CLAREMONT, Calif. – The University of Redlands Men's Tennis team got their 2025-26 season underway over the weekend participating in the Division III ITA West Regional Championships in Claremont.
The Bulldogs had 13 players compete in the regional with six teams in doubles, three players competing in Flight A Singles, six in Flight B Singles, and another three in Flight C Singles.

Highlights from the weekend included Tyler Pyle (Lake Oswego, OR) taking home the Flight B Consolation Singles Title, Cooper Whittington (Lake Oswego, OR) making it to the Consolation Singles Semi-Finals, MJ Abarca (Chula Vista, CA) battling his way to the Flight B Singles Main Draw Semi-Finals, William Pullin (Peachtree, GA) earning a spot in the Flight C Singles Main Draw Final, Evan Lambert (Sarasota, FL) making it to the Flight C Singles Main Draw Semi-Finals, and Sam Parsons (Royal Leamington Spa, England) and Mateen Ghafarshad (Claremont, CA) winning the Flight A Doubles Consolation title.        
  
Flight A Singles

Jack Hinkle (Bountiful, UT)
Round of 32 – Lost Eric He (CIT) 6-4, 2-6, 10-7
Consolation R16 – Lost Robert Tate Ransom (Oxy) – 7-6 (9), 5-7, 4-10

Gustavo Marcanth (Redondo Beach, CA)
Round of 32 – Beat Raphael Simon (CLU) 7-5, 6-2
Round of 16 – Lost Rohan Yarlagadda (CMS) 6-4, 3-6, 7-10

Vitomir Petcov (Portland, OR)
Round of 32 – Beat John Wehrle (PP) 7-6 (6), 7-5
Round of 16 – Lost No. 3 Warren Pham 7-6 (9), 2-7, 6-10

Flight B Singles

Cooper Whittington (Lake Oswego, OR)
Round of 32 – Lost No. 7 Samuel Dilworth 6-3, 7-6 (2)
Consolation R16 - Beat Mason Hart (OXY) 6-1, 6-3
                            Quarterfinals – Beat Rocco Melendez (UCSC) 6-4, 6-2
                            Semi-Finals – Lost Tyler Pyle (UR) 1-6, 3-6

Omar Khayat (Irvine, CA)
Round of 32 – Lost No. 3 Amrith Kodumuri (CMS) 6-0, 6-0
Consolation R16 – Lost Jack Scott (PP) 3-6, 6-7 (3)

Tyler Pyle (Lake Oswego, OR)
Round of 32 – Lost Ethan Zhou (PP) 3-6, 6-2, 10-7
Consolation – R16 Beat Michael Gao (CIT) 6-1, 4-6, 10-3
                                Quarterfinals – Beat Jack Scott (PP) 1-6, 6-4, 10-8
                                Semi-Finals – Beat Cooper Whittington (UR) 6-1, 6-3
                                Finals – Champion – Beat Jack Yurich (OXY) 6-3, 6-3

MJ Abarca (Chula Vista, CA)
Round of 32 – Beat Adrian Daoust (CU) 6-2, 6-2
Round of 16 – Beat Leo Rocca (PP) 3-6, 7-5, 10-6
Quarterfinals – Beat Mateen Ghafarshad (UR) 6-3, 7-6 (5)
Semi-Finals – Lost Valor Dare (PP) 5-7, 6-2, 7-10

Mateen Ghafarshad (Claremont, CA)
Round of 32 – Beat Ben Jorgensen (CU) 6-2, 7-6 (2)
Round of 16 – Beat Nathan De Silva (OXY) 6-1, 6-2
Quarterfinals – Lost MJ Abarca (UR) 3-6, 6-7 (5)

Alexander Losani (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
Round of 32 – Beat No. 2 Jack Yurich (OXY) 2-6, 6-2, 11-9
Round of 16 – Lost Valor Dare (PP) 3-6, 3-6

Flight C Singles

Riley King (Fresno, CA)
Round of 32 – Beat Suraj Sumaj (WC) 7-6 (4), 6-4
Round of 16 – Lost Seif El Salawy (CU) 6-3, 4-6, 4-10

William Pullin (Peachtree, GA)
Round of 32 – Beat Alvin Stromberg (CLU) 6-0, 6-0
Round of 16 – Beat Richard Tellez (WC) 6-1, 6-2
Quarterfinals – Beat No. 3 Aravind Binoj (WC) 6-2, 6-0
Semi-Finals – Beat No. 6 Seif El Salawy (CU) 6-0, 6-1
Finals – Lost Sam Saeed (PP) 6-4, 4-6, 8-10

Evan Lambert (Sarasota, CA)
Round of 32 – Beat Luke Downs (WC) 6-2, 6-1
Round of 16 – Beat Hugo Vohmann (CC) 7-6 (2), 5-7, 10-3
Quarterfinals – Beat Dylan Jones (UCSC) 6-3, 6-1
Semi-Finals – Lost Sam Saeed (PP) 0-6, 1-6

Flight A Doubles

Jack Hinkle/TylerPyle
Round of 32 – Beat Simon/Drewelow (CLU) 8-6
Round of 16 – Beat Dare/Coleman (PP) 8-6
Quarterfinals – Lost No. 1 Mallampati/Goldman (PP) 5-8

Cooper Whittington/MJ Abarca
Round of 32 – Beat Andres/Farhat (OXY) 8-7 (8)
Round of 16 – Lost Kodumuri/Yarlagadda (CMS) 7-8 (4)

Sam Parsons/Mateen Ghafarshad
Round of 32 – Lost Bothmer/Ige (PP) 8-7 (3)
Consolation R16 – Beat Duong/Neijeinhuizen (WC) 8-1
Consolation QF – Beat Verma/Hart (OXY) 8-4
Consolation SF – Beat Sonaglia/Anderson (CLU) 8-4
Consolation Final – Champions - Beat Zabelo/He (CIT) 8-7 (4)

Vitomir Petcov/Gustavo Marcanth
Round of 32 – Lost No. 2 Vu/Settles (CMS) 6-8
Consolation Round of 16 – Withdrew due to Injury

Flight B Doubles

William Pullin/Alexander Losani
Round of 16 – Beat Sumaj/Ludusan (WC) 8-1
Quarterfinals – Lost Gwronski/Hall (CLU) 8-7 (2)

Omar Khayat/Evan Lambert
Round of 16 – Bye
Quarterfinals – Lost Lamy/Saeed (PP) 1-8