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Men’s Tennis Readies for ITA Regional

Five Titans scheduled to compete

10/1/2026 12:13:00 PM

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Illinois Wesleyan University men's tennis team will send five student-athletes to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Central Regional hosted by Wabash College, Friday-Sunday, Oct. 2-4. First serve from Brownsburg High School is scheduled for 8 a.m. ET on Friday.

Freshman Umar Bajwa (Wheaton, Ill.-St. Francis) is IWU's representative in the "A" singles flight. He finished in fifth place at No. 1 singles at the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Individual Invitational, going 2-1 in the event. Bajwa begins his tournament against 9-16 seed, Ajer Sher of the University of Chicago in the round of 64.

In the singles "C" flight, freshman Daniel Canivez (Champaign, Ill.-Champaign Central), following a seventh place finish at No. 2 singles in the CCIW Individual Invitational, meets Earlham's Mason Wolfe in the opening round. Freshman Brandon Wong (Edwardsville, Ill.-Edwardsville) takes on Leyton Byler of Trine University.

The freshman tandem of Tommy Sopko (Metamora, Ill.-Metamora Township) and Weston Lange (Metamora, Ill.-Metamora Township) open their tournament tomorrow at 8 a.m. ET against CCIW foe Nicolas Siqueira and Colin Klein of Millikin University in the round of 64.

Action from Brownsburg is scheduled for 8 a.m. ET. Information can be found on the tournament central page linked here.

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