he Rockhurst men's tennis team heads to Allendale, Michigan, this weekend for the three-day ITA Division II Midwest Regional Tournament, hosted by Davenport University. The Hawks will compete in both singles and doubles action against some of the top NCAA Division II players in the region.

The tournament marks Rockhurst's third competition of the 2026 fall season. The Hawks opened their campaign at the Washburn Invitational on Sept. 18-19 in Topeka, Kansas, before traveling to Springfield, Missouri, to compete at Drury.

At Washburn, Rockhurst recorded two runner-up finishes, highlighted by Tommy Griese in the Purple Flight singles championship and the doubles pairing of Alex Tikhonov and Ollie Dickason in the Red Flight final. Griese battled through three sets in his championship match, while Tikhonov and Dickason narrowly fell 7-5 in their doubles final.

Rockhurst will have 13 players competing in the men's open singles draw, including seniors Arnav Gannavaram, Diego Schtulmann, Creed Skinner and Tikhonov. Graduate student Killian Guillou will also represent the Hawks, alongside juniors Griese and Dylan Rainwater. Sophomores Dickason and Ben VanLandingham will compete in singles, while freshmen Henry Jacobs, Jannis Piliar, Aleksa Postic and Henry Redfern round out Rockhurst's singles entries.

In doubles competition, the Hawks will feature six pairings. Tikhonov and Dickason will look to build on their runner-up finish at Washburn, while Gannavaram will partner with Piliar. Guillou and Postic will join forces, with Griese and Redfern forming another doubles combination.Rockhurst's remaining doubles teams include Rainwater and Skinner, along with Schtulmann and VanLandingham.

The ITA Midwest Regional provides the Hawks with another opportunity to build on their early-season performances while competing against some of the region's top talent. Rockhurst will look to make deep runs in both singles and doubles competition throughout the three-day tournament.

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