AUBURN, Ala. (October 7, 2026) – The University of North Alabama men's tennis team travels to Auburn, Ala. for the ITA Southern Regional from Oct. 8-12.
North Alabama continues its fall season, traveling to the campus of Auburn for a five-day tournament with eight Lions competing against high-level competition.
The Lions have had an impressive start to the fall season, earning 21 wins in the opening event and eight wins last weekend at the Black and Gold Invitational.
At the Black and Gold Invitational, freshman Adrian Climent Cardona led the team with four wins, including a singles win against Vanderbilt. Senior Alberto Altur and junior Ethan Dasset took a win from Ole Miss in doubles, as well.
ABOUT THE ITA SOUTHERN REGIONAL
The ITA Southern Regional includes singles and doubles rounds with eight Lions competing across the board.
The tournament's two singles finalist and doubles champions qualify for the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championship from Nov. 17-22 in Athens, Ga.
Competing in singles will be Climent Cardona, juniors Ethan Dasset and Jip Langerhuizen and freshmen Jochi Cuevas Sobejano and Rytis Razminas.
Dasset has an opening singles round bye, set to play either Troy or Jacksonville State, while Climent Cardona will face Troy, Langerhuizen will face Samford, Cuevas will face Alabama A&M and Razminas will face Alabama State.
The competing doubles pairs will be Razminas and Langerhuizen, junior Satoru Nakajima and Climent Cardona, Dasset and Altur and Cuevas and Dominguez.
Razminas and Langerhuizen's first round of doubles is against Troy. Nakajima and Climent Cardona have a first-round bye and are set to face Louisiana, as they also have a bye. Dasset and Altur are facing Troy in the opening round and are set to play Mississippi State with a win, while Dominguez and Cuevas will face UAB in the opening round and potentially Alabama with a win.
Last year, the ITA Southern Regional was in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and the Lions brought home 17 wins.
To view the draws for this weekend, click here.
To stream the tournament, click here, and to keep up with live results, click here.
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