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Six Bobcats to Compete in ITA Regional at Yale
10/5/2023 1:04:00 PM | Men's Tennis
ITA REGIONALS
Oct. 6 – Oct. 9, 2023
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac men's tennis team heads down the road to compete in the ITA Regionals at Yale University this weekend.
Daniel Velek, Ayato Arakaki, Carlos Braun Simo, and Shaurya Sood will all be competing in the singles bracket. Donovan Brown and Gaurav Mootha are alternates in singles.
The double teams of Daniel Velek / Shaurya Sood, and Ayato Arakaki / Donovan Brown will be competing in the doubles bracket. The teams of Carlos Braun Simo / Finn Burridge and Csanad Nyaradi / Robert Daus are alternates for doubles.
BROWN FALL INVITATIONAL
Oct. 6 – Oct. 9, 2023
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac men's tennis team heads down the road to compete in the ITA Regionals at Yale University this weekend.
Daniel Velek, Ayato Arakaki, Carlos Braun Simo, and Shaurya Sood will all be competing in the singles bracket. Donovan Brown and Gaurav Mootha are alternates in singles.
The double teams of Daniel Velek / Shaurya Sood, and Ayato Arakaki / Donovan Brown will be competing in the doubles bracket. The teams of Carlos Braun Simo / Finn Burridge and Csanad Nyaradi / Robert Daus are alternates for doubles.
BROWN FALL INVITATIONAL
- Daniel Velek, Donovan Brown and Shaurya Sood went 2-0 in singles.
- Finn Burridge and Carlos Braun Simo went 2-1 in doubles.
- Carlos Braun Simo moved to 4-0 in singles for his Bobcat career.
- Csanad Nyaradi won two singles matches on Day 1.
- Due to rain only day 1 was played on Friday, Sept. 22.
- Shaurya Sood and Daniel Velek won a pair of doubles matches together.
- Ayato Arakaki and Donovan Brown also each won twice in doubles play together, as did Finn Burridge and Carlos Braun Simo.
- Csanad Nyaradi, Robert Daus, Carlos Braun Simo, Gaurav Mootha and Yasha Laskin each earned a singles win on Day 1.
- The Bobcats went 10-10 overall during 2022-23 regular season, posting a 4-2 league record to earn a share of the MAAC regular season title under first-year Head Coach Bryan Adinolfi.
- QU defeated Marist, 4-3, on April 16 to clinch the No. 2 seed in postseason action.
- Quinnipiac men's tennis student-athletes Kemal Karagozoglu and Shaurya Sood earned All-MAAC First Team status at No. 1 doubles, as revealed by the league office on Friday, April 21.
- Karagozoglu and Sood helped lead the Bobcats with a perfect 6-0 record from the No. 1 doubles spot in MAAC play during the regular season. The duo went 12-3 together in total at No. 1 doubles.
- Five Bobcats reached 10+ singles wins this year, led by Donovan Brown (15-10 in 2022-23 singles matches). Brown and Csanad Nyaradi both went 4-2 in MAAC play.
- Kemal Karagozoglu and Shaurya Sood went a perfect 6-0 in MAAC doubles action to earn All-League status.
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- Carlos Braun Simo, Finn Burridge, Robert Daus and Daniel Velek are the four QU newcomers.
- Ayato Arakaki, Donovan Brown, Yasha Laskin, Gaurav Mootha, Csanad Nyaradi, and Shaurya Sood will all return to the Bobcats ahead of the upcoming season.
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