AZUSA, Calif. – MSU Denver men's tennis players Lluc Limongi Ollers and Hector Cebrian Moral each won twice Thursday to advance to the Round of 16 at the ITA West Region Championships.
 
Limongi Ollers was a 6-4, 6-0 winner over Max Schmidhauser of Azusa Pacific (Calif.) in the first round, then beat Austin Stone of Westmont (Calif.) 6-4, 7-6 (6) to advance to a round of 16 matchup with Soeren Grandke of Azusa Pacific (Calif.). Grandke was a second-round winer over MSU Denver's Marco Jalalian, who had advanced with a 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6) win over Pablo Zubieta of Fresno Pacific (Calif.).
 
Cebrian Moral defeated Asger Emil Ildor of Menlo (Calif.) 6-4, 6-2 and Keyon Gahvarehchi of Concordia-Irvine (Calif.) 6-3, 6-2 and will now meet Elias Walter of Colorado Mesa in the round of 16.
 
For the women, both Hanna Haber and Victoria Ricaurte-Cabas were first-round winners before losing in the second round. Haber beat Milana Hrudka of Menlo 6-1, 6-2, while Ricaurte-Cabas came from behind to beat Alessia Radu of Biola (Calif.) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-5).
 
MSU Denver lost all four of its doubles matches – two each for the men and women – with three of the losses coming to seeded teams.
 
MSU Denver results:
 
MEN
First-Round Singles
Hector Cebrian Moral def. Asger Emil Ildor (Menlo) 6-4, 6-2
Lemiel Taira-Hoy (CUI) def. (8) Alejandro Jimenez 1-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7)
Lluc Limongi Ollers def. Max Schmidhauser (APU) 6-4, 6-0
Marco Jalalian def. Pablo Zubieta (FPU) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6)
 
Second-Round Singles
Cebrian Moral def. Keyon Gahvarehchi (CUI) 6-3, 6-2
Limongi Ollers def. Austin Stone (West) 6-4, 7-6 (6)
Soeren Grandke (APU) def. Jalalian 6-2, 6-0
 
First-Round Doubles
(4) Jakub Beran/Julius Hell (HPU) def. Jalalian/Cebrian Moral 8-5
Andrew Suver/David Fisinger (PL) def. Enzo Inghilterra/Jimenez 8-7 (4)
 
WOMEN
First-Round Singles
Hanna Haber def. Milana Hrudka (Menlo) 6-1, 6-2
Katherine Nguyen (APU) def. Kambra Roles 7-5, 6-4
Sayda Hernandez (HPU) def. Monica Guarin 6-1, 6-3
Victoria Ricaurte-Cabas def. Alessia Radu (Biola) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-5)
 
Second-Round Singles
Shannele Lopez (APU) def. Haber 6-1, 6-4
Julia Jordan (APU) def. Ricaurte-Cabas 6-1, 6-4
 
First-Round Doubles
(4) Sophie Rachor/Cheyenne Houkes (CUI) def. Roles/Haber 8-4
(7) Amelija Supulniece/Evi Roobol (Art) def. Guarin/Ricaurte-Cabas 8-2