DENVER – The University of Denver men's tennis team continues its fall campaign at the 2025 ITA Mountain Regional Championships, hosted by UNLV, on October 15-20.
Four Pioneers are entered into the singles and doubles draws: seniors
Ryoma Mishiro and
Raffaello Papajcik, and sophomores
Theo Coats and
Samuel Rovai.
Denver's doubles teams for the tournament will be Coats/Papajcik and Mishiro/Rovai.
On the line are individual berths to the NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Singles & Doubles Championships, automatically given to the two singles finalists and the doubles champion. As part of a two-year pilot program, the NCAA singles and doubles national champions will be determined in the fall rather than the spring.
A year ago, Denver swept the singles qualification spots at the ITA Mountain Regional Championships when Papajcik and
Daniel Sancho Arbizu met in the singles final, sending both to the NCAA Championships.
Joining Denver in the Mountain Regional are Air Force, Boise State, BYU, Idaho, Idaho State, Montana, Montana State, Nevada, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Northern Arizona, host UNLV, Utah, Utah State and Weber State.
2025 ITA MOUNTAIN REGIONAL TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Wednesday, October 15
Singles qualifying
Doubles round of 64
Thursday, October 16
Singles rounds of 64 and 32
Doubles rounds of 32
Friday, October 17
Singles round of 16
Doubles round of 16
Saturday, October 18
Singles quarterfinals
Doubles quarterfinals
Sunday, October 19
Singles semifinals
Doubles semifinals
Monday, October 20
Singles final
Doubles final
*Schedule subject to change
Draws are expected to be announced on Tuesday, October 14.
Singles matches will be best-of-three sets with a full third set played. Doubles matches will be one tiebreak set played to 8, though the semifinals and final will be played as two sets with a match tiebreak in place of a third set, if necessary.
Consolation matches will also be held throughout the week with singles matches played with a 10-point tiebreak in place of the third set, if necessary.
Denver is on the road again next week at the Bobcat Invite, hosted by Montana State, on October 24-26.
