CARY, N.C. –
Benjamin Maes and
Damien Nezar both advanced to the round of 32 over the weekend, leading Campbell at the 2023 ITA Carolina Regional Championship at the Cary Tennis Park.
Maes, seeded eighth in the tournament, topped Furman's Thomas Kennedy 6-3, 6-2 to open play, then defeated Carlos Berna Ruiz from Coastal Carolina 7-5, 6-1 before falling to No. 1 seeded Pedro Rodenas from Duke, 6-3, 6-3.
Nezar also won his first pair of matchups, downing North Carolina Central's Kareem Hakim 6-3, 6-4, and Coastal's Lucas Wayenburg 6-2, 6-1 before NC State's Luca Staeheli edge the CU junior 6-3, 6-3.
Maes and Nezar were two of six Camels competing in singles action, also pairing up for a two doubles victories.
Noe Macquart,
Tomas Balazi and
Pol Otin also picked up wins over the weekend.
Full results below.
FULL SINGLES RESULTS
Benjamin Maes (Campbell) def. Thomas Kennedy (Furman) 6-3, 6-2
Benjamin Maes (Campbell) def. Carlos Berna Ruiz (Coastal) 7-5, 6-1
Pedro Rodenas (Duke) def.
Benjamin Maes (Campbell) 6-3, 6-3
Lukas Steffen (Campbell) def. Elijah Poritzky (Furman) 6-4, 6-2
Karl Poling (UNC) def.
Lukas Steffen (Campbell) 6-4, 6-4
Tomas Balazi (Campbell) def. Vanja Petrov 6-3, 7-6 (4)
Sean Daryabeigi (USC) def.
Tomas Balazi (Campbell) 6-2, 6-1
Damien Nezar (Campbell) def. Kareem Hakim (NCCU) 6-3, 6-4
Damien Nezar (Campbell) def. Lucas Wayenburg (Coastal) 6-2, 6-1
Luca Staeheli (NCSU) def.
Damien Nezar (Campbell) 6-3, 6-3
Pol Otin (Campbell) def. John Rado (Furman) 6-2, 7-5
Jelani Sarr (USC) def.
Pol Otin (Campbell) 6-3, 6-2
Leonardo Dal Boni def. Noe MacQuart (Campbell) 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (1)
Matias Iturbe (Charlotte) def. Noe MacQuart (Campbell) 6-3, 6-0
FULL DOUBLES RESULTS
Steffen/Otin (Campbell) def. Singh/Solares (Davidson) 8-6
Smith/Vukadin (Clemson) def. Steffen/Otin (Campbell) 8-3
Nezar/Maes (Campbell) def. Fortier-Gariepy/Saarinen (NCCU) 8-2
Nezar/Maes (Campbell) def. Moroni/Thomson (Wake Forest) 8-3