Kearney, Neb. – The Nebraska-Kearney doubles team of Josh Raymond and Yeswanth Nadella won the ITA Central Regional for a second straight season Sunday afternoon at Harmon Park in Kearney.

Other schools in attendance this weekend were Colorado Christian, Colorado State-Pueblo, Colorado Mesa, Metro State and William Jewell (Mo.).

The winners of the singles and doubles brackets advance to the ITA Small College Championships October 13-16 in Mobile, Ala.

For final brackets, click HERE.
 
Raymond, a senior from Elkhorn, and Nadella, a sophomore from India, had to bounce back from losses in the single semifinals Sunday morning.
 
The second-seeded Raymond fell to 3^rd-seed Shane Giannetti of William Jewell (5-7, 6-3, 8-10) while the 7^th-seeded Nadella pushed top-seed Lucio Cangiano of Metro State before also losing in three sets (4-6, 6-4, 7-10).
 
In his third set tiebreaker, Nadella fought back from a 3-0 hole to tie things at seven before Cangiano, the defending champ, scored three straight to advance.
 
Giannetti managed to score six straight points to win the first set against Raymond. He then came back from a 7-5 deficit to win the third set.
 
A lefty from Brazil, Cangiano beat Giannetti (6-3, 4-6, 10-8) to earn a trip to Mobile. About an hour later, Cangiano had to take to the courts along with teammate Gabriel Vlahos.
 
Raymond and Nadella wasted little time, getting out to a 3-0 lead. Eventually up 6-1 and then 7-2, Cangiano and Vlahos battled back to score four straight points.
 
Up 40-30, Raymond sent a strong serve over the net that Vlahos returned but Nadella promptly tapped the ball back over for an easy point and an 8-6 match win.
 
Earlier this fall, Loper sophomore Vanessa Gunawan (Indonesia) won the Central women's singles bracket to advance to Mobile.