UNOH Crowned as Men's Tennis Tournament Champion

LIMA, Ohio - (TOURNAMENT PAGE) - UNOH made it a clean sweep, winning both the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) Men's Tennis regular season championship and tournament championship. The top-seeded Racers defeated No. 3 Cornerstone 4-0 at Westwood Tennis & Fitness Center. UNOH has now won the last eight tournament titles of the 10 tournaments been held since the sport was reistated as a conference sport in 2011. 

As the top seed, the Racers enjoyed a bye in the first round and blanked Lawrence Tech in the semifinals. Cornerstone defeated No. 6 Lourdes in the first round and upset second-seeded Indiana Tech 4-2 in the semis.

In the championship match, UNOH took the double point, winning both the No. 1 and No. 2 matches. WHAC Player of the Year Sergio Conde won his No. 1 singles match while Malik Omarkhanov and Nils Messin won at the No. 4 and No. 5 spots, respectively.  

With the win, UNOH receives the WHAC's automatic berth to the NAIA Men's Tennis National Championship May 16-20 in Mobile, Ala. 

Championship Match
#1 UNOH (15-5) def. #3 Cornerstone (9-8-1), 4-0
Doubles 
#1 Martin Stanchev/Malik Omarkhanov (UNOH) def. Andres Jimenez/Santiago Castellanos (CU), 6-1
#2 Sergio Conde/Giovanni Branchetti (UNOH) def. Joaquin Micheloni/Luiz Felipe Azurdy (CU), 6-3
#3 Lucas Perez/Mike Stieler (UNOH) vs. Jaden Bender/Jose Oliva (CU), UNF
Singles
#1 Sergio Conde (UNOH) def. Andres Jimenez (CU), 6-0, 6-2
#2 Martin Stanchev (UNOH) vs. Santiago Castellanos (CU), UNF
#3 Giovanni Branchetti (UNOH) vs. Joaquin Micheloni (CU), UNF
#4 Malik Omarkhanov (UNOH) def. Daniel Alfaro (CU), 6-2, 6-1
#5 Lucas Perez (UNOH) vs. Jaden Bender (CU), UNF
#6 Nils Messin (UNOH) def. Luis Felipe Azurdy (CU), 6-0, 6-0

All-Time Tournament Champions
2011: Aquinas
2012: Aquinas
2013: No Tournament
2014: No Tournament
2015: UNOH
2016: UNOH
2017: UNOH
2018: UNOH
2019: UNOH
2020: No Tournament - COVID
2021: UNOH
2022: UNOH
2023: UNOH