Lachlan Brain 2025 Fall Season
Drew Barton

Men's Tennis

Men’s Tennis concludes ITA Regionals with 17 wins

Three Lions secure four wins across singles and doubles

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (October 12, 2025) – The University of North Alabama men's tennis team wrapped up the weekend's ITA Southern Regional Championships on Sunday with 17 total victories in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

North Alabama completed the weekend with a solid overall outing while facing the region's top singles players and doubles pairs. UNA improved on its 2024 performance with an additional four wins while seven Lions secured two or more wins.


Senior Lachlan Brain, along with juniors Izan Orgiles and Alex Despoja, finished with the team-leading four victories. Brain advanced to the round of 16 in both singles and doubles, totaling two wins in each.


Despoja also tallied two wins in singles and doubles. Orgiles registered the most singles win among the Lions with three to go with one doubles victory with junior Alberto Altur.

Altur made the round of 16 in singles while victorious in three matches across the weekend. Junior Whitman Davis, sophomore Samu Dominguez and freshman Benjamin Meyers each registered two wins over the week.


The action began on Thursday, Oct. 9 with qualifying singles play. Dominguez opened his tournament on the winning side with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Troy's Ausias Martin Melo. Orgiles followed with a comeback win over Louisiana's William Jade in a 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 decision. Despoja secured a 6-2, 6-2 victory against Samford's Charlie Piegza to cap the first round.


Round two saw Despoja and Orgiles earn their second singles win. Despoja continued with a 6-4, 6-2 triumph over UAB's Axel Frechet while Orgiles beat Samford's Parker Free due to retirement, 6-1, 4-6, 4-0.


In Friday's consolation bracket, Meyers and Davis were both victorious. Meyers defeated Tulane's Lance Nisbet, 7-6 (5), 6-4, and Davis beat Alabama A&M's Tasso Moreira, 6-1, 7-6 (2).


Friday began both the main draw in singles and doubles play. Orgiles, Altur and Brain each started on a high note by claiming opening singles victories.


Altur won against Alabama's Vit Kalina, 7-6(5), 7-5, and Brain beat Samford's Sandeep Mohandoss, 7-5, 7-5. Orgiles secured his third singles win in a 7-5, 7-5 triumph over Louisiana's Mason Landreth.

In doubles, Orgiles and Altur combined to defeat South Alabama's Harold van Raemdonck and Victor Frumholz, 8-3. Brain and Despoja also beat a South Alabama pair in an 8-5 win over Deren Yigin and Braden Hannig. Meyers and Davis continued the winning ways with an 8-2 triumph versus UAB's Axel Frechet and Kaustubh Holcomb.


UNA's Dominguez was also victorious on Friday with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Mississippi State's Marshall Landry in the consolation bracket.

Play continued on Saturday with more singles and doubles action. Brain and Despoja secured their second doubles victory and advanced to the round of 16 in an 8-4 win against Tulane's Nisbet and Asaf Friedler.


Brain continued in singles with a strong 6-1, 6-0 victory versus Troy's Thiago Drozdowski in the round of 32. Altur won his second singles in a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 decision over Mississippi State's Mario Martinez Serrano.

Altur and Brain went on to fall in the ensuing singles round of 16.


The action ended on Sunday with Brain and Despoja narrowly falling to Auburn's Joseph Phillips and Nicholas Heng, 8-7(4).


The fall season continues for UNA on Oct. 24-26 with two events. The Lions will take on the CCB Invitational in Birmingham, Ala. and the Conference Individual Tournament in Jacksonville, Fla.


For more information on North Alabama Athletics, visit www.roarlions.com and follow UNA Athletics on FacebookTwitter and Instagram.

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Players Mentioned

Alberto Altur

Alberto Altur

6' 2"
Junior
Lachlan Brain

Lachlan Brain

5' 6"
Senior
Whitman Davis

Whitman Davis

6' 3"
Junior
Samu Dominguez

Samu Dominguez

5' 11"
Sophomore
Izan Orgiles

Izan Orgiles

5' 10"
Junior
Benjamin Meyers

Benjamin Meyers

Freshman
Alex Despoja

Alex Despoja

Junior

Players Mentioned

Alberto Altur

Alberto Altur

6' 2"
Junior
Lachlan Brain

Lachlan Brain

5' 6"
Senior
Whitman Davis

Whitman Davis

6' 3"
Junior
Samu Dominguez

Samu Dominguez

5' 11"
Sophomore
Izan Orgiles

Izan Orgiles

5' 10"
Junior
Benjamin Meyers

Benjamin Meyers

Freshman
Alex Despoja

Alex Despoja

Junior