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CAMBRIDGE, MA – Siena Men’s Tennis sophomores Mars Argun and Mateja Stefanovic are moving on.
Argun, a native of Istanbul, Turkey, and Stefanovic, a native of Kragujevac, Serbia, gutted out a win over the Merrimack tandem of Tarik Zubovic and Juan Carlos Portilla Morales 8-7 (7-2) in the ITA New England Regionals Men’s Doubles Tournament at the Murr Tennis Center on the campus of Harvard University on Friday.
Stefanovic and Argun will compete at 9 a.m. on Saturday in a Round of 32 doubles match against the No. 7 ranked team of Felipe Pinzon and Cezar Gabriel Papoe from Cornell on the Murr Tennis Courts.
Pinzon and Papoe defeated the Colgate duo of Wittman Bulger and Wesley Nichols 8-7 (7-3) on Friday.
In other doubles’ action, Emilio Zavala Salinas and Santiago Trujillo fell to Parker McGowan and Tim Vargas of Colgate 8-5.
Men’s Doubles Round of 64
Mars Argun / Mateja Stefanovic (SIE) def. Tarik Zubovic / Juan Carlos Portilla Morales (MER) 8-7 (7-2)
Parker McGowan / Tim Vargas (COL) def. Emilio Zavala Salinas / Santiago Trujillo (SIE) 8-5
Men’s Singles Round of 64
Bruno Loch Varella (SIE) def. Alessandro Sciacca (QU) 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3