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HU Comes Up Short In National Tournament
Posted: May 13, 2025

HU Comes Up Short In National Tournament

Box Score
Team Stats
Doubles
  • Julian Parada / Vitor Ferreira def. Andres Jimenez / Julian Tantera 7-6, 7-5
  • Pablo Lopez Real / Martin Capdevilla def. Elisey Kalashnikov / Gabriel Godoy 6-3
  • Daniel Wessels / Paul-Daniel Meyer def. Cristian Rodriguez / Juan Carrasco 6-2
Singles
  • Daniel Wessels def. Andres Jimenez 6-7, 5-7, 6-4
  • Julian Tantera def. Vitor Ferreira 6-2, 5-7, 5-7
  • Santiago Sarudiansky def. Hassan Ammar 6-3, 6-1, 0-0
  • Paul-Daniel Meyer def. Pablo Lopez Real 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
  • Gabriel Godoy def. Martin Capdevilla 6-4, 6-3, 0-0
  • Julian Parada def. Juan Carrasco 5-7, 6-1, 6-6

Mobile, Ala. - The Huntington University men's tennis team qualified for the national tournament as the #21 seed and took on the #12 seed Cumberland University in the opening match of the 73rd Annual NAIA National Championships. The doubles duo of Pablo Lopez Real and Martin Capdevilla won the #2 doubles matchup, while Cristian Rodriguez and Juan Carrasco dropped the #3 doubles matchup. The Foresters #1 doubles duo of Andres Jimenez and Julian Tantera were in an epic shopwdown for the crucial doubles point against the Cumberland pair of Julian Parada and Vitor Ferreira. The back and forth set went the distance as the Phoenix earned the win in the 7-5 tiebreaker. Tantera and Santiago Sarudiansky each earned a point in singles to keep the Foresters' hopes alive, but third set victories by Cumberland in #1 and #4 singles were too much for HU to overcome. The Foresters' trip to the 24-team single elimination NAIA National Championships was the first since 2011. Coach Ignacio Poncio's veteran crew finished the season with a 12-5 record.  

 DOUBLES RESULTS 
#1 – Julian Parada/Vitor Ferreira (CU) def. Andres Jimenez/Julian Tantera (HU) 7-6 (7-5) 
#2 – Pablo Lopez Real/Martin Capdevilla (HU) def. Elisey Kalashnikov/Gabriel Godoy (CU) 6-3
#3 - Daniel Wessels/Paul-Daniel Meyer (CU) def. Cristian Rodriguez/Juan Carrasco (HU) 6-2 

 SINGLES RESULTS 
#1 – Daniel Wessels (CU) def. Andres Jimenez (HU) 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 4-6  
#2 – Julian Tantera (HU) def. Vitor Ferreira (CU) 6-2, 5-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-5) 
#3 – Santiago Sarudiansky (HU) def. Hassan Ammar (CU) 6-3, 6-1 
#4 – Paul-Daniel Meyer (CU) def. Pablo Lopez Real (HU) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 
#5 – Gabriel Godoy (CU) def. Martin Capdevilla (HU) 6-4, 6-3 
#6 – Juan Carrasco (HU) vs. Julian Parada (CU) 7-5, 1-6, 6-6 DNF

 THE ESSENTIALS 
Location: Mobile Tennis Center | Mobile, Ala.
Records: HU 12-5 | Cumberland 15-9 
NAIA Seeds: HU - #21 | Cumberland - #12

The Huntington University Foresters compete in 18 intercollegiate sports for men and women. In the past decade, Huntington has produced 160 NAIA All-America honors and 567 All-America Scholar Athlete honors. Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. U.S. News & World Report ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest.