KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Illinois Tech men's tennis team competed in the ITA Midwest Regionals on Friday at Kalamazoo College. Franklin Zhong, Borderick Croonquist, and Michael Rivich competed in Friday's festivities.

Zhong impressed in his first singles match, defeating Michael Connolly 6-0, 6-0. In the round of 64, Zhong fell to the tournament's 17th overall seed, Johnathan Kroot of WashU, 6-2, 6-1.

Croonquist also played well in his singles matches. In the first round, he defeated John Carroll's Dillon O'Brien 6-2, 6-3. He then tell to the 25th overall seed, Ban van der Sman, 7-5, 6-3 in the next round.

In doubles, Zhong and Rivich matched up against Robert Stroup and Vivitkh Vemula, falling 8-2. In backdraw, Zhong and Rivich fell to Hope College's Timothy Roe and Mark Vanderstoep 8-1.

The men's tennis program has now wrapped up its Fall competitions and will resume play in January.