THE FALL SLATE
The Patriots have competed in two tournaments thus far, the Tyler Invite and the Mississippi College Invite. At the Tyler Invite, the Patriots saw
Carel Wessel,
Samuel Antwi,
Malo Poulesquen, and
Arthur Miquelard each went 2-1, and
Daniil Felker went 3-0 in singles action. In doubles, the pairs of Felker and Wessel and
Trevor Short and
Job Japelj each went 2-0 in their two matches.
THE SPRING 2025 SEASON
The spring 2025 campaign for UT Tyler men's tennis will go down as the best in the NCAA era of the program. They won the LSC Regular Season title and yet again punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament. There, they made a deep run, taking down Midwestern State, Edinboro, and Azusa Pacific to fight their way to the NCAA Semifinals. There, they fought tough against Washburn, but would fall just short.
In total, the Patriots finished 24-3 overall and saw
Carel Wessel,
Artiom Dorofeev, and
Daniil Felker each earn ITA All-America honors for their dominant efforts through the season. Dorofeev was also named the ITA Division II Rookie of the Year, and head coach
Chris Bizot was named the ITA South Central Region and LSC Coach of the Year.
RETURNING CORE AND STRONG NEWCOMERS
On the men's side, they will bring back all but two players from that memorable run. Included in that group are returning All-Americans Wessel, Felker, and Dorofeev. LSC Co-Newcomer of the Year
Martin Despodov and All-LSC honoree
Malo Poulesquen join a squad with plenty of depth.
Manuel Lassacher and
Samuel Antwi join the men's program as two highly touted recruits. Lassacher comes in as a top 15 ranked player in Austria, while Antwi was the #2 ranked player in the junior college ranks last season and also represented Ghana in the Davis Cup.
THE ITA REGIONAL
The ITA South Central Regional tournament will feature 65 total players battling it out in the singles and doubles draws as they look to qualify for the ITA Cup in October. 64 players will participate in the main singles draw, and 32 doubles teams will participate in the main draw for doubles.
The tournament will provide major stakes in the biggest test of the fall for the women's program. The winners of both singles and doubles draws will automatically qualify into next month's ITA Cup, hosted in Rome, Georgia. 16 players and teams will make up the singles and doubles draws, with eight receiving automatic qualification. The remaining eight players and teams will be selected at-large, with those coming out of the pool of finalists and quarterfinalists from each regional site.
Action will take place at Midwestern State's MSU Tennis Center along with Hamilton Park and Weeks Park.
