Men's Tennis | 10/21/2026 10:25:00 AM

October 21, 2026-The Emporia State men's and women's tennis teams will travel to Edmond, Okla. this weekend for the ITA Fall Central Regional.

The Hornets will be joined at the Edmond Center Court facility by 15 other women's teams and ten men's teams. There are a total of 96 women and 88 men entered in the regional. The competitors in the Main Draw will have a chance to advance to the ITA Division II Singles & Doubles Championships in Tuscaloosa, Ala. November 4-8.

The first wave of Thursday matches for both men and women will begin with doubles at 9:00 a.m. Singles competition is set to begin at 10:45 a.m. for the men with the first women's matches set for 12:30 p.m. Friday's action is set for a 9:00 a.m. start with women's doubles and 9:45 a.m. for men's doubles. Singles action is slated to start at 10:45 a.m. for the women and 12:30 p.m. for the men.  Play will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday with singles while the doubles action will start at 3:00 p.m. for both the men and women. Championship Sunday will begin at 9:00 a.m. with consolation finals with the singles finals set for 10:00 a.m. and the doubles finals set for 1:00 p.m.

ABOUT THE MEN
The Emporia State men are young this year with four freshmen and three sophomores joining returning upperclassmen Gwendal Mazuay, Alexis Mattenberger, and Luke West.
Mazuay, Mattenberger and West will be joined in the Main Draw by Dimitar Berdankov, Maxime Raoux, and Bryan Dickson while Evan Goates will compete in Flight B.

ABOUT THE WOMEN
The Emporia State women have five returners led by senior Giovanna Ferreira and junior Yuliya Klimova with the other seven players on the roster either freshmen or sophomores.
Ferreira and Klimova will be joined in the Main Draw by Erin Cahill and Carla Paul Piquer in singles action.  Clara Hocker, Emma Jittawait, Giulia Russu, and Tokara Henderson will represent Emporia State in Flight B.


LAST SERVE
Emporia State tennis went a combined 22-18 in singles play during the Washburn Invitational on October 2-3.
Dimitar Berdankov finished second in the Green Flight for the men while Erin Cahill was second in the women's Purple Flight in Topeka.

UP NEXT
This wraps up the fall schedule for the Hornet tennis program.  The next action for Emporia State will be in February with the start of the spring season.