Men's Tennis | 9/6/2026 6:21:00 PM

September 6, 2026-Emporia State won the championship bracket of every flight of the George Milton Chicken Dinner Invite over the Weekend at the Kossover Family Tennis Complex.
 
Luke West won Flight #1 with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Jorge Gabriel Batista of Bethel College. Flight #2 ended up with co-champions as the Hornets Bryan Dickson and Gwendal Mazuay both advanced to the final and elected not to play. Teammates Maxime Raoux and Francisco Landeras met in the Flight #3 final and did play with Raoux coming out on top 6-3, 6-3. The final bracketed flight championship went to the Hornets Dimitar Berdankov with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Maharishi International's Katlego Regeong.
 
West and Dickson teamed up to win 9-7 over Batista and Billy Haoda of Bethel in Flight #1 of doubles. Doubles Flight #2 was another co-championship for the Hornets as the teams of Landeras and Mazuay along with Evan Goates and Raoux both made the final before electing not to play as teammates.
 
Overall Emporia State went 29-5 on the weekend with a 21-3 mark in singles play and an 8-2 record in doubles action. The Hornet men will be off until they travel to Topeka for the Washburn Invitational on October 2-3.  The Emporia State women will make their 2026 fall debut next weekend when they go north to take part in the Augustana Invite in Sioux Falls, S.D.
 
George Milton Chicken Dinner Invitational
September 5-6, 2026 at Emporia, Kan. (Kossover Family Tennis Center)
 
Singles Competition (21-3)
Luke West (Emporia State) def. Lorenzo Lazarte (Maharishi International) 4-1, 4-1
Billy Haoda (Bethel College) def. Evan Maritz (Univ. of Saint Mary) 4-2, 5-4 (7-4)
Enrico Belardo (Univ. of Saint Mary) def. Alexis Mattenberger (Emporia State) 2-4, 5-3, 1-0 (11-9)
Jorge Gabriel Batista (Bethel College) def. Jared Excobar (Maharishi International) 4-0, 4-5 (4-7), 1-0 (15-13)
Luke West (Emporia State) def. Billy Haoda (Bethel College) 6-3, 6-2
Jorge Gabriel Batista (Bethel College) def. Enrico Belardo (Univ. of Saint Mary) 6-2, 6-2
Luke West (Emporia State) def. Jorge Gabriel Batista (Bethel College) 6-4, 6-1
Lorenzo Lazarte (Maharishi International) def. Evan Maritz (Univ. of Saint Mary) 4-6, 6-0, retired injury
Jared Escobar (Maharishi International) def. Alexis Mattenberger (Emporia State) 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-6)
Billy Haoda (Bethel College) def. Enrico Belardo (Univ. of Saint Mary) 6-4, 6-1
Alexis Mattenberger (Emporia State) def. Evan Maritz (Univ. of Saint Mary) 7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7)
Bryan Dickson (Emporia State) def. Zaidh Zihar (Bethel College) 4-0, 4-0
Korbin Priestly (Univ. of Saint Mary) def. Tomas Kurz Cardozo (Maharishi International) 5-3, 3-5, 1-0 (10-6)
Jeronimo Arango Restrepo (Maharishi International) def. Lukas Kulich (Bethel College) 3-5, 4-0, 1-0 (10-4)
Gwendal Mazuay (Emporia State) def. Vaughn Smith (Univ. of Saint Mary) 4-0, 4-1
Bryan Dickson (Emporia State) def. Korbin Priestly (Univ. of Saint Mary) 6-3, 6-2
Gwendal Mazuay (Emporia State) def. Jeronimo Arango Restrepo (Maharishi International) 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 1-0 (10-7)
Tomas Kurz Cardozo (Maharishi International) def. Zaidh Sihar (Bethel College) 6-3, 6-3
Lukas Kulich (Bethel College) def. Vaughn Smith (Univ. of Saint Mary) 6-1, 6-4
Tomas Kurz Cardozo (Maharishi International) def. Lukas Kulich (Bethel College) 1-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-6)
Jeronimo Arango Restrepo (Maharishi International) def. Korbin Priestly (Univ. of Saint Mary) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
Zaidh Zihar (Bethel College) def. Vaughn Smith (Univ. of Saint Mary) 6-3, 6-1
Adam Tomka (Bethel College) def. Nicolas Quercia (Maharishi International) 4-1, 4-1
Maxime Raoux (Emporia State) def. Mateo Dargel (Univ. of Saint Mary) 5-3, 5-3
Ignacio Romero (Maharishi International) def. Kyle King (Univ. of Saint Mary) 5-3, 4-1
Francisco Landeras (Emporia State) def. Moses Sawatsky (Bethel College) 4-1, 4-0
Maxime Raoux (Emporia State) def. Adam Tomka (Bethel College) 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 1-0 (10-8)
Francisco Landeras (Emporia State) def. Ignacio Romero (Maharishi International) 6-1, 6-4
Maxime Raoux (Emporia State) def. Francisco Landeras (Emporia State) 6-3, 6-3
Nicolas Quercia (Maharishi International) def. Mateo Dargel (Univ. of Saint Mary) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7)
Moses Sawatsky (Bethel College) def. Kyle King (Univ. of Saint Mary) 6-2, 6-2
Nicolas Quercia (Maharishi International) def. Moses Sawatsky (Bethel College) 6-4, 6-4
Kyle King (Univ. of Saint Mary) def. Mateo Dargel (Univ. of Saint Mary) 6-4, 6-4
Dimitar Berdankov (Emporia State) def. Yousr Damiri (Maharishi International) 4-0, 4-1
Leyton Ross (Univ. of Saint Mary) def. Erik Lopez (Bethel College) 4-0, 4-1
Katlego Regeong (Maharishi International) def. Amos Harder (Bethel College) 4-0, 4-1
Evan Goates (Emporia State) def. Ryan Langdon (Univ. of Saint Mary) 4-0, 4-0
Dimitar Berdankov (Emporia State) def. Leyton Ross (Univ. of Saint Mary) 6-0, 6-0
Katlego Regeong (Maharishi International) def. Evan Goates (Emporia State) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (11-9)
Dimitar Berdankov (Emporia State) def. Katlego Regeong (Maharashi International) 6-2, 6-1
Yousr Damiri (Maharishi International) def. Erik Lopez (Bethel College) 6-3, 6-2
Amos Harder (Bethel College) def. Ryan Langdon (Univ. of Saint Mary) 6-3, 6-3
Amos Harder (Bethel College) def. Yousr Bamiri (Maharishi International) 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (10-5)
Evan Goates (Emporia State) def. Leyton Ross (Univ. of Saint Mary) WD injury
Ryan Langdon (Univ. of Saint Mary) def. Erik Lopez (Bethel College) 2-6, 4-3 retired injury
Juani Luccione (Maharishi International) def. Braiden Liechty (Bethel College) 6-3, 6-0
Dhruveer Grover (Emporia State) def. Braiden Liechty (Bethel College) 6-3, 6-0
Renzo Gianzanti (Maharishi International) def. Braiden Liechty (Bethel College) 5-4 (7-5), 5-3
Juani Luccione (Maharishi International) def. Karson Vega (Bethel College) 6-0, 6-0
Juani Luccione (Maharishi International) def. Nicholas Neff (Bethel College) 4-1, 4-0
Renzo Gianzanti (Maharishi International) def. Karson Vega (Bethel College) 6-2, 6-1
Dhruveer Grover (Emporia State) def. Nicholas Neff (Bethel College) 6-0, 6-0
Dhruveer Grover (Emporia State) def. Quinton Dorrell (Bethel College) 4-0, 4-1
 
