[Tennis] Tennis Falcons Compete at ITA Regional Tournament

Winfield, Kan. – The Friends University Men's and Women's Tennis squads competed this past weekend at the ITA Regional Tournament in Winfield, Kan.

Hugo Prats Nicolas (SR/Almussafa Velencia, Spain) advanced to the round of 16 before falling to sixth-seeded Raul Rivero of Bethany College.

Bastian Reichborn-Bjorneklet (FR/Olso, Norway)t also lost his opening round match but was victorious in four outings before losing in the consolation finals.

"Bastian played several consecutive matches without a break and proved to be a great addition to the men's team," said Friends tennis head coach Alex Lee.

For the women, Nikolett Krivek (SR/Szged, Hungary) won her first-round match but was tripped up by the tourney's top seed 6-0, 6-4 in the round of 32.

Both Falcon tennis teams have wrapped up the Fall portion of their schedule and will now aim toward the spring season.