Bears Forge Into Doubles Quarterfinals At ITA Regionals

Derrick Chen won twice in doubles and once in singles Saturday at ITA regionals.

MTEN10/19/2024 8:42 PM | By: Cal Athletics

SEATTLE – Three doubles teams from the California men’s tennis team advanced to quarterfinals of the ITA Northwest Regional Championships on Saturday, with each pair winning twice at the Nordstrom Tennis Center. Five Golden Bears also reached the singles round of 16.
 
In their second match of the day, Cal’s 13th-ranked and second-seeded Alex Chang and Mikey Wright defeated Ryan Torres and Sam De Vries 8-3 in the round of 16. Also in the round of 16, Cal’s third-seeded and 25th-ranked Theo Dean and Carl Emil Overbeck beat Portland’s Cade Fernando and Maxim Groysman 8-6 while the Bears’ seventh-seeded Derrick Chen and Timofey Stepanov bested Pacific’s Christof Schaertlin Coffey and Tiago Silva 8-7(5).
 
Five of six Bears captured singles victories – second-seeded and 44th-ranked Dean beat Santa Clara’s Alexander Watanabe Eriksson 6-4, 6-3; third-seeded and 56th-ranked Overbeck bested Gonzaga’s Jay Fairclough 6-3, 6-2; eighth-seeded and 123rd-ranked Chang defeated Sacramento State’s Nick Bowles 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Nos. 9-16 seed Chen beat Lucas Bollinger of UC Davis 3-6, 6-2, 6-1; and Ethan Schiffman moved past Pacific’s Vraj Patel 7-6(6), 6-4.
 
Sunday’s matches at the ITA Northwest Regional Championships start at 8 a.m. PT.
 
ITA Northwest Regional Championships – Cal Results
Oct. 19, 2024, in Seattle, Wash.
Nordstrom Tennis Center
 
Main Draw Singles Round of 32
[2] No. 44 Theo Dean (Cal) def. Alexander Watanabe Eriksson (Santa Clara), 6-4, 6-3
[3] No. 56 Carl Emil Overbeck (Cal) def. Jay Fairclough (Gonzaga), 6-3, 6-2
[8] No. 123 Alex Chang (Cal) def. Nick Bowles (Sac. St.), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
[9-16] Derrick Chen (Cal) def. Lucas Bollinger (UC Davis), 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
[1] No. 32 Henry von der Schulenberg (Stanford) def. Alex Aney (Cal), 6-2, 6-3
Ethan Schiffman (Cal) def. Vraj Patel (Pacific), 7-6(6), 6-4
 
Main Draw Doubles Round of 32
[5] No. 61 Matthew Burton/Lenn Luemkemann (Oregon) def. Jonathan Irwanto/Bernardo Munk Mesa (Cal), 8-4
[2] No. 13 Alex Chang/Mikey Wright (Cal) def. Rohan Belday/Soham Purohit (Washington), 8-3
[3] No. 25 Theo Dean/Carl Emil Overbeck (Cal) def. Nick Bowles/Gur Libal (Sac. St.), 8-0
[7] Derrick Chen/Timofey Stepanov (Cal) def. Tiago…