LINCOLN, Neb. – Nicolas Acevedo's trip to the singles quarterfinals and Ray Lo and Alex Richards' doubles success highlighted the Shockers' weekend in Lincoln, Neb. at the ITA Central Region Championships.
Acevedo's first-round bye set him up for a round-of-64 match against Drake's Matt Clegg on Thursday, where he won, 6-1, 6-1, to move on to the round of 32. He carried that momentum into his Friday match, defeating Nebraska's Shunya Maruyama, 3-6, 7-5, 6-0. Acevedo moved on to the round of 16 and took down the No. 4 seed in straight sets (6-1, 6-1) to move on the quarterfinals, where he fell to Arkansas' Aleksa Bucan.