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Men's Tennis

Captains Win Three Bracket Championships at ITA Southeast Regionals on Saturday

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- The Christopher Newport men's tennis team continued play at the 2026 ITA Southeast Regional Championships on Saturday and were led by three bracket titles including two singles and one doubles championship. 

Playing in the B2 singles bracket, Matt Miller won twice to capture the victory for CNU; the B3 singles championship went to Jamison Wallace who won by walkover in the semis and then finished out the win in the finals. In the B2 doubles bracket it was Anderson Fortney and David Garcia Carrasco that paired up for the title in that draw. 

Additionally, the two remaining doubles tandems in the championship draw competed against seeded foes to conclude their run through the regional bracket. CNU also had two players compete in the consolation bracket of the championship draw on Saturday. 

Miller headlined the day with two wins in the B2 singles bracket. He first played against Shenandoah's Benjamin Brasfield and earned a 7-5, 7-5 win in the semifinals. He then quickly turned around to down Pratik Nayak from Stevens Institute with a 6-2, 6-2 final. 

Wallace earned a walkover win against William Fromherz of Mary Washington before staring across the net from Dickinson's David Daraban. Wallace breezed through his final, capturing a dominant 6-2, 6-2 win. 

Rounding out the bracket wins was Fortney and Garcia carrasco, who earned an 8-4 win against their foes from Hampden-Sydney College. 


SINGLES
B2 Singles
16 - Albert Vladimirskiy (Mary Washington) d. Anderson Fortney (CNU); 7-6 (7-4), 7-5
16 – Matt Miller (CNU) d. Tristan Wroe (Stevens); 6-3, 6-1
QF – Matt Miller (CNU) d. Antonis Malavazos (DC); 6-1, 6-3
SF – Matt Miller (CNU) d. Benjamin Brasfield (SU); 7-5, 7-5
C – Matt Miller (CNU) d. Pratik Nayak (Stevens); 6-2, 6-2
 
B3 Singles
16 - Jamison Wallace (CNU) d. Carlo Germeno Cortes (Goucher); 6-0, 6-2
QF – Jamison Wallace (CNU) d. Giovanni Garcia (LYN); 6-3, 6-3
SF – Jamison Wallace (CNU) d. William Fromherz (UMW); wo
F – Jamison Wallace (CNU) d. David Daraban (DC); 6-2, 6-2
 
Championship
64 - Rainer Christiansen (CNU) d. Braden Chavez (Carnegie Mellon); 6-4, 7-5
32 - Rainer Christiansen (CNU) d. #9 Chakor Sankaran Rajendra (Johns Hopkins); 6-2, 6-3
16 – Evan Fisher (UMW) d. Rainer Christiansen (CNU); 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
64 – Ivan Ceric (CNU) d. Joshua Buckland (Batten); 6-4, 6-3
32 – Ivan Ceric (CNU) d. #4 Allan Xu (Johns Hopkins); 7-5, 3-6, 10-7
16 –#9 Dutch Prather (WLU) d. Ivan Ceric (CNU); 2-6, 6-3, 10-7
64 – Gabe Smith (CNU) d. Ian Miller (Carnegie Mellon); 7-5, 6-2
32 – Gabe Smith (CNU) d. #5 Trevor Rein (Mary Washington); 6-4, 6-4
16 – Owen Kilmer (HAV) d. Gabe Smith (CNU); 6-4, 6-1
64 - #9 Nikola Galov (SWAT) d. Nathan Russell (CNU); 6-3, 6-1
64 – Seth Sadikov (SWAT) d. Andrew Kinnear (CNU); 6-1, 6-0
CONS – Samuel Donnelly (FMC) d. Nathan Russell (CNU); 8-7 (3)
CONS – Teodor Bortan (HAV) d. Andrew Kinnear (CNU); 8-4
 
DOUBLES
B2 Doubles
QF - Anderson Fortney / David Garcia Carrasco (CNU) d. Ben Price / Ford Robinson (HSC); 8-2
SF - Anderson Fortney / David Garcia Carrasco (CNU) d. Andres Ballerino / Francisco Ubeda (LYN); 8-1
C – Anderson Fortney / David Garcia Carrasco (CNU) d. Thomas Davis / James Woerner (HSC); 8-4
 
Championship Doubles
32 – #5 Rainer Christiansen / Gabe Smith (CNU) d. Theo Oeltermann / Marco Romano (FMC); 8-6
16 - #9 Austin He / Andy Zhu (Johns Hopkins) d. #5 Rainer Christiansen / Gabe Smith (CNU); 8-7 (3)
64 – Andrew Kinnear / Matt Miller (CNU) d. Lucas Bogle / Antonis Malavazo (DC); 8-4
32 – Andrew Kinnear / Matt Miller (CNU) d. #9 Marko Arboleda / Roberto Vazquez (HAV); 8-7 (7-4)
16 – #3 Muhundh Boopathi / Cole Langer (Johns Hopkins) d. Andrew Kinnear / Matt Miller (CNU); 8-5
64 – Christopher Cho / Pratik Nayak (Stevens) d. Jackson Grathwohl / Jamison Wallace (CNU); 8-3
64 – Ivan Ceric / Sam Halvorsen (CNU) d. Teodor Bortan / David Jin (HAV); 8-4
32 - #9 Ryan Battaglia / Evan Fisher (UMW) d. Ivan Ceric / Sam Halvorsen (CNU); 8-7 (7-5)
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Players Mentioned

Ivan Ceric

Ivan Ceric

6' 1"
Sophomore
Rainer Christiansen

Rainer Christiansen

6' 1"
Junior
Sam Halvorsen

Sam Halvorsen

5' 9"
Junior
Nathan Russell

Nathan Russell

5' 10"
Sophomore
Gabe Smith

Gabe Smith

5' 11"
Junior
Jamison Wallace

Jamison Wallace

6' 3"
Sophomore
Matt Miller

Matt Miller

6' 0"
Freshman
Anderson Fortney

Anderson Fortney

5' 11"
Sophomore
David Garcia Carrasco

David Garcia Carrasco

6' 0"
Graduate Student
Jackson Grathwohl

Jackson Grathwohl

5' 11"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Ivan Ceric

Ivan Ceric

6' 1"
Sophomore
Rainer Christiansen

Rainer Christiansen

6' 1"
Junior
Sam Halvorsen

Sam Halvorsen

5' 9"
Junior
Nathan Russell

Nathan Russell

5' 10"
Sophomore
Gabe Smith

Gabe Smith

5' 11"
Junior
Jamison Wallace

Jamison Wallace

6' 3"
Sophomore
Matt Miller

Matt Miller

6' 0"
Freshman
Anderson Fortney

Anderson Fortney

5' 11"
Sophomore
David Garcia Carrasco

David Garcia Carrasco

6' 0"
Graduate Student
Jackson Grathwohl

Jackson Grathwohl

5' 11"
Freshman