CLAREMONT, Calif. – The University of Redlands Men's Tennis team got their 2026-27 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 five teams in doubles, five players competing in Flight A Singles, six in Flight B Singles, and another two in Flight C Singles.

Highlights from the weekend included MJ Abarca (San Diego, CA) and Sam Parsons qualifying for the ITA Cup in Rome, GA after they became Runners-Up in the Flight A Doubles bracket, Lucas Galy (Perpignan, France) was impressive in his first ITA Regional as the Flight B singles finalist and then paired up with Patrick Ling (Pensacola, FL) as the Flight A Doubles Consolation Finalists. 
        
Men's Open Singles
Flight A
Gustavo Marcanth (Redondo Beach, CA)
Round of 32 – Lost, Drew Goldman (PP) 6-3, 6-1
Consolation R16 – Beat, Louis Bocquet (CLU) 6-0, 5-7, 10-5
Consolation QF – Beat, Aravind Binoj (WC) 6-3, 6-0
Consolation SF – Lost, Robert Tate Ransom (OXY) 6-4, 7-6 (9)

Mateen Ghafarshad (Claremont, CA)
Round of 32 – Beat, James Krantz (CU) 6-1, 3-0 (Ret.)
Round of 16 – Lost, David James Brownlee (APU) 6-3, 6-2

MJ Abarca (Chula Vista, CA)
Round of 32 – Beat, Amrith Kodumuri (CMS) 6-3, 6-3
Round of 16 – Lost, Valor Dare (PP) 6-4, 6-2

William Pullin (Peachtree, GA)
Round of 32 – Beat, Tanner Ige (PP) 5-7, 6-1, 10-3
Round of 16 – Beat, Charles Martin (CMS) 6-7 (1), 6-2, 12-10
Quarterfinals – Lost, Sibi Raja (CMS) 6-3, 6-3

Jack Hinkle (Bountiful, UT)
Round of 32 – Beat, Logan Milton (CC) 6-4, 6-3
Round of 16 – Lost, Leo Rocca (PP) 6-4, 6-2

Flight B
Sam Parsons (Royal Leamington Spa, England)
Round of 32 – Beat, Anirudh Reddy (CMS) 3-6, 7-5, 10-1
Round of 16 – Lost, Blake Bothmer (PP) 2-6, 6-2, 10-8

Niklas Kleinschuster (Fehring, Austria)
Round of 32 – Lost, Jack Scott (PP) 6-3, 6-1
Consolation R16 – Beat, Nick Van Den Hoek (CLU) 6-2, 5-7, 10-3
Consolation QF – Lost, Paul Dandler (UCSC) 6-4, 7-5

Lucas Galy (Perpignan, France)
Round of 32 – Beat, Paul Dandler (UCSC) 4-6, 6-2, 10-7
Round of 16 – Beat Austin Lamy (PP) 7-5, 1-0 Ret.
Quarterfinals – Beat, Jack Scott (PP) 6-3, 6-3
Semi-Finals – Beat, Jacob Rudd (APU) 7-5, 2-6, 10-7
Final – Lost, Jack Van Ness (CLU) 6-3, 6-1

Cooper Whittington (Lake Oswego, OR)
Round of 32 – Beat, Matthew Dewey (CU) 6-1, 6-3
Round of 16 – Lost, Jayanth Mallampati (PP) 7-5, 6-4

Patrick Ling (Pensacola, FL)
Round of 32 – Lost, Jack Van Ness (CLU) 5-7, 6-3, 10-5
Consolation R16 – Beat, Charlie May (CU) 7-5, 6-3, 11-9
Consolation QF – Lost, Matthew Dewey (CU) 6-4, Ret.

Luke Bishop (Edmond, OK)
Round of 32 – Beat, Sam Neijeinhuizen (APU), 6-0, 6-1
Round of 16 – Beat, Maxence Faniel (CLU) 6-1, 7-5
Quarterfinals – Lost, Ethan Kim (CMS) 6-3, 7-5

Flight C
Evan Lambert (Sarasota, CA)
Round of 32 – Beat, Suraj Somaskadan (WC) 4-6, 6-2, 10-5
Round of 16 – Lost, Josiah Mones (OXY) 6-3, 5-7, 10-5

Antonio Campbell (Folsom, CA)
Round of 32 – Beat, Dario Ludusan (WC) 6-1, 6-4
Round of 16 – Beat, Alexandre Allouche (CLU) 7-6 (4) 6-4
Quarterfinals – Lost, Hari Raghavan (UCSC) 2-6, 1-0 Ret.

Men's A Doubles
Sam Parsons/MJ Abarca
Round of 32 – Beat, Kodumuri/Martin (CMS) 8-3
Round of 16 – Beat El Salawy/Lemaitre (CU) 8-2
Quarterfinals – Beat Wong/Dandler (UCSC) 8-4
Semi-Finals – Beat, Reddy/Kim (CMS) 8-5
Final – Lost, Wilson/Sharma (CMS) 6-4, 7-6 (5)

Cooper Whittington/Antonio Campbell
Round of 32 – Beat, Hinkel/Plataniotis (CLU) 8-6
Round of 16 – Beat, Krantz/Jordan (CU) 8-4
Quarterfinals – Lost, Reddy/Kim (CMS) 8-7 (2)

Gustavo Marcanth/William Pullin
Round of 32 – Lost, Wilson/Sharma (CMS) 8-7 (3)
Consolation R16 – Beat, Dickinson/Dewey (CU) Withdrawal (Injury)
Consolation QF – Beat, Wang/Rocco (UCSC) 8-5
Consolation SF – Lost, Ling/Galy (UR) 8-5

Patrick Ling/Lucas Galy
Round of 32 – Lost, Yarlagadda/Raja (CMS) 8-3
Consolation R16 - Beat, Whittington/Izmirian (CU) Withdrawal (Injury)
Consolation QF – Beat, Ige/Dare (PP) Withdrawal (Injury)
Consolation SF – Beat, Marcanth/Pullin (UR) 8-5
Consolation Final – Lost, Seder/English (PP) 8-7 (5)

Jack Hinkle/Mateen Ghafarshad
Round of 32 – Lost, Brownlee/Van Craenenbroeck (APU) 8-6
Consolation R16 – Lost, Ige/Dare (PP) 8-5