The @SunDevilMTennis team has two singles players and a doubles team in the quarterfinals after two days at Malibu's 2017 ITA Southwest Regional Championship, held at both the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center and the Crest Tennis Courts through Monday.
Benjamin Hannestad will get a chance to knock off top-seeded and ITA No. 54 Logan Smith of Utah in quarterfinal action on Saturday. Hannestad beat Cal Poly's Axel Damiens 6-3, 6-2 in the round of 16 after topping UCLA's Max Cressy 7-5, 7-5 in the round of 32 on Friday.
No. 11 seed Michael Geerts topped USD's Joel Gamerov 6-1, 6-3 in the round of 16 after beating Nicholas Baez of Pepperdine 6-4, 6-4.