BELTON, S.C. – Winthrop men's tennis competed at the annual South Carolina Men's Collegiate Championships Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Belton Tennis Center. The tournament began in 2014 and is played in memory of long-time local tennis volunteer and official Jim Russell. Varsity players from state colleges play to determine South Carolina singles and doubles champions.
 
In doubles play, senior duo Gabriel Dias and Connor Williamson advanced to the semifinals before their run was halted by Clemson pair Pierre-Louis Dodens and Jacob Jahn. Dias and Williamson posted victories over duos from Presbyterian, Furman and Lander. Enzo Silveira and Lluis Miralles also recorded a doubles win over conference foe Presbyterian, a 6-4 win against Oscar Alvarez and Jonathan Bedard.
 
Five Eagles earned straight-set wins in the first round of singles play as Dias (6-4, 6-4 over Callum Rendle/Wofford), Williamson (6-1, 6-4 over Chad Nash/Furman), Miralles (6-2, 6-1 over Pierre Bedard/North Greenville),  and Silveira (6-4, 6-3 over Albert Rocard/USC Sumter),  were joined by freshman Dillon Boshart (6-1, 6-2 over Jeffrey Dayton/Anderson.)
 
Dias and Williamson each advanced to the quarterfinals of singles, Williamson on a default and Dias on a 7-6(6), 6-1 two-set victory over Presbyterian's Alvarez. Both Eagles were downed in the quarters, as Williamson fell to Adam Elliget of Lander in a third-set tiebreak and Wofford's Omar Williams downed Dias 6-3, 6-4.
 
Winthrop is in action next at the ITA Carolina Regional Championship in Cary, N.C.
 
FULL RESULTS
 
DOUBLES

Round of 32
Jaime Castillo Lopez/Daniel Stenger (Presbyterian) def. Dillon Boshart/Ryan Jaede (Winthrop), 6-2
Jorjay Paladines/Lucas Rodrigues (USC Sumter) def. Rhys Jones/Bernardo Kayat (Winthrop), 6-4
Gabriel Dias/Connor Williamson (Winthrop) def. Maxwell Benson/Teodor Cariov (Presbyterian), 6-2
Pierre-Louis Dodens/Jacob Jahn (Clemson) def. Enzo Silveira/Lluis Miralles (Winthrop), 6-2
Jones/Kayat (Winthrop) def. Giacomo Garini/Yannis Moulod (North Greenville), 6-2
Silveira/Miralles (Winthrop) def. Albert Rocard/Filip Stevanovic (USC Sumter), 6-2
 
Round of 16
Dias/Williamson (Winthrop) def. Charlie Meyerson/Chad Nash (Furman), 6-3
Nicolas Chan/Valter Oshiro (Lander) def. Boshart/Jaede (Winthrop), 6-3
Jones/Kayat (Winthrop) def. Samuel Cruz/Heimanarii Lai San (USC Sumter), 6-3
Silveira/Miralles (Winthrop) def. Oscar Alvarez/Jonathan Bedard (Presbyterian), 6-4
 
Quarterfinals
Dias/Williamson (Winthrop) def. Jamieson Nathan/Tommaso Rossin (Lander), 6-3
Chan/Oshiro (Lander) def. Jones/Kayat (Winthrop), 6-3
 
Semifinals
Dodens/Jahn (Clemson) def. Dias/Williamson (Winthrop), 6-0  
 

SINGLES

Round of 32
Paladines (USC Sumter) def. Jaede (Winthrop), 7-6 (10), 7-6 (2)
Cole Gordon (Clemson) def. Kayat (Winthrop), 6-3, 6-4
Miralles (Winthrop) def. Pierre Bedard (North Greenville), 6-2, 6-1
Silveira (Winthrop) def. Rocard (USC Sumter), 6-4, 6-3
Boshart (Winthrop) def. Jeffrey Dayton (Anderson), 6-1, 6-2
Cariov (Presbyterian) def. Jaede (Winthrop), 6-3, 6-0
John Lyons (Anderson) def. Kayat (Winthrop), 6-2, 6-4
Dias (Winthrop) def. Callum Rendle (Wofford), 6-4, 6-4
Carlos Kelaidis (Clemson) def. Miralles (Winthrop), 6-4, 6-1
Williamson (Winthrop) def. Nash (Furman), 6-1, 6-4
 
Round of 16
Chan (Lander) def. Silveira (Winthrop), 6-0, 6-1
Israel Rojas (USC Sumter) def. Boshart (Winthrop), 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (8)
Dias (Winthrop) def. Alvarez (Presbyterian), 7-6 (6), 6-1
Williamson (Winthrop) def. Edu Villar (Wofford), Default
 
Quarterfinals
Adam Elliget (Lander) def. Williamson (Winthrop), 6-7(5), 6-0, 1-0 (8)
Omar Williams (Wofford) def. Dias (Winthrop), 6-3, 6-4