No. 16 HU Breezes Past No. 22 Tennessee Southern

MCKENZIE, Tenn. - The No. 16 Huntington men's tennis team closed out its time in Tennessee with two wins at the Bethel Invitational. The Foresters defeated #22 Tennessee Southern 5–2 on Wednesday before sweeping the host Bethel Wildcats 5–0 Thursday afternoon. 

Against Tennessee Southern, Huntington earned the doubles point behind wins from #1 Julian Tantera/Javier Lopez Real at (6-3) and #2 Pablo Lopez Real/Martin Capdevilla (6-4). Singles victories came at HU's top four spots - Tantera, Capdevilla, Santiago Sarudiansky and Mateo Batista - while Gaspar Audisio and Daiki Ishii claimed the only two wins for the FireHawks. 

HU followed up its convincing Top-25 win with another dominant performance over Bethel, sweeping all three doubles matches before notching four wins in singles action to halt play and secure the 5–0 shutout. 

Wednesday's win over UTS marks the Foresters' second Top-25 win this week as they improve to 8–2 overall. Huntington returns to action tomorrow when they travel to #7 Cumberlands in Kentucky for a 1:00 p.m. first serve before heading back to campus.

Match One – Huntington 5, Tennessee Southern 2
SINGLES 
1. Julian Tantera (HU) def. Quentin Ferron (UTS) 7-6, 6-3
2. Martin Capdevilla (HU) def. Lucca Roveda (UTS) 6-0, 6-2
3. Santiago Sarudiansky (HU) def. Ayden Kousis (UTS) 7-6, 6-0 
4. Mateo Batista (HU) def. Ryosuke Furuya (UTS) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
5. Gaspar Audisio (UTS) def. Javier Lopez Real (HU) 7-6, 6-3
6. Daiki Ishii (UTS) def. Juan Carrasco (HU) 7-5, 6-4

DOUBLES
1. Tantera/Lopez Real (HU) def. Brock Hamilton/Ferron (UTS) 6-3
2. Pablo Lopez Real/Capdevilla (HU) def. Kousis/Ishii (UTS) 6-4
3. Furuya/Audisio (UTS) def. Carrasco/Batista (HU) 6-4 

Match Two – Huntington 5, Bethel (TN) 0  
SINGLES
1. Julian Tantera (HU) vs. Gabriel Perini (BU) 6-2, 2-1 DNF
2. Martin Capdevilla (HU) vs. Andrej Jovanovic (BU) 5-3 DNF 
3. Mateo Batista (HU) def. Guillermo Gomez Rodriguez (BU) 6-2, 7-6 
4. Juan Carrasco (HU) def. Lucca Nesi (BU) 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 
5. Javier Lopez Real (HU) def. Kenzo Nishioka (BU) 6-3, 6-1
6. Pablo Lopez Real (HU) def. Mateo Prado (BU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-5

DOUBLES
1. Tantera/Javier Lopez Real (HU) def. Nishioka/Guilherme Nomura (BU) 6-2
2. Pablo Lopez Real/Capdevilla (HU) def. Nesi/Perini (BU) 6-3
3. Carrasco/Batista (HU) def. Jovanovic/Gustavo Santos (BU) 6-4 

The Huntington University Foresters compete in 18 intercollegiate sports for men and women. In the past decade, Huntington has produced 181 NAIA All-America honors and 631 All-America Scholar Athlete honors. Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. Huntington has a top quartile ranking in the 2026 U.S. News Best Regional Universities Midwest Rankings.