ROME, Ga. – Centre men's tennis completed their first action of the 2021-22 season this weekend, competing in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Regional Championships.
 
SINGLES HIGHLIGHTS
- Rookie Jasper Gazzo won his "Main" Singles draw against EJ Stolmeijer of Methodist, rallying back from an opening set loss to force a third set, where Stolmeijer retired.
- Faraz Ghamgosar, Ashton Whitt and Emerson Dean also represented Centre in the primary singles bracket. Whitt won one consolation match against Oglethorpe's Ameya Dani.
- Matthew Bulow, Newcomb Maddux, Brian Graves, Ian Cowen and Jett Anderson competed in the various "B" Singles draws.
- The rookie Anderson turned in a strong weekend, claiming four matches to win his bracket. He defeated Colin Drawdy of Piedmont, 6-0, 6-0, in the opening round before topping Berry's Bohdan Higley, 6-0, 6-2. He then dropped Birmingham-Southern's Reed Martinson, 6-2, 6-1, and won the draw in a 6-3, 6-0 win against Belhaven's Matthew Ridden.
- Bulow rebounded from his first round loss to win his consolation bracket. He defeated Carsten Balao of Berry, 6-2, 6-4, before gutting out a 7-6(5), 7-5 win against Methodist's Quinn McNamara in the finale.
- Maddux won his first round match against Belhaven's Bryce Livingston, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
 
DOUBLES HIGHLIGHTS
- Gazzo and Bo Bush paired up to compete in the Main Doubles draw, as did Whitt and Ghamgosar. Gazzo and Bush turned in an 8-4 consolation win against Henry Murray and Luke Laney of Methodist.
- Bulow and Danny Nelson competed in "B" Doubles, defeating BSC's John Andres and Luke Mitchell, 8-2.
- Dean and Anderson also won a B Doubles contest, topping BSC's Elijah Ingleson and Hallet Green, 8-3.