CALEDONIA, Mich. – Roosevelt's men's tennis team impressed at the ITA Regionals over the weekend on the campus of Davenport University.

In the doubles competitions, the Lakers picked up an upset in the second round of the A Flight as Juan Caicedo and Sebastian Albarran outlasted a pairing from Indianapolis that was ranked as the No. 3 duo in the region. The 9-8 (7-4) win sent the Lakers duo into the quarterfinals where they were defeated by the sixth-seeded team from Grand Valley State.

In the B Flight, it was an all-Roosevelt affair in the consolation finals as Leo Roller and Marcos Valent defeated teammates Jules Rumeau and Raul Vilarino 8-6. After both duos lost their opening match, they both survived the daunting consolation bracket. In the quarterfinals, Roller and Valent held on for a 9-7 win over a pairing from Hillsdale while Rumeau and Vilarino won 9-8 over a duo from Quincy. Roller and Valent then survived a 9-8 match against a team from Grand Valley State before winning the consolation final.

Vilarino also had success individually, making the final of the singles D Flight before losing in three sets. The junior won his first match 7-6 (5), 7-5 against Wayne State before taking down a player from Tiffin, 6-2, 4-6, 10-7 and the third-seeded player from McKendree 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals. After a walkover in the semis, Vilarino lost 1-6, 6-3, 10-6 in the final to another McKendree player.

In the A Flight, Roller came back to win the consolation bracket in three sets over another McKendree athlete 7-6 (2), 3-6, 10-2. After falling to the top overall seed in the championship bracket 6-3, 6-3, Roller rolled to a 7-6 (5), 6-0 win over a player from Michigan Tech in the first round of the consolation bracket. After an easy 6-2, 6-1 win over a player from Kentucky Wesleyan, Roller received consecutive walkovers before winning the draw.