KEARNEY – The Nebraska Kearney tennis team will have a second entry in the 2023 ITA Cup Oct. 12-14 in Rome, Ga.
Senior lefty Jazmin Zamorano (Mexico) automatically qualified for the national tournament by winning the Central Region singles title the weekend of Sept. 22-24 in Edmond, Okla.
On Sept. 15-17 in Topeka, freshman Maksym Kulish (Ukraine) went 4-1 and reached the Central Regional semifinals. His quarterfinal victory over nationally ranked Tim Hammes of Washburn was enough to earn him an at-large bid to Georgia. The selections were recently done by a national committee with draws to be upcoming.
Kulish joins UNK Hall of Famer William Jacome as the only Lopers to reach the ITA Cup/Small College Championships in singles. Jacome finished sixth in 2007; several UNK men’s doubles teams have also reached the event (2010, 2011 and 2014) and placed as well.
Men’s Singles Field (Names listed randomly after Top 4 Seeds)
1. Phil Exner – Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)
2. Ruben Fonga – Tiffin (Ohio)
3. Tom Zeuch – Indianapolis
4. Martins Abamu – Lubbock Christian (Texas)
Jorge Perez – Charleston (W.V.)
Jacopo Denitto – Flagler (Fla.)
Adam Lynch – Barry (Fla.)
Sebastian Pjontek – Washburn
Nico Ramirez – Biola (Calif.)
Takeshi Taco – Valdosta State (Ga.)
Santiago Rendon – Washburn
Alexander Leischner – Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)
Maksym Kulish – UNK
Baptiste Mercier – Flagler (Fla.)
Luis Diaz – Midwestern State (Texas)
Roni Rikkonen – Queens (N.Y.)
In case of a decline/withdrawal:
1st Alternate: Alex Blanchar – Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)
2nd Alternate: Mathieu Derache – Indianapolis
Women’s Singles Field (Names listed randomly after Top 4 Seeds):
1. Natalie Espinal – Nova Southeastern (Fla.)
2. Salma Djoubri – Lynn (Fla.)
3. Nadja Meier – Flagler (Fla.)
4. Maja Jung – Washburn
Ebba Rosberg – St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.)
Prinkle Singh – Charleston (W.V.)
Tyffaine Pais – Indianapolis
Jazmin Zamorano – UNK
Alessa Maier – Texas A&M Kingsville
Cristiana Tudor – Azusa Pacific (Calif.)
Florentia Hadjigeorgiou – Augustana (S.D.)
Kayla Dean – Mercyhurst (Pa.)
Angelina Linnikova – North Georgia
Lexie Weir – Nova Southeastern (Fla.)
Selina Wu – St. Mary’s (Texas)
Emily Hafner – Metro State (Colo.)
In case of a decline/withdrawal:
1st Alternate: Alina Kupfer – Southern New Hampshire
2nd Alternate: Muskan Gupta – Texas-Tyler
