ITA West Regionals Results | Singles Draw | Doubles Draw

FRESNO, Calif. – Menlo Men's Tennis had many of its new additions shine over three days of ITA West Regionals at Fresno Pacific's Haak Tennis Complex. Sophomore Zalan Savay enjoyed success in both doubles and singles, combining with Eemil Pasanen in making a doubles semifinals appearance then competing in the singles quarterfinals with freshman Raphaël Moysan as well.

Savay And Pasanen Make Final Four In West Region Doubles Draw
Beginning with the Round of 32, Savay and Pasanen demonstrated an instant chemistry that helped them claim three consecutive wins. After handling business against Jaden Williams and Sergi Tintore of Hawaii Hilo 8-2, the Oaks duo topped Biola's Keyon Gahvarehchi and Mateo Rivas 8-6. That same 8-6 victorious score advanced Savay and Pasanen past David Fisinger and Marcos Alogo-Piqueras of Point Loma 8-6, but their run concluded in the semifinals where Hawaii Pacific's Ethan Terry and Seth Newman had the 8-3 result.

Singles Quarterfinals Feature Two New Oaks
Savay carried strong play from doubles into singles, rattling off straight-set victories in his first three matches. Initially besting Arthur Pery of Hawaii Pacific 7-5, 6-1, Savay went on to push past Westmont's Austin Stone 6-4, 6-3 and Point Loma's David Fisinger 6-2, 6-2 before facing Pol Masafret of Biola in the quarterfinals. On this occasion, Masafret came out on top 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 though Savay battled tough, forcing a third set and putting the West Region on notice of his arrival.

Meanwhile, Moysan had a much more exciting journey to the quarterfinals as he won three different tiebreakers including one that saw both sides in the double digits. The first matchup saw the Quimper, France native gain momentum from a 7-5 tiebreaker for the 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 victory over Fresno Pacific's Joaquin Salinas Beltran then, against Max Solano Fons of Hawaii Hilo, Moysan had an array of clutch points power his 1-6, 7-6 (7-4), 10-8 triumph. A particularly thrilling tiebreaker then came in the first set of his Round of 16 pairing with Manu Ferreira of Colorado Mesa which Moysan prevailed in 7-6 (12-10), 6-0. Though he would not advance past Hawaii Pacific's Seth Newman in the quarterfinals (6-4, 6-1), Moysan showed determination and fight will be hallmarks of his young collegiate career.

Winning two matches on his way to the Round of 16, senior Robin McAlpine rallied late to defeat Edward Feuer of Point Loma 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 10-8 then bested Fresno Pacific's Cedric Kaufmann 6-3, 3-6, 10-7 for a third consecutive meeting dating back to the start of last spring. McAlpine once again fought into a third set versus Point Loma's Paul Sobich in the Round of 16, but the latter had the edge 0-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Up Next
The month of October will conclude with Menlo challenging more NCAA Division I competition in the Pacific Invitational on Oct. 30-31.