WAVERLY, Iowa – The Wartburg Men's tennis team has concluded their weekend competing in the A-R-C tournament. The Knights had one doubles team win the championship, another doubles team finished in third place, and one single finish as runner-up. John Gustafson and Milan Lecic won the doubles A-R-C Championship in Flight B on Saturday afternoon in Waverly, Iowa. Ezequiel Viteri and Robert Matera took third place as a doubles team in Flight A. Robert Matera finished as the singles runner-up in Flight B.  

Doubles (Semifinals)

Flight A:

• Ezequiel Viteri/Robert Matera (WARMT) vs Jumpei Kasai/Murilo Rejaili (COEMT)

  • L (5-7)

Flight B:

• Milan Lecic/John Gustafson (WARMT) vs Seth Lampkin/Alexander Hardin (UDMT)

  • W (6-4)

Doubles (Finals)

Flight B:

• Milan Lecic/John Gustafson (WARMT) vs Sam Rademacher/Riley Voss (NWUMT)

  • W (6-2)

Doubles (Third Place Match)

Flight A

• Ezequiel Viteri/Robert Matera (WARMT) vs Abhyudit Nagar/Hayden Martin (LORMT)

  • W (6-4)

Singles (Semifinals)

Flight B: 

• Robert Matera (WARMT) vs Ashton Rames (NWUMT)

  • W (4-1, 5-3)

Singles (Finals)

Flight B:

• Robert Matera (WARMT) vs Takuma Kimura (COEMT)

  • L (2-4, 0-4)

Final Results:

Champions (Doubles)

• Milan Lecic & John Gustafson (Doubles, Flight B)

Third Place (Doubles)

• Ezequiel Viteri & Robert Matera (Doubles, Flight A)

Runner Up (Singles)

• Robert Matera (Singles, Flight B)

Day One Recap

Next Up:

The Knights will compete at the Northwestern Invite and ITA Regionals starting on Friday, Oct. 2nd.