TEMPE, Ariz.—Members of the  University of Hawai'i men's tennis team opened play at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) Southwest Regional beginning with qualifying matches at the Kiwanis Tennis Center in Tempe, Ariz..

The tournament kicked off with qualifying singles matches on Thursday. Karl Collins was the lone Rainbow Warrior to win his opening match in the Round of 64. He blanked UC Riverside's Aarav Sane in the first set then hold off the Highlander by a break for the straight set win, 6-0, 6-4 to advance to the Round of 32. UH's Sohta Urano advanced to the Round of 32 after his first opponent retired and Diego Dalisay had a bye in the first round.

In the Round of 32, Dalisay survived a marathon match, knocking out UC Santa Barbara's Matei Gavrea in two tie-breaker sets, 7-6 (9), 7-6 (4) to punch his ticket to Friday's Main Draw Round of 64. Collins also fought his way into the main draw, holding off 11th-seed Zachary Pellouchoud of UC San Diego, 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-4. Although Urano got off to a slow start against eighth-seeded Tristan Bradley of USC, Urano fell by just a break in the second set, 6-1, 6-4.
 
 In the consolation round, UH's Andy Hernandez bounced back after falling in qualifying to hold off San Diego State's Louis Chusseau, ending in a tie-breaker second set win for the victory, 6-2, 7-6 (3).

Friday will be busy with both Quinn Snyder and Azuma Visaya both entering the tournament in the Main Draw, while the doubles cometition commences and consolation matches continue.
 

ITA Southwest Regionals
Kiwanis Tennis Center – Tempe, Ariz.
Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024
 
Round of 64 - Qualifying
Teo Masera (UCSB) def. Conner Kurata (UH), 6-1, 6-0
Sean Ferguson (CP) def. Angus Hill  (UH), 6-0, 6-3
Karl Collins (UH) def. Aarav Sane (UCR), 6-0, 6-4
Sohrob Amiryavari (UCI) def. Andy Hernandez (UH),  6-4, 6-0 

Round of 32 - Qualifying
9:00 a.m. HT
Diego Dalisay (UH) def. Matei Gavrea (UCSB), 7-6 (9), 7-6 (4)
Karl Collins (UH) def. [11] Zachary Pellouchoud (UCSD), 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-4
[8] Tristan Bradley (USC) def. Sohta Urano (UH), 6-1, 6-4
 
Consolation
Robert Freeman (UCSD) def. Sohta Urano (UH), 6-3, 6-1
James Krantz (UCSD) def. Angus Hill (UH) 6-1, 6-2
Andy Hernandez (UH) def. Louis Chusseau (SDSU) 6-2, 7-6 (3)
Robert Freedman (UCSD) def. Sohta Urano (UH), 6-3, 6-1
Charles Qian (UCSD) def. Conner Kurata (UH), 6-4, 6-1
 
Friday Schedule
Main Draw - Singles – Round of 64
7:00 a.m. HT – Noah Zamora (UCI) vs. Diego Dalisay (UH)
8:30 a.m. HT - Karl Collins (UH) vs. [3] Savriyan Danilov (USD)
8:30 a.m. HT – Quinn Snyder (UH) vs. Conrad Brown (UCSB)
8:30 a.m. HT – Azuma Visaya (UH) vs. Youssef Sadek (LMU)
 
Main Draw - Doubles – Round of 64
Angus Hill/Conner Kurata (UH) vs. Andreas Loizas/Nikita Volonski (GCU)
Diego Dalisay/Sohta Urano (UH) vs. Mathieu Josserand (SDSU)