Hoosiers Wrap Up ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships

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ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships

Matteo Antonescu of the Indiana Hoosiers during the meet between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Indiana Hoosiers at IU Tennis Center in Bloomington, IN.

Hoosiers Wrap Up ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships

10/12/2026 3:58:00 PM | Men's Tennis

COLLEGE GROVE, Tenn. – Indiana men's tennis concluded its run at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships at Farm & Forge Club, highlighted by Sam Landau's singles quarterfinal appearance and a doubles quarterfinal run from Aryan Badlani and Ariel Zauber.

Landau earned three singles victories, opening with consecutive 6-0, 6-2 wins over Middle Tennessee's Asier Ayllon Prado and Belmont's Cagan Efe Tufekci. He then defeated Tennessee's Jose Garcia, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, to reach the quarterfinals before falling to Purdue's Lorenzo Balducci in three sets. Aidan Atwood and Sam Scherer each earned two main-draw wins to advance to the round of 16.

Badlani and Zauber led Indiana in doubles, winning three matches to reach the quarterfinals. The pair defeated teams from ETSU, Middle Tennessee and Purdue before falling to Louisville's Hamza El Amine and Lucas Bazin, 8-4. Landau and Braeden Gelletich, along with Matteo Antonescu and Scherer, each reached the doubles round of 16.

In singles qualifying, Badlani and Zauber each won two matches to earn main-draw berths. Badlani added a straight-set victory over Kentucky's Tom Sickenberger before falling to Louisville's Matei Cristian Onofrei in a three-set match featuring two tiebreaks. Ben Pomeranets also reached the main-draw round of 32 after a comeback victory over Louisville's Lucas Bazin.

The Hoosiers finished with 16 singles victories and eight doubles victories. Indiana will return to action at the Big Ten Individual Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from Oct. 29–Nov. 1.

ITA OHIO VALLEY REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS
SINGLES QUALIFYING
First Round
Jesus Mario Garcia Salgado (Belmont) def. Zavier Augustin (IU), 7-6 (8-6), 6-2
Ariel Zauber (IU) def. Zachary Tabaczynski (Bellarmine), 6-1, 6-4
Matteo Antonescu (IU) def. Russell Lokko (Louisville), 7-6 (7-1), 6-4
Karan Raghavendra (IU) def. Arenui Luethi (ETSU), 6-4, 2-6, 7-5
Aryan Badlani (IU) def. Ricard Garavi Yepez (Tennessee Tech), 6-2, 6-1
Second Round
Ariel Zauber (IU) def. Max Pettingell (Xavier), 6-3, 2-0, ret.
Matei Daniel Stan (Lipscomb) def. Matteo Antonescu (IU), 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
Kostiantyn Mantach (Belmont) def. Karan Raghavendra (IU), 6-3, 6-4
Aryan Badlani (IU) def. Eduardo De Benedictis Andreta (ETSU), 6-0, 6-3

SINGLES MAIN DRAW
Round of 64
Johan Oscar Lien (Kentucky) def. Ariel Zauber (IU), 6-3, 6-1
Aryan Badlani (IU) def. Tom Sickenberger (Kentucky), 6-3, 6-2
Ben Pomeranets (IU) def. Lucas Bazin (Louisville), 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
Sam Landau (IU) def. Asier Ayllon Prado (Middle Tennessee), 6-0, 6-2
Aidan Atwood (IU) def. Dmitry Kopilevich (ETSU), 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
Sam Scherer (IU) def. Julian Franzmann (Chattanooga), 6-4, 6-3
Roshan Santhosh (Vanderbilt) def. Braeden Gelletich (IU), 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Round of 32
Matei Cristian Onofrei (Louisville) def. Aryan Badlani (IU), 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 7-6 (7-2)
Danil Panarin (Vanderbilt) def. Ben Pomeranets (IU), 6-0, 6-2
Sam Landau (IU) def. Cagan Efe Tufekci (Belmont), 6-0, 6-2
Aidan Atwood (IU) def. Henrique Ushizima (Lipscomb), 6-4, 6-2
Sam Scherer (IU) def. Jerald Carroll (Louisville), 6-4, 6-3
Round of 16
Sam Landau (IU) def. Jose Garcia (Tennessee), 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Aryan Saleh (Middle Tennessee) def. Aidan Atwood (IU), 6-2, 7-5
Jack Loutit (Kentucky) def. Sam Scherer (IU), 6-4, 6-3
Quarterfinals
Lorenzo Balducci (Purdue) def. Sam Landau (IU), 6-2, 1-6, 6-1

DOUBLES MAIN DRAW
Round of 64
Landau/Gelletich (IU) def. Dawson/Hibbert (Southern Indiana), 8-2
Panarin/Ljubicic (Vanderbilt) def. Pomeranets/Raghavendra (IU), 8-1
Atwood/Augustin (IU) def. Franzmann/Delnido (Chattanooga), 8-1
Antonescu/Scherer (IU) def. Jaen/Dore (Dayton), 8-7 (7-4)
Badlani/Zauber (IU) def. Luethi/Cowcher (ETSU), 8-2
Round of 32
Landau/Gelletich (IU) def. Onofrei/Hristov (Louisville), 8-2
Velasquez/Lee (Purdue) def. Atwood/Augustin (IU), 8-5
Antonescu/Scherer (IU) def. Inoue/Yepez (Tennessee Tech), 8-3
Badlani/Zauber (IU) def. Crivei/Saleh (Middle Tennessee), 8-1
Round of 16
Ymer/Lien (Kentucky) def. Landau/Gelletich (IU), 8-1
Listo/Prachar (ETSU) def. Antonescu/Scherer (IU), 8-6
Badlani/Zauber (IU) def. Villanger/Premzl (Purdue), 8-4
Quarterfinals
El Amine/Bazin (Louisville) def. Badlani/Zauber (IU), 8-4