Doubles Competition (8-2)
Luke West/Bryan Dickson (Emporia State) def. Evan Maritz/Korbin Priestly (Univ. of Saint Mary) 9-7
Jared Escobar/Jeronimo Arango Restrepo (Maharishi International) def. Adam Tomka/Zaidh Zihar (Bethel College) 8-3
Nicholas Quercia/Tomas Kurz Cardozo (Maharishi International) def. Enrico Belardo/Vaugn Smith (Univ. of Saint Mary) 8-5
Jorge Gabriel Batista/Billy Haoda (Bethel College) def. Alexis Mattenberger/Dhruveer Grover (Emporia State) 8-2
Luke West/Bryan Dickson (Emporia State) def. Jared Escobar/Jeronimo Arango Restrepo (Maharishi International) 8-6
Jorge Gabriel Batista/Billy Haoda (Bethel College) def. Nicholas Quercia/Tomas Kurz Cardozo (Maharishi International) 8-5
Luke West/Bryan Dickson (Emporia State) def. Jorge Gabriel Batista/Billy Haoda (Bethel College) 9-7
Evan Maritz/Korbin Priestly (Univ. of Saint Mary) def. Adam Tomka/Zaidh Zihar (Bethel College) 9-8 (7-4)
Alexis Mattenberger/Dhruveer Grover (Emporia State) def. Enrico Belardo/Vaugn Smith (Univ. of Saint Mary) 8-5
Evan Maritz/Korbin Priestly (Univ. of Saint Mary) def. Alexis Mattenberger/Dhruveer Grover (Emporia State) 8-5
Adam Tomka/Zaidh Zihar (Bethel College) def. Enrico Belardo/Vaugn Smith (Univ. of Saint Mary) 8-2
Francisco Landeras/Gwendal Mazuay (Emporia State) def. Adam Harder/Quinton Dorrell (Bethel College) 8-0
Katlego Regeong/Ignacio Romero (Maharishi International) def. Leyton Ross/Ryan Langdon (Univ. of Saint Mary. 8-2
Lukas Kulich/Moses Sawatzky (Bethel College) def. Lorenzo Lazarte/Juani Luccione (Maharishi International) 8-5
Evan Goates/Maxime Raoux (Emporia State) def. Kyle King/Mateo Dargel (Univ. of Saint Mary) 8-3
Francisco Landeras/Gwendal Mazuay (Emporia State) def. Katlego Regeong/Ignacio Romero (Maharishi International) 8-0
Evan Goates/Maxime Raoux (Emporia State) def. Lukas Kulich/Moses Sawatzky (Bethel College) 8-1
Amos Harder/Quinton Dorrell (Bethel College) def. Leyton Ross/Ryan Langdon (Univ. of Saint Mary) 8-5
Kyle King/Mateo Dargel (Univ. of Saint Mary) def. Lorenzo Lazarte/Juani Luccione (Maharishi International) 8-3
Kyle King/Mateo Dargel (Univ. of Saint Mary) def. Amos Harder/Quinton Dorrell (Bethel College) 8-1
Lukas Kulich/Moses Sawatzky (Bethel College) def. Katlego Regeong/Ignacio Romero (Maharishi International) 8-5
Leyton Ross/Ryan Langdon (Univ. of Saint Mary) def. Lorenzo Lazarte/Juani Luccione (Maharishi International) WD injury
Karson Vega/Nicholas Neff (Bethel College) def. Renzo Gianzanti/Yousr Damiri (Maharishi International) 3-0 retired (ill)
Renzo Gianzanti/Yousr Damiri (Maharishi International) def. Braiden Liechty/Erik Lopez (Bethel College) 8-5