Box Score FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- The fall portion of the Christopher Newport men's tennis schedule came to a close on Saturday afternoon as the Captains finished out play at the 2023 ITA Southeast Regional Championships. A pair of CNU doubles teams surged into the quarterfinals of the championship draw and rookie Gus Mitchell won his flight in singles play to highlight the Captains' performance on Saturday. 

In doubles action, Edvard Porsmyr Hansen and Ashton Legum snagged their second straight win over a seeded partnership as they downed #10 Josh Rassin and Heys Parker by a score of 8-7 (4). The thrilling run to the quarterfinals would end their, however, as the second-seeded pairing from Mary Washington, Peter Leese and Rishi Charan Shankar, dispatched of the veteran CNU duo, 8-5. 

The other Captains tandem still playing in the doubles championship draw suffered a similar fate on Saturday, winning their first match to play into the quarterfinals before being eliminated. Vincent Truong and Nesh Kumaresan defeated Keith Orr and DOminick Suwak by a final score of 8-7 (0) and were pit against the #3 seeded Derek Wong and Akshay Joshi from Carnegie Mellon in the quarters. The battle was back-and-forth but ultimately the Tartans outlasted CNU in a tiebreaker, 8-7 (3). 

In singles play, the Captains were led by Gus Mitchell in the B2 Singles Draw. Taking on a pair of tough opponents from Mary Washington, the CNU freshman took down Drew Campbell (7-5, 6-1) in the semifinals and then defeated Andrew Cooper in the finals. 

Porsmyr Hansen and Truong also had wins in singles play on Saturday while playing in the consolation bracket for the championship draw. Porsmyr Hansen defeated Salisbury's Gianluca Beaujon in a 6-2, 6-0 final and Truong snagged a win over Unai Laguardia Alvarez out of Goucher, 6-1, 6-1. 

Christopher Newport will return to action in early February as the dual season opens up on February 9 against Hampden-Sydney. 


Doubles Championship Draw
R64: Charley Force/Andres Fente (SWAT) def. Ryan Monroe/Ahun Vodela (CNU); 8-2
R32: Caleb Brightman/Gurv Suri (SAL) def. Tyler Hyun/Gus Mitchell (CNU); 8-1
R64: Edvard Porsmyr Hansen/Ashton Legum (CNU) def. Eshan Degamwar/Nicolas Stromberg (MMT); 8-1
R32: Edvard Porsmyr Hansen/Ashton Legum (CNU) def. [6] Allen Gong/Daniel Ardila (JHU); 8-5
R16: Edvard Porsmyr Hansen/Ashton Legum (CNU) def. [10] Josh Rassin/Heys Parker (WLU); 8-7 (7-4)
QF: [2] Peter Leese/Rishi Charan Shankar (UMW) def. Edvard Porsmyr Hansen/Ashton Legum (CNU); 8-5
R32: [5] Vincent Truong/Nesh Kumaresan (CNU) def. Aliaksandr Rudy/Alex Donnelly (AU); 8-5
R16: [5] Vincent Truong/Nesh Kumaresan (CNU) def. Keith Orr/Dominick Suwak (SU); 8-7 (7-0)
QF: [3] Derek Wong/Akshay Joshi (CMU) def. [5] Vincent Truong/Nesh Kumaresan (CNU); 8-7 (7-3)
CONS: Artem Babaiev/Jovan Cirkovic (SU) def. Ryan Monroe/Ahun Vodela (CNU); 8-6

Singles Championship Draw
R64: Levi Vigdorchik (LYN) def. Ashton Legum (CNU); 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-5)
R64: [5] Raghav Jangbahadur (CMU) def. Ryan Monroe (CNU); 6-0, 6-2
R64: Rishi Verma (SWAT) def. Edvard Porsmyr Hansen (CNU); 6-1, 6-1
R64: [15] Stefan Johnson (HAV) def. Vincent Truong (CNU); 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5)
CONS: Heys Parker (WLU) def. Ashton Legum (CNU); 6-4, 6-1
CONS: Dominick Suwak (SU) def. Ryan Monroe (CNU); 6-0, 6-3
CONS: Edvard Porsmyr Hansen (CNU) def. Gianluca Beaujon (SAL); 6-2, 6-0
CONS: Vincent Truong (CNU) def. Unai Laguardia Alvarez (GOUCHER); 6-1, 6-1

B1 Singles Draw
R16: Justin Yi (CMU) def. Ahun Vodela (CNU); 8-5
CONS: Gurv Suri (SAL) def. Ahun Vodela (CNU); 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-8)

B2 Singles Draw
R16: Gus Mitchell (CNU) def. Prabjeet Sign Chandhok (AU); 8-4
QF: Gus Mitchell (CNU) def. Dillon McReynolds (H-SC); 8-3
SF: Gus Mitchell (CNU) def. Drew Campbell (UMW); 7-5, 6-1
F: Gus Mitchell (CNU) def. Andrew Cooper (UMW); 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (10-3)