The men’s tennis team performed well in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regionals in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with two doubles teams advancing to the round of 16 before getting eliminated Saturday.

While the team was unable to repeat the success of last year, where they took the doubles championship home, they still had a strong showing indicative of the year they have had so far.

The teams of Vitor Mendes and Eddie Stoica, and Miroslav Herzan and Hara Inoue, continued their strong year in doubles competition, advancing to the round of 16.

“That was such a big win that regional in the doubles last year,” head coach Brad Louderback said. “So, to have two teams in the round of 16 in doubles this year, I felt good. We had a pretty good showing.”

On the singles side of play, the team did not have as much success in the tournament that features players and teams from all over the Midwest.

Inoue and teammate Sergio de Vilchez both made it to the round of 32 in singles play, but that was as far as any of the Shockers made it past the initial round of 64, in singles play.

“I felt we could have shown a little bit stronger in the singles,” Louderback said. “We had a couple of matches that I felt we should have won, but let get away from us.”

As the Shockers approach a winter break in the next few weeks, the ITA regionals will serve as a starting block for the increased conference competition in the ensuing months.

“This tournament showed us a lot as far as our competition within the conference this year and what we’re going to be facing in the spring,” Coach Louderback said. “That’s the part of our season. That’s what we really took away from this tournament and I think our guys learned a lot.”