ST. PETER, Minn. – The Macalester College men's tennis team traveled to Gustavus to compete in the ITA Regional and Midwest Open, held Friday through Sunday.

In singles play at the ITA Regional, first year Charles Flaman (Calgary, Alberta/Rundle College) won his first-round match against Carlos Calabuig Patino in a tie-breaker, 3-6, 6-3, 10-7, then lost to Gage Gohl of Gustavus, 6-4, 6-2. In doubles, Flaman and fellow first year Derek Chen (South Kingstown, R.I./Moses Brown School) fell to Gustavus' Luke Fridinger and Deuce Daniel, 8-5. The duo competed in the consolation Group 2 draw and won matches against teams from Hamline and Concordia Wisconsin before falling in the semifinals to a team from Carroll.

At the Midwest Open, Chen won his singles match in the first round of the B singles draw in a tie-breaker before losing in straight sets in the second round. Also in the B singles draw, junior Kangyu Li (Shanhai, China/Shanghai Southwest Weiyu) lost in the first round in a tie-breaker, and sophomore Zach Dajani (Singapore/Singapore American School) dropped his first-round match in straight sets. Dajani competed in the consolation draw and won twice before losing in the semifinals of the Group 4 draw. Sophomore Beckett Annes (Palo Alto, Calif./Palo Alto) fell in the first round of the D singles draw. In the H singles draw, first year Ezra Mahoney (Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North) defeated Josh Gebens of Gustavus, Jack Gangl of Saint John's and Momin Durrani of Concordia (Moorhead) to advance to the finals of the draw, where he lost to Hamline's Max Guilliford, 6-1, 7-6.

In doubles, Annes and Li defeated teams from Hamline, Bethel, Milwaukee School of Engineering and Coe to advance to the semifinals of the B doubles draw, where they lost to Malcolm Rice and Ayden Knuth of UW-Stevens Point, 8-2. Dajani and Mahoney also competed in the B doubles draw and lost their first-round match.

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