Fredericksburg, Va. -- The University of Lynchburg men's tennis team earned victories in singles and doubles at the ITA Division III Men's Southeast Regional Championship, held October 1-4 at the University of Mary Washington.

Alexandre Gaboardi and Giovanni Garcia each advanced to the quarterfinals of the B3 singles flight, while Francisco Ubeda and Andres Ballerino paired for a victory in B2 doubles. Gaboardi opened singles play with a comeback win over Catholic's Flynn Hollinger. After dropping the first set 6-4, Gaboardi took the second 6-3 and secured the match with a 10-6 victory in the deciding match tiebreak. He faced Dickinson's David Daraban in the quarterfinals but retired because of injury while trailing 6-2, 2-0.

Garcia earned a straight-set victory over Shenandoah's Bennett Gray Broermann in his opening match. He won the first set 6-3 before taking the second 7-6 with a 7-5 tiebreak victory. Garcia then fell to Christopher Newport's Jamison Wallace 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.

In B2 doubles, Ubeda and Ballerino defeated Catholic's Jacob Hershey and Flynn Hollinger 8-5. The Lynchburg duo advanced to the quarterfinals, where Christopher Newport's Anderson Fortney and David Garcia Carrasco earned an 8-1 win.

Raphael Gastelu represented the Hornets in championship singles, falling to Mary Washington's Asher Willenborg 6-3, 6-2. His consolation match against Gettysburg's Teo Burgess ended in an injury walkover.

Garcia and Gastelu teamed in championship doubles, dropping an 8-4 decision to Johns Hopkins' Daniel Greene and Gabriel Xu. In B1 doubles, Daniel Gomes Ribeiro and Gaboardi fell 8-2 to Salisbury's Gurv Suri and Nils Guyot. Consolation matches for Gomes Ribeiro and Gaboardi against Franklin & Marshall, and Ubeda and Ballerino against Shenandoah, were listed without posted scores or winners.

The Hornets will complete their fall slate of competitions against UVA Wise on Saturday, October 17 at 11 a.m.

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