FLORENCE, Ala. (September 10, 2025) – University of North Alabama Director of Tennis Olaya Garrido-Rivas and Men's Tennis Coach Aitor Reparaz announced the 2025 fall schedule for the men's tennis program on Wednesday.
The reigning Atlantic Sun Conference champions will begin their fall campaign Friday, Sept. 12, at the Blue Gray Classic. The season runs through early November, with the Lions competing in four in-state events before traveling to Jacksonville, Fla. and Hattiesburg, Miss.
The Lions enter the 2025-26 season with six returners, including five that won at least 16 matches in singles and doubles play. UNA is led by senior Lachlan Brain along with juniors Alberto Altur, Izan Orgiles and Whitman Davis. Brain, Altur and Orgiles were 2025 All-Atlantic Sun Conference team selections with Brain on the first team and Altur and Orgiles on the second team.
North Alabama also brings back sophomore Samu Dominguez and All-ASUN Freshman team selection Satoru Nakajima. Nakajima additionally was named to the ASUN All-Tournament team and landed tournament MVP honors.
The roster rounds out with three new faces: junior Alex Despoja, sophomore Austin Miramontes and freshman Benjamin Meyers.
ABOUT THE SCHEDULE
UNA opens the fall slate at the Blue Gray Classic in Montgomery, Alabama, from Sept. 12-14. The Lions then head to Auburn for the Battle of the Plains, scheduled for Oct. 3-5, followed by the ITA Regionals in Tuscaloosa on Oct. 9-14.
Two tournaments are set for Oct. 24-26 with the CCB Invitational in Birmingham, Ala. and the ASUN Singles Tournament in Jacksonville, Fla. The final event comes at the Southern Miss Invite from Nov. 7-9 in Hattiesburg, Miss.
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ABOUT THE BLUE GRAY CLASSIC
The 77th edition of the tournament finds North Alabama competing against some of the top Division I teams in the country. The Lions are one of eight teams competing with the field including Alabama, Auburn, Boise State, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Rice and Tulane.
The draw features each program having four players paired off in groups of two competing in separate draws.
Players will advance as a pair throughout the compass style tournament. Each school will start with their doubles team competing against another school's doubles team. Once the doubles match has been completed, the doubles players play in singles with the two-highest ranking players going head-to-head.
Singles will be played best of three, and the school that wins at least two of the three matches (doubles, singles, singles) will advance to the right in the compass draw while the losing pair will move to the left.
Draws will be finalized in the coming days, and live results will be updated throughout the tournament on the event website.
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