ITA Regionals
10/20/2026 6:45:00 PM | Men's Tennis
MALIBU, Calif. — The Cal Poly men's tennis team wrapped up play at the ITA Southwest Regionals on Monday in a successful tournament for the Mustangs, highlighted by Jovan Lubbe and Leo Matthysen advancing to the men's semifinals by upsetting Arizona's No. 4-seeded duo.
Traveling every student-athlete except Sean Kamyshev, who is still out due to a lingering injury, Cal Poly enjoyed a fantastic first day of the tournament on Oct. 15. Lubbe was selected as the Mustangs' auto-bid into the singles main draw.
Ernst Gouws joined Lubbe in the main draw after advancing through qualifying, while Haviv, Seetso and Matthysen remained alive in the consolation bracket after bowing out of qualifying. Gouws was eliminated in the opening round of the main draw, but Lubbe advanced once more before his singles run also ended to the No. 9 seed from USC.
Singles Qualifying Draw R64
Cross def. Anderson (SDSU) 6-2, 6-2
Gouws def. Maijorov (LMU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Singles Consolation Qualifying Draw R32
Haviv def. Chang (UCR) 6-4, 6-1
Seetso def. Steinberg (PEPP) 6-2, 6-2
Matthysen def. Tamaddon (LMU) 6-2, 6-4
Singles Qualifying Draw R32
Gouws def. Gavrea (UCSB) 6-2, 6-4
Singles Main Draw R64
Lubbe def. Wang (UCSD) 6-0, 6-4
With doubles starting on Saturday, two pairs of Mustangs fought through seeded foes to reach the Round of 16. Raz Haviv and freshman Evan Simon upset the No. 9 pair from Arizona State, while Lubbe and Matthysen dispatched Pepperdine's No. 5 seed.
Haviv and Simon were defeated in the next round by a San Diego Torero pair. Lubbe and Matthysen breezed through their first pairing the next day before stunning their second seeded opponents of the tournament, the No. 4 Arizona duo, and becoming Southwest Region semifinalists for just the second time in program history.
The South African natives fell to the No. 14-seeded San Diego State pair Kobierski/Siekanowicz in the semifinals, which went on to defeat host Pepperdine's No. 1 seed Pisaric/Poertner.
Doubles Round of 64
Haviv/Simon def. Chang/Mszyca (UCR) 8-5
Lubbe/Matthysen def. Baena/Barthes (USD) 8-4
Doubles Round of 32
Haviv/Simon def. Klimas/Mikovic (ASU) [No. 9] 8-6
Lubbe/Matthysen def. de Almeida/Fix (PEPP) [No. 5] 8-6
Doubles Round of 16
Lubbe/Matthysen def. Cruz/Kindhult (LMU) 8-4
Doubles Quarterfinals
Lubbe/Matthysen def. Berard/Ludoski (ARIZ) 8-2
The Mustangs travel as a complete program to Palos Verdes on Oct. 30-Nov. 1 for the Dennis Rizza Classic to continue their respective fall men's and women's seasons.
