Friday, October 23
Winston-Salem, NC
Davidson College Athletics
at
Wake Forest Invite
Photo by: Joe Lehrman/Davidson Athletics
10/26/2026 12:28:00 PM | Men's Tennis
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — The Davidson College men's tennis team concluded its fall competitive slate this weekend at the Wake Forest Invitational, highlighted by a championship-match run from Nicholas Carneiro in Flight E.
Carneiro powered the Wildcats with three consecutive singles victories to reach the Flight E final. On Friday, he opened tournament play with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over North Florida's Benjamin Scott. He carried that momentum into Saturday, outlasting Xavier's Bode Campbell in a three-set quarterfinal battle, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, before rolling past UNF's Noah Sauer Jimenez 6-1, 6-2 in the afternoon semifinals. Carneiro's run came to an end in Sunday morning's championship match, where he fell in a tight 6-4, 7-5 decision to UNC Charlotte's Noah Bayon.
Davidson earned two additional three-set victories on opening day. Connor Cole rallied past Georgia Southern's Davis Taylor 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the first round before dropping a 6-3, 6-3 decision to James Madison's Harrison Lee in Saturday's quarterfinals. James Wakefield also bounced back after losing his opening set against Mercer's Cameron Douthit to capture a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 win, before falling to North Carolina A&T's Yonatan Sagiv in the second round.
Charlie Ratliff advanced through his opening round via withdrawal against NC A&T's Mathieu Dussaubat before falling 7-6 (3), 6-2 to Georgia Southern's Oliver Pettigrove in Saturday's second round. Nikhil Mukherjee pushed Virginia's Stefan Regalia to three sets after taking the opening set tiebreaker but fell 5-7, 6-2, 6-3. Gregorio Hidalgo retired due to injury trailing 6-3 against UNC Charlotte's Emilio Sanchez, and Davide Procacci withdrew prior to his opening-round match.
In doubles play, South Carolina's Gabe Avram and Antonin Witz posted a 6-3 win over Cole and Ratliff. Duke's Jakub Smejcky and Yannick Theodor Alexandrescou earned a 6-1 decision over Carneiro and Mukherjee.
RESULTS
Singles Competition
Carneiro powered the Wildcats with three consecutive singles victories to reach the Flight E final. On Friday, he opened tournament play with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over North Florida's Benjamin Scott. He carried that momentum into Saturday, outlasting Xavier's Bode Campbell in a three-set quarterfinal battle, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, before rolling past UNF's Noah Sauer Jimenez 6-1, 6-2 in the afternoon semifinals. Carneiro's run came to an end in Sunday morning's championship match, where he fell in a tight 6-4, 7-5 decision to UNC Charlotte's Noah Bayon.
Davidson earned two additional three-set victories on opening day. Connor Cole rallied past Georgia Southern's Davis Taylor 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the first round before dropping a 6-3, 6-3 decision to James Madison's Harrison Lee in Saturday's quarterfinals. James Wakefield also bounced back after losing his opening set against Mercer's Cameron Douthit to capture a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 win, before falling to North Carolina A&T's Yonatan Sagiv in the second round.
Charlie Ratliff advanced through his opening round via withdrawal against NC A&T's Mathieu Dussaubat before falling 7-6 (3), 6-2 to Georgia Southern's Oliver Pettigrove in Saturday's second round. Nikhil Mukherjee pushed Virginia's Stefan Regalia to three sets after taking the opening set tiebreaker but fell 5-7, 6-2, 6-3. Gregorio Hidalgo retired due to injury trailing 6-3 against UNC Charlotte's Emilio Sanchez, and Davide Procacci withdrew prior to his opening-round match.
In doubles play, South Carolina's Gabe Avram and Antonin Witz posted a 6-3 win over Cole and Ratliff. Duke's Jakub Smejcky and Yannick Theodor Alexandrescou earned a 6-1 decision over Carneiro and Mukherjee.
RESULTS
Singles Competition
- Nicholas Carneiro (DC) def. Benjamin Scott (UNF), 6-4, 6-1
- Nicholas Carneiro (DC) def. Bode Campbell (Xavier), 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
- Nicholas Carneiro (DC) def. Noah Sauer Jimenez (UNF), 6-1, 6-2
- Noah Bayon (UNC Charlotte) def. Nicholas Carneiro (DC), 6-4, 7-5
- Connor Cole (DC) def. Davis Taylor (Georgia Southern), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
- Harrison Lee (JMU) def. Connor Cole (DC), 6-3, 6-3
- James Wakefield (DC) def. Cameron Douthit (Mercer), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
- Yonatan Sagiv (NC A&T) def. James Wakefield (DC), 6-2, 2-6, 6-0
- Charlie Ratliff (DC) def. Mathieu Dussaubat (NC A&T), Wd [inj]
- Oliver Pettigrove (Georgia Southern) def. Charlie Ratliff (DC), 7-6 (3), 6-2
- Stefan Regalia (Virginia) def. Nikhil Mukherjee (DC), 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
- Emilio Sanchez (UNC Charlotte) def. Gregorio Hidalgo (DC), 6-3, RET [inj]
- Max Pettingell (Xavier) def. Davide Procacci (DC), Wd
- Gabe Avram / Antonin Witz (South Carolina) def. Connor Cole / Charlie Ratliff (DC), 6-3
- Jakub Smejcky / Yannick Theodor Alexandrescou (Duke) def. Nicholas Carneiro / Nikhil Mukherjee (DC), 6-1
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