TEMPE, Ariz.—Six members of the University of Hawai'i men's tennis team will be heading to Tempe, Ariz. to compete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) Southwest Regionals starting this week. The six-day tournament runs from Thursday, Oct. 16-Tuesday, Oct. 21 at the Kiwanis Tennis Courts. Representing the Rainbow Warriors are 65th-ranked
Azuma Visaya, Adriana Dzhenev,
Timothy Li,
Toa Maeda,
Kent Mueller and
Kosuke Nakanishi.
| ITA SOUTHWEST REGIONALS |
| HOST |
Arizona State |
| SITE: |
Kiwanis Tennis Center (Tempe, Ariz.) |
| DATES |
Thursday, Oct. 16 - Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025 |
| DRAWS/RESULTS |
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Visaya leads the Rainbow Warriors into this weekend with a 4-2 fall record. He won four-straight singles matches to capture the Big West Fall Invite earlier this month. Visaya enters the Regionals with a 4-2 fall record.
Timothy Li is second on the team carrying a 4-4 fall record--including winning his last three-straight matches. Both
Kent Mueller and
Kosuke Nakanishi have a 3-3 record, while
Adriano Dzhenev comes into the week with a 2-0 mark and
Toa Maeda enters the Regionals at 1-1.
In doubles, the UH duo of Li and Mueller leads UH into the Regionals with a 2-0 fall record, while Dzhenev and Maeda enter the week with a 2-2 record together.
Each of the 2025 ITA Men's Division I Regional Championships will have a draw size of the following, (Singles: Minimum of 64 Main Draw, Minimum of 64 Qualifying) (Doubles: Minimum of 32 Main Draw, Minimum of 32 Qualifying). From this, the
two singles finalists from each region (26) will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship. Meanwhile, the
doubles champion from each region (13) will qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship. Selection criteria and acceptable draw size variations for each of the 2025 Men's Regional Championships will be released later this season.
ITA Southwest Regional
Host: Arizona State
Site: Kiwanis Tennis Center (Tempe, Ariz.)
Thursday Schedule
Singles
12:00 p.m. PT - Nathaniel Suh (UCI) vs.
Toa Maeda (UH)
12:00 p.m. PT –
Kent Mueller (UH) vs. Emil Kindhulf (LMU)
Timothy Li (UH) - BYE
Adriano Dzhenev (UH) - BYE
Friday, Oct. 17
Doubles
John Cross/Aaron Eliscu (CP) vs.
Toa Maeda/
Adriano Dzhenev (UH)
Brice Patoux/Daniel Jankoski (GCU) vs.
Timothy Li/
Kent Mueller (UH)
Azuma Visaya/
Kosuke Nakanishi (UH) - BYE
