ABILENE, Texas- The Howard Payne University men's tennis team recently wrapped up its fall season by competing in the Men's ITAs at the Streich Tennis Center. HPU competed in all of the Singles Flights, A through D and in Doubles Flights A and B.

SINGLES

Senior Gabe Kenney-McCullough competed in Flight A and lost to Brodie Keller (Trinity) 3-6, 4-6 in the round of 64.
Sophomore Caden Everett competed in Flight A and lost to Brandon Brown (Concordia, TX) 2-6, 3-6 in the round of 64.
Freshman Jake Wikse competed in Flight B and lost to Pooya Tork (St. Thomas, Houston) 4-6, 6-3, 8-10 in the round of 32.
Sophomore Luke Fleming competed in Flight C and lost in the semi-finals to Mason Thomas (Schreiner) by a score of 3-6, 4-6 after beating Keegan Ratliff (Hardin-Simmons) 6-1, 6-3 and Barrett Spaar (Texas Lutheran) withdrawing due to injury.
Junior Parker Hoel competed in Flight C and lost in the semi-finals to Michael Parker DeCosmo (Schreiner) 2-6, 5-7 after beating Aiden Sanchez (McMurry) 6-0, 6-1 and Ernesto Manuel Gonzalez-Molina 6-4, 5-7.
Sophomore Eli Hall competed in Flight D and lost in the quarterfinals to Noah Salas (Schreiner) by a score of 6-2, 4-6, 6-10 after beating Jared Cruz (Austin) 7-6, 6-2.

DOUBLES

Everett and Wikse competed in Flight A and lost to Zeus Andre Celedonio and Kell Castleberry (Hardin-Simmons) 3-8 in the round of 32.
Hall and Kenney-McCullough competed in Flight B and lost to Connor Hubbert and Jacob Cooper (Hardin-Simmons) 0-8 in the quarterfinals after beating Mason Thomas and Edgardo Flores (Schreiner) 8-5.
Fleming and Hoel competed in Flight B and lost to Barrett Spaar and Vincent Carney (Texas Lutheran) 7-8.

Up Next: The Howard Payne University men's tennis team will now look towards the Spring portion of its season when the team travels to Fort Worth, Texas to take on Texas Wesleyan University at the McLeland Tennis Center on February 5 at 10:00 AM.