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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

REGIONAL CHAMPION! Rowan Matorin Claims ITA Fall Central Regional Singles Title

Case Western Reserve University junior Rowan Matorin capped off his run at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Fall Central Regional Championships with two more wins on Sunday in Brownsburg, Indiana, to claim the title of the singles draw and earn a berth into the ITA Cup later this month.

Stats and Standouts

  • Matorin, who entered the draw seeded ninth, clinched his spot in the ITA Cup with a semifinals win against seventh-ranked Jeremy Sieben of WashU, besting him in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1.

  • Pitted against fellow ninth seed Aidan Borosko of Denison in the championship match, Matorin pulled off his fifth straight-set victory of the tournament, claiming a 6-2, 6-4 win to secure the title.

  • In the main doubles draw, seventh-seeded juniors Jon Totorica and Rohit Jain saw their tournament run come to an end on Sunday with an 8-5 loss to ninth-seeded Chika Nwaozuzu and Nicholas Meyers of Denison in the semifinals.

  • In the B singles draw, junior Leon Chen, seeded first, and Jain, seeded second, each won two more matches on Sunday to reach the finals of the bracket against each other. The championship match of the draw was not contested on Sunday.

  • Senior Trey Lambright also won all three of his matches in the consolation bracket of the B draw to conclude his time at the tournament. 

Spartan Notes

  • Matorin is the third player in program history to win the ITA Regional Singles Title, joining former Spartans James Hopper (2019 and 2021) and Ajay Mahenthiran (2023).

  • Matorin is the first Spartan to qualify for the ITA Cup since former Spartan Ansh Shah did so as the regional singles runner-up in 2024.

  • Matorin finished the weekend 6-0 in singles play, besting the second-, fifth-, seventh-, and ninth-ranked singles players in the draw, en route to the title. He holds a 7-3 record in singles matches this fall.

  • The Spartans finished the ITA Regional with a combined 24-4 (.857) singles record and an 8-3 mark (.727) in doubles action.

  • CWRU is 120-52 (.698) in singles matches and 45-44 (.506) in doubles contests this season. 

Up Next

Matorin will compete in the singles draw of the ITA Cup in Rome, Georgia, from October 15-18. More information on the event, including draws and seedings, will be posted to athletics.case.edu prior to the start of competition.

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