KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- Four members of the Allegheny College men's tennis team competed in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Central Regional Championships at Kalamazoo College on Friday and Saturday.

Kristian Janci (Kysucké Nové Mesto, Slovakia/The British International School Shanghai), Adam Memije (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway), Olivier Erkens (Gouda, Netherlands/Coornhert Gymnasium), and Levente Mihaly (Békéscsaba, Hungary/Békéscsabai SZC Széchenyi István) represented the Gators in singles and doubles competition. All four Gators earned at least one singles win, and both doubles tandems advanced to the second round.

Janci, the defending Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Newcomer of the Year, was the only Allegheny player to earn a bye in the first round. He then defeated Hanover College's Jake Fascione in the second round, 6-1, 6-2, before falling to Matthew Plunkett from Case Western Reserve in the round of 32, 6-3, 7-6 (1).

Like Janci, Memije also reached the round of 32 in the singles bracket. He cruised past Carter Kendall of Albion College, 6-1, 6-1, in his first match of the tournament. The first-year Gator then defeated the University of Chicago's Ajer Sher in the second round, 6-3, 7-5. His singles run ended in the round of 32 against Kenyon College's Maximo Llamas Castellanos.

Both doubles pairings picked up 8-2 victories in the opening round, but fell to opponents from Kenyon and Chicago in their next match.

To view all Allegheny results, please click here.

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