EDMOND, Okla.  – The Southern Arkansas University Men's Tennis team wrapped up their competition at the ITA Regionals today. The performance of the weekend came from Frode Neumann and Taiki Minamino as they won the Men's doubles consolation bracket after the Harding duo of Sebastian De Las Salas and Caleb Folse conceded the match.
 
In singles play, eight Mulerider men competed in the main draw of the competition. Pedro Almedia Andres, Uwe Diehl, Jonas Sommer, and Frode Neumann all won their first-round matchup advancing to the second round. In the second round of play, Frode Neumann defeated Jan Alexander Has of Harding in straight sets (6-4, 7-6) as he moved onto the round of 16. Uwe Diehl also won his second-round matchup over Harding's Sebastian De Las Salas (6-7, 6-3, 10-6) to advance to the round of 16. Diehl fell in the third round, but Frode Neumann kept his momentum rolling defeating Nicolas Hurtado Novoda of Washburn in straight sets (6-3, 7-5) to advance to the quarterfinals. Neumann eventually fell to Guillaume Randoux in quarterfinals action after taking the match to three sets (4-6, 6-2, 2-6)
 
After falling in the first round of singles play, Taiki Minamino, Demir Halisdemir, Lucas Nitzschke, and Balsa Djokovic all moved into the consolation bracket of play. Balsa Djokovic won his first match of the consolation bracket over Ouachita Baptist's Tinus Mueller (3-6, 7-5, 10-5) to advance to the next round. Demir Halisdemir also won his first round of the consolation bracket as he defeated Northeastern State's James Edley (2-7, 7-6, 10-6). After a bye for both winners, both Balsa Djokovic and Demir Halisdemir fell in the round of 16 to end their competition.
 
In doubles play action, Lucas Nitzschke and Demir Halisdemir defeated the Washburn duo of Graham Faris and Petr Leipner (8-4) to advance to the round of 16 where they eventually fell to the Nebraska-Kearney duo of Andy Brisdon and Ivan Melnik (7³-8⁷). Frode Neumann and Taiki Minamino fell in their first-round matchup against the Southeastern Oklahoma State duo of Gonzalo Cotter and Alexis Viau (4-8). Balsa Djokovic and Pedro Almeida Andres also fell in their first round of play to the Washburn duo of Keita Kuroda and Gael Mourmant (5-8). Jonas Sommer and Uwe Diehl also fell in their first-round match to the Nebraska-Kearney duo of Jakub Strzelecki and Ilan Fuentes (7³-8⁷).
 
After falling in the first round of play and going to the consolation bracket, Jonas Sommer and Uwe Diehl lost in the first round of the consolation bracket 3-8 to end their regional run. In their first round of the consolation, Balsa Djokovic and Pedro Almeida Andres won their match against Alexander Edley and Mansur Khajimuradov (8-4). After a bye game, the duo then won their quarterfinal matchup against Nolhan Col-Destailleur and Birk Arwedhal after it was conceded. Frode Neumann and Taiki Minamino began their consolation play with a win over Luke West and Dhruveer Grover (8-3). After a bye the SAU duo won their quarterfinal match (8-5) to advance to the quarterfinals. Balsa Djokovic and Pedro Almeida Andres fell in the semifinal round to the Harding duo of Sebastian De Las Salas and Caleb Folse (5-8). Frode Neuamnn and Taiki Minamino saw a very different fate as they won their semifinal match over Rodrigo Hoppe Kivanc Bedir (8-6) to advance to the consolation finals. Neumann and Minamino walked away champions of the consolation bracket after Sebastian De Las Salas and Caleb Folse conceded the match giving the SAU duo the win.