Final Brackets (pdf)

The Wabash tennis team participated in the annual Intercollegiate Tennis Association Central Region Tournament over the weekend at Kalamazoo College. Several Little Giant players provided strong performances in the team's only official fall event.

Senior Nate Koelper provided the best individual finish. He posted a record of 3-2 in the KZoo Collegiate singles draw. Koelper lost his opening match 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to DePauw's Nick Makowiecki before scoring a 6-3, 6-2 victory in the first match of the consolation portion of the bracket over Dale Booher from Capital. Koelper followed with a straight-sets 6-2, 6-1 win against Andrew Rohrer from Principia and a walkover from injury against Alex Vasic from North Central. Koelper's run in the tournament ended with a walkover loss to Ryan Bibo from Denison in the semifinal consolation round. Bibo eventually won the consolation portion of the bracket.

Freshman Michael Makio made a solid showing in his first collegiate matches. He opened with a 6-0, 6-1 loss to 16th-seeded Branden Metzler from Kalamazoo in the main ITA draw, but rallied for 6-1, 6-0 victory in the first round of the consolation bracket. Makio added another victory — this time a 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (5) win over Derek Rineberg from Monmouth. Makio's final match ended in  6-3, 7-5 loss to the eventual consolation bracket winner Ben Kopecky from DePauw.

Senior Wade Miller scored a 6-2, 6-0 win in his first match in the ITA bracket over Blake Troller from Ohio Northern. A second-round loss (6-1, 6-3) to Alex Harbert from Elmhurst ended Miller's tournament run.

Makio and Miller combined for an 8-6 victory in the opening round of the ITA doubles draw over John Mostowy and Josh Suanders from Ohio Northern. The Wabash doubles team lost 8-5 in the round of 16 to John Carswell and Josh Cogan from Washington-St. Louis.

Freshman Mazin Hakim scored his first collegiate victory with a 6-2, 6-0 win the Kzoo Collegiate bracket ataing Hope's Henry Peabody before being eliminated from the tournament by a scored of 6-1, 6-4 to Klaas Walhout from Calvin. Nathan Neal and Nick Minaudo combined for an 8-6 win the doubles portion of the Kzoo Collegiate draw. The duo lost 8-5 in the second round of the tournament.

"I feel that we performed very well this weekend, despite it being our first outside competition and going up against the best players in the region," Head Coach Jason Hutchison said. "Nothing unexpected, the guys went out and did what they could to fight for every point. Nate Koelper went the farthest in the tournament. He made it to the semi-finals of the second bracket backdraw. All of our freshmen played well, some got their first wins in college and all had chances to beat players from teams ranked high in the region and in the country."

Wabash will return to action in February 2014.