THE RUNDOWN
STOCKTON, Calif. – The USF men's tennis team wrapped up play at the ITA Regional Championships in Stockton, Calif. After four days of competition, the Dons finished with a program-tying mark by Johan Joenhagen and two doubles who advanced to the round of 16. 
 
The ITA Regional Championships featured some of the top men's and women's players across the country. Over 8,000 student-athletes from NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, Junior and Community Colleges compete across 85 ITA Regional Championships around the country.

SINGLES
Joenhagen's semi-final finish highlighted the event for the Dons, matching the modern history record at USF for furthest singles finish set by Pablo Pires de Almeida in 2004.
 
Joenhagen, a senior from Stockholm, Sweden, was downed by Cal's Jack Malloy (5) in the final match before the championship round. Joenhagen was seeded 11th entering the event. He defeated opponents from UC Davis, Saint Mary's, Portland, Cal and Oregon. His final two matches before the semifinal were against higher-seeded opponents including Cal's No. 1 Billy Griffith and Oregon's No. 7 Simon Stevens. 
 
Mert Zincirli advanced to the round of 32 and had a very close match against Sac State's No. 1 player, but lost a deuce point in the third set to lose the match 6-4 in the third set. 
 
Oliver Poysti won his first match against a seeded opponent, Jack Barber of Stanford, before entering consolation singles after sustaining a second round loss to Ty Gentry of Oregon. He went 1-for-2 in Saturday and Sunday's consolation brackets.
 
DOUBLES
The two doubles pairs of Zincirli with Joenhagen and Lucas Marinelli with Poysti each advanced to the round of 16.
 
Zincirli/Joenhagen eventually fell to No. 3 seeded Cormac Clissold and Thomas Lauren of Oregon, while Marinelli/Poysti were taken down by No. 2 seeded Akram El Sallaly and Bernardo Oliveira of Pacific.
 
COACH'S QUOTE
"I am very happy with the the way our program was represented this Regional. The Dons showed the Northwest Region that they are competing at the highest level and with great sportsmanship and class. Johan was able to have a solid breakthrough in beating high quality players from top programs in route to the semifinals. All of the guys stuck together and supported each other through every match daily."

DONS SCOREBOOK
Singles
Men's Open Singles (Round of 128)
Joenhagen, Johan (11) def. Jayaraman, Arjith 7-5; 6-3
Zincirli, Mert (17) def. Bot, Matis 7-6(1); 6-2
Marinelli, Lucas def. Krutik, Daniel 7-6(8); 6-4
Poysti, Oliver def. Barber, Jack (17) 6-0; 2-0 Ret (inj)

Men's Open Singles (Round of 64)
Joenhagen, Johan (11) def. Lagman, Jacob 6-0; 6-2
Zincirli, Mert (17) def. Moser, Jeremy 6-2; 5-7; 6-2
Sah, Timothy (14) def. Marinelli, Lucas 6-1; 6-3
 
Men's Open Singles Round of 32
Jonhagen, Johan (11) def. Garcia, Mathieu (17) 6-2; 2-6; 6-4
 
Men's Open Singles Quarterfinal Round
Joenhagen, Johan (11) def. Stevens, Simon (7) 6-2; 6-1
 
Men's Open Singles Semifinal Round
Molloy, Jack (5) def. Joenhagen, Johan (11) 5-7; 7-6(5); 6-4
 
Sunday Extra Singles Consolation (Round Robin)
Zincirli, Mert def. Hann, Tom 6-2; 6-1 Giraud, Paul def. Lam, Kawika 6-2; 6-1 Barretto, Marco def. Cajigan, Chris 6-3; 6-2 Garcia, Mathieu def. Poysti, Oliver 4-6; 7-5; 1-0(6) Alvarez, Alexis def. Marinelli, Lucas 7-6(4); 1-6; 1-0(4)

Doubles
Men's Open Doubles Round of 64
Jonhagen, Johan / Zincirli, Mert (9) def. Lagman, Jacob / Lee, Brian 8-3
Ghazaryan, Arshak / Monroy, Emilio def. Giraud, Paul / Marker, Ryan Wd (inj)
 
Men's Open Doubles Round of 32
Jonhagen, Johan / Zincirli, Mert (9) def. Hoffmann, Bjorn / Suh, Jackson 8-4
Losbergs, Mikus (13) def. Zincirli, Mert (17) 7-6(5); 6-7(4); 6-4
 
Men's Open Doubles Round of 16
Clissold, Cormac / Laurent, Thomas (3) def. Jonhagen, Johan / Zincirli, Mert (9) 8-5
El Sallaly, Akram / Oliveira, Bernardo (2) def. Marinelli, Lucas / Poysti, Oliver 8-6
 
Men's Open Singles Consolation (First Round)
Wilczynski, David (3) def. Giraud, Paul 6-4; 6-3
Hawken, Seb def. Barretto, Marco 6-3; 6-2
 
Men's Sunday Extra Doubles Consolation (Round Robin)
Batta, Amit / Davis, Jack def. Marinelli, Lucas / Poysti, Oliver 8-7(4) Alvarez, Alexis / Hawken, Seb def. Barretto, Marco / Giraud, Paul 8-3
 
Full Scorebook

 
WHAT'S UP NEXT
The Dons return to Stockton, Calif. for the Pacific Collegiate Invite Friday Oct. 27 thru Sunday Oct. 29. It's a quick turn around to Indian Wells, Calif. where USF will participate in the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships Wednesday Nov. 1 thru Sunday Nov. 5. Joenhagen is currently the No. 5 alternate for the event.