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Thursday, October 15
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10.20.26 | Men's Tennis

PHILADELPHIA – The Temple men's tennis team competed over the weekend in the ITA Regionals hosted by Penn. The Owls went 5-7 in singles qualifying, 0-1 in the singles main draw and 2-4 in doubles play.

Weekend Highlights

1
Doubles Run
Forer/Calikoglu won two matches, beating Bucknell (8-3) and No. 15 seed Penn State (8-1) before falling to Saint John's in the round of 16.
2
Strong Starts
Five of seven Owls won their opening qualifying match, with Matteo Crespi winning 6-0, 6-2 over Hofstra's Caleb Tobler. Forer and Calikoglu each rallied from a set down to win in three.
3
Down to the Wire
Adrien Ducruet/Oliver Aguilar took No. 8 seed Penn State to a tiebreak before losing 8-7 (7-3).

How It Happened

RESULTS - October 15, 2026

SINGLES (Qualifying, First Round)

Adrien Ducruet (Temple) def. Oscar Baumgartner (Saint Joseph's) 7-5, 7-5.

Maj Najvirt Kolaric (Temple) def. Damir Abdusamadov (Saint Joseph's) 6-1, 7-5.

Julian Forer (Temple) def. Leon Eddie Schmidt (Wagner) 5-7, 7-5, 6-3.

Sehaj Singh Pawar (Saint Joseph's) def. Aayush Bhat (Temple) 3-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Doruk Calikoglu (Temple) def. Jack Brimm (LIU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Matteo Crespi (Temple) def. Caleb Tobler (Hofstra) 6-0, 6-2.

[No. 8 seed] Ford McCollum (Princeton) def. Oliver Aguilar (Temple) 6-1, 6-1.

SINGLES (Qualifying, Second Round)

[No. 4 seed] Jordan Chang (Columbia) def. Adrien Ducruet (Temple) 6-4, 6-2.

Mason Robins (Delaware) def. Maj Najvirt Kolaric (Temple) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.

[No. 5 seed] Gray Kelley (Columbia) def. Julian Forer (Temple) 6-2, 6-2.

[No. 11 seed] Soma Fukuhara (NJIT) def. Doruk Calikoglu (Temple) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.

[No. 9 seed] William Burridge (Drexel) def. Matteo Crespi (Temple) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.

RESULTS - October 16, 2026

SINGLES (Main, First Round)

Yerassyl Bakhtiyar (NJIT) def. Joao Bento Carqueija (Temple) 6-1, 6-1.

DOUBLES (Round of 64)

Julian Forer/Doruk Calikoglu (Temple) def. Enoch Lin/Liam Kilmer (Bucknell) 8-3.

[No. 14 seed] Marek Nano/Adam Kresina (Saint John's) def. Aayush Bhat/Maj Najvirt Kolaric (Temple) 8-2.

[No. 8 seed] Eyal Shyovitz/David Lindsay (Penn State) def. Adrien Ducruet/Oliver Aguilar (Temple) 8-7.

Taylor Yarnell/Leo Hsu (Iona) def. Joao Bento Carqueija/Matteo Crespi (Temple) 8-5.

RESULTS - October 17, 2026

DOUBLES (Round of 32)

Julian Forer/Doruk Calikoglu (Temple) def. [No. 15 seed] Christos Glavas/Reiya Hattori (Penn State) 8-1.

RESULTS - October 18, 2026

DOUBLES (Round of 16)

Taichi Wakamatsu/Armando Sotelo (Saint John's) def. Julian Forer/Doruk Calikoglu (Temple) 8-4.

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