JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Abilene Christian men's tennis team finished its run at the Conference Individual Tournament with a successful final day, going 4-1 in played matches on Saturday.
The Wildcats were led by Dennis Dutine and
Luis Jose Nakamine. The two each won a singles match in the semifinals of the north draw, and then also won their respective doubles matches in the west draw semifinals. In both cases the resulting final match of the each draw would have pitted two ACU players against each other, so those matches were not played.
Nakamine teamed up with
Ethan Scribner to win back-to-back doubles matches on Friday and Saturday. Dutine and partner
Tomas Quesada also bounced back after an opening-day defeat.
The tournament served as the Atlantic Sun's unofficial conference event for singles and doubles with the respective winners advancing to the ITA Conference Masters in San Diego, where they will have a path to the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships.
ACU's men's tennis team is playing as a member of the ASUN for the 2025-26 season due to the WAC only fielding one other men's team (UT Arlington).
Below are results from Saturday's matches involving ACU players.
Men's Singles
North Draw - Semifinals
Dennis Dutine def. Jonathan Baron (Florida Gulf Coast), 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 [11-9]
Luis Jose Nakamine def. Logan Tomovski (Austin Peay), 6-4, 6-4
West Draw - Semifinals
Enrique Pena (North Florida) def.
Tomas Quesada, withdraw / injured
East Draw - Extra Match
Filippo Verdese (Lipscomb) def.
Ethan Scribner, 7-6 [7-3], 6-3
Men's Doubles
West Draw - Semifinals
Nakamine / Scribner def. Brain / Despoja (North Alabama), 6-3
Quesda / Dutine def. Parkins / Baumann (Bellarmine), 6-1
