The Iowa men’s tennis team wrapped up its first Intercollegiate Tennis Association Central Regional tournament play on Sunday in Tulsa, Okla.
Senior Reinoud Haal, junior Nikita Zotov, and sophomore Marc Bruche competed in the back draw portion of the tournament.
Bruche made the semifinals after a win over Ken Nordheim of St. Louis in the quarterfinal round (6-6, 4-2 retired), then fell to Blake Boswell of Oklahoma (6-3, 1-6, 10-4).
Zotov dropped his first match to Jon Orbist of Wichita State in the back draw (6-1, 5-7, 10-8). A doubles win from senior Tommy McGeorge and sophomore Will Vasos over the No. 2 ranked pairing of Andrei Daescu and Ionut Beleleu of Oklahoma highlighted the event.
— by Jake Krzeczowski