We Are The (Southwest #ITARegional) Champions! @SunDevilMTennis Gets Out The Brooms

Thank you sir may I have another...as in #ITA Regional Championship(s).

The @SunDevilMTennis doubles team of Benjamin Hannestad and Tim Ruehl won the 2017 ITA Southwest Regional Championship on Monday morning, and then Hannestad decided he wanted more and took home the singles title.
 

CHAMPIONS!@SunDevilMTennis wins both the singles and doubles ITA Southwest Regional Championships!#SunDevilResilience pic.twitter.com/3R62ugwuTw

— Sun Devil Athletics (@TheSunDevils) October 23, 2017

Held at both Malibu's Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center and the Crest Tennis Courts and hosted by Pepperdine all weekend, Hannestad and Ruehl defeated Pedro Iamachkine and Lautaro Pane of Pepperdine 6-4, 6-3 to start Monday off well and earn the doubles title, and then Hannestad closed the deal with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 win over Nicolas Moreno de Alboran of UCSB.
 

THE (SUN DEVIL MEN'S TENNIS) BOYS ARE BACK! pic.twitter.com/hEqOs6K5cu

— Sun Devil M. Tennis (@SunDevilMTennis) October 23, 2017

Hannestad and Ruehl topped USC's Jack Jaede and Tanner Smith of USC 6-7 (4), 6-4, 10-6 Sunday, while Hannestad -- who knocked off top-seeded and ITA No. 54 Logan Smith of USC in quarterfinal action Saturday -- beat Arizona's Alejandro Reguant-Bicardi on Sunday 6-4, 6-3 before topping Moreno de Alboran of UCSB Monday afternoon.

USC and UCLA had dominated the tournament in the past, winning every singles titles since 2009 and five doubles championships. Hannestad defeated three Pac-12 competitors on the way to his singles title. 

Coming to #ASU's new program was a risky decision for Hannestad, but it seems to be paying off. Read more: https://t.co/YDroQ8vXmj https://t.co/T3n78MLM9m

— CN | Phoenix Sports (@sportscronkite) October 23, 2017

RECENT ITA REGIONAL SOUTHWEST CHAMPIONS
2017: Benjamin Hannestad (Arizona State); Benjamin Hannestad/Tim Ruehl (Arizona State)
2016: Gage Brymer (UCLA); Simond Freund/Morgan Mays (UCSB)
2015: Martin Redlicki (UCLA); Jordan Angus/Filip Vittek (San Diego) 
2014: Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA); Mackenzie McDonald/Martin Redlicki (UCLA)
2013: Yannick Hanfmann (USC); Max de Vroome/Eric Johnson (USC)
2012: Marcos Giron (UCLA); Yannick Hanfmann/Eric Johson (USC)
2011: Ray Sarmiento (USC); Nikola Bubnic/Thibaut Visy (San Diego)
2010: Daniel Nguyen (USC); Amit Inbar/Nick Mesiter (UCLA)
2009: Amit Inbar (USC); Robert Farrah/Steve Johnson (USC)

REGIONAL CHAMPION NOTE: There were 12 ITA Regional Championships held Oct. 13-23, Benjamin Hannestad was the only player to win both a singles and doubles title in 2017. Others to do it in past three seasons are Skander Mansouri (Wake Forest/2016) and Sam Monette (Indiana/2015),

ITA SOUTHWEST REGIONAL/MALIBU, CALIF. (OCT. 19-23, 2017)
SINGLES
-Benjamin Hannestad  def. Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (UCSB) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 (championship/Oct. 23, 2017)
-Benjamin Hannestad def. Alejandro Reguant-Bicardi (Arizona) 6-4, 6-3 (semifinals/Oct. 22, 2017)
-Benjamin Hannestad def. Logan Smith (USC/#54) 6-4, 6-3 (quarterfinals/Oct. 21, 2017)
-Benjamin Hannestad def. Axel Damiens (Cal Poly) 6-3, 6-2 (round of 16/Oct. 20, 2017)
-Benjamin Hannestad def. Max Cressy (UCLA) 7-5, 7-5 (round of 32/Oct. 20, 2017)
-Benjamin Hannestad  def Luca Marguard (UCI) 6-3, 7-5 (round of 64/Oct. 19, 2017)
 
-Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (UCSB) def. Michael Geerts 6-3, 3-0 withdrew (inj.)(semifinals//Oct. 22, 2017)
-Michael Geerts def. Jack Jaede (USC/#82) 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 (quarterfinals/Oct. 21, 2017)
-Michael Geerts def. Joel Gamerov (USD) 6-1, 6-3 (round of 16/Oct. 20, 2017)
-Michael Geerts def. Nicholas Baez (PEPP) 6-4, 6-4 (round of 32/Oct. 20, 2017)
-Michael Geerts def. Jan Kirchhoff (SDSU) 6-3, 6-1 (round of 64/Oct. 19, 2017)
 
-Laurens Verboven def. Tim Ruehl (ASU) 7-6 (1), 7-6 (2) (round of 32/Oct. 20, 2017)
-Tim Ruehl def. Maxwell Mendelsohn (PEPP) 7-6 (1), 7-6 (2) (round of 64/Oct. 19, 2017)
 
-Duante Harris def. William Kirkman (ASU) 4-6, 6-1, 10-3 (singles consolation/round of 16/Oct. 21, 2017)
-William Kirkman def. Karthik Padmanbhan (Cal Poly) 6-2, 6-1 (singles consolation/third round/Oct. 20, 2017)
-Mathieu Rajaonah (GCU) def. William Kirkman 6-1, 6-2 (round of 128/Oct. 19, 2017)
 
DOUBLES
-Benjamin Hannestad/Tim Ruehl def. Lautaro Pane/Pedro Lamachkine (Pepperdine) 6-4. 6-3  (championship/Oct. 23, 2017)
-Benjamin Hannestad/Tim Ruehl def. Jack Jaede/Tanner Smith (USC) 6-7 (4), 6-4, 10-6 (semifinals/Oct. 22, 2017)
-Benjamin Hannestad/Tim Ruehl def. Sebastian Helm/Humberto Lopez (UC Irvine) 8-4 (quarterfinals/Oct. 21, 2017)
-Benjamin Hannestad/Tim Ruehl def. Carlos Hassey/Igor Karpovets (Arizona) 8-5 (round of 16/Oct. 20, 2017)
-Benjamin Hannestad/Tim Ruehl def. Daly Meinert/Andrew Whitehouse (Cal Poly) 8-3 (round of 32/Oct. 19, 2017)
 
-Nico Borter/Guilherme Osorio (USD) def. Michael Geerts/William Kirkman 8-5 (round of 32/Oct. 19, 2017)