The Illinois Springfield men's tennis team saw a busy day of singles and doubles action at the ITA Regional on Saturday. Several Prairie Stars advanced in their respective flights, while others faced tough early-round challenges.

Flight A Singles:
Pablo Herrera fell in a tight round-of-64 match against Northwood's Sergio Lopez Guillen, 3-6, 6-4, [4-10]. Herrera rebounded in the consolation round of 32, defeating Walsh's Nicolas Strohle 6-0, earning a bye into the round of 16. He will face an athlete from Maryville on Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

Antonio Ayerbe Streubel dropped both his matches, losing 6-1, 6-0 to Ferris State's Praneel Pichika and 6-0, 6-4 to Purdue Northwest's Samuel Dickson.

Flight B Singles:
Lin En Tan advanced past Roosevelt's DeMille Scarabello 6-4, 7-5 in the round of 64 and defeated Raphael Valente 6-4, 6-3 in the round of 32. Tan will continue in the round of 16 on Sunday against a Wayne State opponent at 8:30 a.m.

Flight C Singles:
Kai Van-Roon moved on with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Quincy's Alvaro Rueda and will face a Tiffin opponent in the round of 16 Sunday at 8:30 a.m.

Lukas Pieringer (6-4, 6-6) and Luke Pennington (1-6, 1-6) were eliminated in the round of 32.

Miran Todorovic pulled out a dramatic 7-6, 2-6, [10-6] win over Patricio Jimenez Alcocer of Quincy but does not advance in singles.

Flight D Singles:
Colton Pazdera fell 7-5, 6-2 to Davenport's Kameron Nichols and will not continue in singles.

Doubles:
Luke Pennington and Colton Pazdera won 8-4 against a duo from Michigan Tech in Flight C. They will play Rockhurst's duo of Dylan Rainwater and Andres Sahagun on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. 

Additional doubles matches were ongoing late into Saturday evening, with several Prairie Stars still competing across flights. Results will continue to unfold into Sunday.

Overall, UIS had multiple players advance in singles, highlighted by Herrera, Tan, and Van-Roon, setting the stage for Sunday's round of 16 matches. Stay tuned for updates on the Saturday evening matches!