannu def. Peter Conklin (Dartmouth) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
R32: KP Pannu def. Mika Kosonen (Georgia Gwinnett) 6-4, 6-2
R16: Gabriel DeCamps (Central Florida) def. KP Pannu 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
 
R64: Josh Howard (Arkansas) def. Alvaro Regalado 7-6, 3-6, 5-2, ret.
Consolation: Mico Guillon (Mercer) def. Alvaro Regalado 7-5, 6-4
Consolation: Alvaro Regalado def. Alex Phillips (Georgia) 6-5, 6-5
 
R64: Jannik Kumbier (Georgia College) def. Zach Whaanga 6-3, 6-4
Consolation: David Georgadze (Mercer) def. Zach Whaanga 6-3, 6-3
Consolation: Casey Ross (Dartmouth) def. Zach Whaanga 6-4, 7-5
 
R64: Tommaso Schold def. Flavio Matteoli (Barry) 7-5, 6-4
R32: Rafael Tosetto (Tennessee Tech) def. Tommaso Schold 6-2, 6-1
Consolation: Tommaso Schold def. Juan Lugo (East Tennessee State) 6-7, 5-1, ret.
 
Division II Singles
R64: Matei Avram def. Byran Triana (Kennesaw State) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
R32: Louis Gorregues (Stetson) def. Matei Avram 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
Consolation: Matei Avram def. Carver Arant (Mercer) 6-1, 4-6, 1-0
 
Division III Singles
R32: Fabien Asdrubal def. Sachin Khurana (Mercer) 6-0, 6-4
R16: Fabien Asdrubal def. Ventura Durall (Gardner Webb) 6-1, 6-4
QF: Luis Fernandes Labarta (Florida Atlantic) def. Fabien Asdrubal 6-4, 7-6 (3)
 
Division I Doubles
R64: Jorge Ortegon/Pedro Uribe (Lipscomb) def. Tommaso Schold/Arnold Kokulewski 8-2
 
R32: Alvaro Regalado/Zach Whaanga def. Jose Alonso/Pedro Alonso (Arkansas) 8-5
R16: Alvaro Regalado/Zach Whaanga def. Maximillian Scholl/Millen Hurrion (Gardner Webb) 8-6
QF: Alvaro Regalado/Zach Whaanga def. Ozan Cilder/Eirik Groner (Lander) 8-2
SF: Oscar Mesquida/Adam Sanjurjo (Arkansas) def. Alvaro Regalado/Zach Whaanga 8-5
 
R32: KP Pannu/Matei Avram def. Taisei Miyamoto/Adam O'Shannessy (East Tennessee State) 8-3
R16: KP Pannu/Matei Avram def. Gabriel DeCamps/Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi (Central Florida) 8-7
QF: Henry Patten/Oli Nolan (UNC Asheville) def. KP Pannu/Matei Avram 8-6