VCU, Richmond Advance to #A10MTEN Semis with Dominant Victories

4/23/2026 1:10:53 PM

ORLANDO, Fla. – The 2026 Atlantic 10 Men’s Tennis Championship continued Thursday morning with two Quarterfinal matches at the USTA National Campus. Top-seeded VCU matched up with ninth-seeded Davidson, and No. 4 seed George Mason met No. 5 seed Richmond.

Match 3: #1 VCU def. #9 Davidson, 4-1
The top-seeded VCU Rams cruised past No. 9 seed Davidson 4-1 on Thursday morning, advancing into the A-10 Men’s Tennis Semifinals. The Rams won the doubles point with a 6-4 victory on Court 2 and 7-5 win on Court 3. Davidson’s Connor Cole tied the match by beating Kostiantyn Mantach 6-0, 6-3 at position six singles, but VCU’s Mats Bredschneijder responded with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Kai Villagomez on Court 2. Rams freshman Patrik Petera defeated Charlie Ratliff 6-1, 6-1 on Court 5, before Alfred Almasi clinched the match for VCU with a 7-5, 6-0 triumph on Court 4.
SINGLES:
1. Gevor Mnatsakanyan (VCU) vs. Gregorio Hidalgo (DAV) 7-6 (5), 3-0, DNF
2. Mats Bredschneijder (VCU) def. Kai Villagomez (DAV) 6-3, 6-2
3. Nicolo Consonni (VCU) vs. Davide Procacci (DAV) 3-6, 7-5, 1-1, DNF
4. Alfred Almasi (VCU) def. Sebastian Carpio (DAV) 7-5, 6-0
5. Patrik Petera (VCU) def. Charlie Ratliff (DAV) 6-1, 6-1
6. Connor Cole (DAV) def. Kostiantyn Mantach (VCU) 6-0, 6-3
DOUBLES:
1. Patrick Patera/Gevorg Mnatsakanyan (VCU) vs. Gregorio Hidalgo/Kai Villagomez (DAV) 5-4, DNF
2. Alfred Almasi/Nicolo Consonni (VCU) def. Sebastian Carpio/Davide Procacci (DAV) 6-4
3. Leon Zaorski/Mats Bredschneijder (VCU) def. Daniel Cowan Jr./Connor Cole (DAV) 7-5
 
Match 4: #5 Richmond def. #4 George Mason, 4-0
The No. 5 seed Richmond Spiders advanced to the A-10 Men’s Tennis Championship Semifinals on Thursday with a 4-0 win over No. 4 seed George Mason. Richmond won the doubles point with victories on Courts 1 and 2. The Spiders won 6-3 at the top doubles position, before dropping position two 6-4 and clinching the point with a 6-4 win on Court 3. Richmond’s Cole Brashear cruised to a 6-2, 6-0 win over Adria Franco Regue at the No. 6 singles slot as his teammate Dylan Atkinson won 6-4, 6-4 on Court 4. Otto Sewell closed the match with a 6-3, 6-3 win over George Mason’s Edgar Vilain on Court 5.
SINGLES
1. Davis Wiley (UR) vs. Deniz Okyay (GM) 7-5, 5-4, DNF
2. Charlie Burdell (UR) vs. Monil Lotlikar (GM) 6-3, 6-5, DNF
3. Ekansh Kumar (GM) vs. Paxton Pritchard (UR) 6-3, 4-4, DNF
4. Dylan Atkinson (UR) def. Niza Simunyola (GM) 6-4, 6-4
5. Otto Sewell (UR) def. Edgar Vilain (GM) 6-3, 6-3
6. Cole Brashear (UR) def. Adria Franco Regue (GM) 6-2, 6-0
DOUBLES:
1. Davis Wiley/Cole Brashear (UR) def. Ekansh Kumar/Monil Lotlikar (GMU) 6-3
2. Niza Simunyola/Edgar Vilain (GM) def. Paxton Pritchard/Sam Rathmanner (UR) 6-4
3. Grant Cohen/Charlie Burdell (UR) def. Shaharyar Saeed/Deniz Okyay (GM) 6-4