Sophomore Brett Forman and junior John Patrick Mullane competed at the ITA All-American Tournament, where they attempted to qualify for finals. These two Spartans traveled back to East Lansing on Wednesday after losing in qualifying doubles Tuesday night.

“The top players from each country universities go there,” men’s tennis head coach Gene Orlando said. “They represented well.”

Vredevelt wrapped up on Sunday, where the Spartans had four advance to the championships for their Flight bracket—senior Gijs Linders (A bracket), sophomore Mac Roy (B bracket), senior Harry Jadun (B bracket) and freshman Michael Dube (E bracket).

“We are trying to maximize our full potential and push each other to their highest limit,” Orlando said. “Competing let’s us see where we are as a team and improve during the process. We are not evaluating, but looking to improve with each practice, day and workout.”

The women finished the weekend tournament at Northwestern University with five single match and three double match wins.

“(Associate head coach Tyler Faulkner ) and I were really happy with the results, but also the way we competed,” head coach Simone Jardim said. “I think we are definitely getting better. The teams that were (at Wildcat Invite ) were definitely good and we stepped up and beat some of those good players.”

In singles, freshman Aslina Chua went 4-1 , freshman Lexi Baylis 3-2 , sophomore Erin Faulkner 3-2 , junior Emily Meyers 3-2 and sophomore Athena Trouillot 2-3.

“Those results are really important because it gives us confidence and it sets us up well for the spring,” Jadrim said.

Chua beat Jillian Rooney (NU) 6-1, 4-6, 7-7 , Baylis beat Caroline Aleck (WMU) 6-4, 6-0, Meyers defeated Alejandra Barcelo Almoyna (EMU) 6-2, 6-1 and Hilary Hager beat Ella Perinovic (WMU) 3-6, 6-1, 10-8.

Freshman Allie Baer and senior Catherine Parenteau won doubles against NU 8-1 , Meyers and Baylis over Kentucky 8-4 and freshman Colleen O’Brien and sophomore Emmy Virkus over WMU 8-4.

“I think we can be, from what I see so far ... just from seeing what we saw this weekend, I think we have the potential to be really good,” Jardim said. “If we can’t come together and work as a team, then it’s hard. But if we can, anything can happen. We could be better than last year.”

Next up for women is the Akron Invitational in Akron, Ohio this weekend. The men’s team travels to Ann Arbor, after a bye week, from Oct. 16–20 for the ITA Midwest Regional Championships .