THE BASICS:

- Location: Brunswick, Maine (Pickard Tennis Courts/Maine Pines Tennis Center)
 
- The Lead: Graduate student Daniel Papacica (Carmel, Calif.) and senior Kailas Kahler (Pawtucket, R.I.) represented the MIT men's tennis team at the ITA New England Regionals over the weekend at Bowdoin College.
 
INSIDE THE SINGLES BRACKET:

- Papacica fell in the opening round to top-seed Matt Kandel of Williams, 6-0, 6-1.
 
- Kahler cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 win in his opening round match against Aidan Jensen of Colby Sawyer. He then rallied to defeat Noah Lewis of Middlebury, 1-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 to advance to the round of 16.
 
- In his match against Ethan Bradley of Bowdoin, Kahler won the first set in a tightly contested tie break 7-6 (13) and won the second set, 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals.
 
- Against Julian Wu of Middlebury, Kahler dropped the first set 7-5 but rallied to force a decisive third set with a 7-6 win in set two. Wu pulled away in the third and advanced to the semifinals with a 6-1 set three win.
 
INSIDE THE DOUBLES BRACKET:
 
- Kahler and Papacica advanced to the round of 16 with an 8-4 win over Andrew Nelson and Rico Buoro of Trinity. The team then fell to Sacha Maes and Arush Ganji of Tufts, 8-3.
 
UP NEXT:

- MIT will compete at the Skidmore Invitational from Friday, October 6-Sunday, October 8.
 
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