MEDFORD, MA – On Friday, the Amherst men's tennis team returned to Boston to start its journey at the 2025 ITA New England Regional Championships at Tufts University.

This is the second consecutive year that the fall regional tournament has been held at Tufts. Although Tufts is the host, some matches were played at MIT on the opening day. First and Second rounds of singles and doubles were played on Friday.

All in all, the Mammoths had a strong day on court, advancing two doubles teams and two singles players to the Round 16, and 3 players falling in the Round of 32. Two Amherst players also advanced to the second Round of the B Draw. The ITA Regional Tournament goes until Sunday, and the finalists of the tournament make it to the ITA Fall National Tournament later in the fall.

RESULTS:
Singles:
A Draw:
(R64) George Chaidemenos (A) def. Sebastian Mendoza (Babson) 6-3, 6-0
(R64) Andreas Sillaste (A) def. Manuel Hernandez-Plaza (USJ) 6-0, 6-0
(R64) Aldiyar Abzhan (A) def. Karol Romer (USJ) 2-1 rtd.
(R64) Cal Wider (A) def. Ryuto Saito (Wesleyan) 6-4, 7-5
(R64) Lukas Frangenberg (A) def. Conrad Kadel (Endicott) 6-3, 6-3
(R32) George Chaidemenos (A) def. Adam Sun (MIT) 7-5, 7-5
(R32) Andreas Sillaste (A) def. Eren Cheung (Tufts) 6-2, 6-2
(R32) Reif Larsen (Middlebury) def. Aldiyar Abzhan (A) 7-6, 3-6, 6-4
(R32) Stavros Mastrogamvrakis (Tufts) def. Lukas Frangenberg (A) 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
(R32) Garv Bahl (Tufts) def. Cal Wider (A) 6-3, 6-3

B Draw: 
Albert Hu (A) def. Nathan Jackson (Middlebury) 8-2
Ronald Gualario (A) def. Landon Wyshner (Wheaton) 8-3
Ronald Gualario (A) def. Tommy Jani (Wesleyan) 8-4 
Matej Djokic (Tufts) def. Ethan Ohm (A) 8-4

Doubles:
(R64) Ethan Ohm/Cal Wider (A) def. Poss/Simunyola (Hartford) 8-1
(R32) Andreas Sillaste/George Chaidemenos (A) def. Louis Bourn/Maxim Zlobinsky (Babson) 8-5
(R32) Andrew Mendelson/Cameron Zia (Bowdoin) def. Ethan Ohm/Cal Wider (A) 8-0
(R32) Lukas Frangenberg/Albert Hu (A) def. Andrew Yim/Hugh Hentschel (Middlebury) 8-7 (1)
(R32) Chase Kasday/Ryuto Saito (Wesleyan) def. Ronald Gualario/Aldiyar Abzhan (A) 6-8

UP NEXT: 
The Mammoths start with a doubles Round of 16 at 9 AM on Saturday morning. If the doubles teams are successful in the first matches, they will play the quarterfinals immediately afterward. The Round of 16 in singles is played in the afternoon, followed by the quarterfinals. All the matches are held at Tufts University's Vuote Tennis Courts on Saturday.