Bristol, Tenn. – The King University Men's and Women's Tennis teams started their 2026 Fall season at home today as both teams competed against Pikeville on campus, and the men took on Roanoke at Ida Park, where King got the win in both matches. Against Pikeville, the Women's team won 6-1, and the Men won 6-1 as well, with a win over Roanoke 5-2.
 
Women:
 
The King University Women's Tennis team showed out today, winning a strong win over Pikeville, 6-1. The team was led by Regina Castro Alvarez, who was able to win her singles match in the ones, 6-0, 6-2.
 
Alvarez and Hunter Geppert won their doubles 6-1, as Helena Queiroz de Castro and Trinity Moore won 6-3 to give King the first point with the doubles victory. Shelby Tranchita had a battle in the three-set match, with a back-and-forth as she got the first-set win 6-4 and then focused and won the second set 6-2.
King would win all but one match today, with wins coming from Alexandra Forcadell Zaytseva, H. Castro, and Geppert as well in singles play.
 
Singles competition

1. Regina Castro Alvarez (King) vs Flor Maurer (Pikeville) King: 2-0
2. Tayla Hunter-Geppert (King) vs Julieta Faisal (Pikeville) King: 2-0
3. Shelby Tranchita (King) vs Juanita Quintero (Pikeville) King: 2-0
4. Alexandra Forcadell Zaytseva (King) vs Jada Adkins (Pikeville) King: 2-0
5. Trinity Moore (King) vs Teegan Carpenter (Pikeville) Pikeville: 2-0
6. Helena Queiroz de Castro (King) vs Emily Triplett (Pikeville) King: 2-0

Doubles competition

1. Regina Castro Alvarez/Tayla Hunter-Geppert (King) vs Flor Maurer/Jada Adkins (Pikeville) King: 6-1
2. Shelby Tranchita/Alexandra Forcadell Zaytseva (King) vs Julieta Faisal / Juanita Quintero (Pikeville) Pikeville: 6-2
3. Trinity Moore/Helena Castro (King) vs Teegan Carpenter/Emily Triplett (Pikeville) King: 6-3

 
Men:
 
The King University Men's Tennis team took on Pikeville to begin the afternoon and would get the win 6-1. They would have almost no break between matches and would head straight over to Ida Park, where they would win against Roanoke 5-2.
 
Pikeville:
 
The Pikeville match saw King sweep the doubles, winning every match. Adria Garrido and Matthew Finn won the doubles 6-1 in a dominant way. The match of Joel Hiveluah and Jet Walles-Capasso had a closer finish, with King barely winning 7-6.
 
The singles were a back-and-forth whole time, with Finn and Aaron Gutierrez having matches that were clean sweeps, winning 6-1, 6-2 for Finn and 6-2, 6-0 for Gutierrez.
 
King would lose one singles match due to retirement by a King athlete. Jonathan Frost, Cappasso, and Rohan Chalisgaonkar all won their matches with at least one set going to extra points.
 
Singles competition

1. Matthew Finn (King) vs R. Gonzalez (Pikeville) King: 2-0
2. Adria Garrido (King) vs A. Hassairi (Pikeville) Pikeville: retired (7-6, 3-3)
3. Jonathan Frost (King) vs T. Blanco (Pikeville) King: 2-0
4. Aaron Gutierrez (King) vs D. Muñoz (Pikeville) King: 2-0
5. Jet Walles-Capasso (King) vs R. De La Torre (Pikeville) King: 2-0
6. Rohan Chalisgaonkar (King) vs L. Correa (Pikeville) King: 2-0

 
Doubles competition

1. Adria Garrido/Matthew Finn (King) vs Rafael Gonzalez/Roberto De la Torre (Pikeville) King: 6-1
2. Jonathan Frost/Aaron Gutierrez (King) vs Ahmad Hassairi/Daniel Muñoz (Pikeville) King: 6-4
3. Joel Hiveluah /Jet Walles-Capasso (King) vs Tomas Blanco/Lucian Correa (Pikeville) King: 7-6 (5)

Roanoke:
 
Against Roanoke, King won the match 5-2 with another clean sweep in the doubles. The teams for doubles would change up a bit, with Finn and Hiveluah matching up together. They would win the ones match 6-3. Gael Parra and Max Kellner would battle it through the doubles two match with a close win, 7-5.
 
Singles competition: King had a struggle, with three different matches going to three sets and King winning two of the three that went to three sets. Finn and Para both won in three sets, with Finn winning 6-1, 3-6, 10-3, while Para won 0-6, 6-2, 10-7.
 
Gutierrez and Walters both won in clean two-set competitions. Gutierrez won 6-4, 7-5, and Walters won 7-5, 6-3.

1. Matthew Finn (King) vs Henriquez (Roanoke) King: 2-1
2. Aaron Gutierrez (King) vs Eduardo Cazzani (Roanoke) King: 2-0
3. Jet Walles-Capasso (King) vs Cooper Wingo (Roanoke) Roanoke: 2-1
4. Maximillian Kellner (King) vs Ben Laurie (Roanoke) Roanoke: 2-0
5. Gael Parra (King) vs Batist Van Leeuwen (Roanoke) King: 2-1
6. Grant Walters (King) vs Fergus Larkin (Roanoke) King: 2-0

 
Doubles competition

1. Joel Hiveluah/Matthew Finn (King) vs Cooper Wingo/Eduardo Cazzani (Roanoke) King: 6-3
2. Gael Parra/Max Kellner (King) vs Ben Laurie/Fergus Larkin (Roanoke) King: 7-5
3. Jonathan Dunn/Grant Walters (King) vs Nicholas Zopfer/Batist Van Leeuwen (Roanoke) King: 6-3

 
 
Up Next: The Tornado will head on the road as they travel to Francis Marion for a conference opponent on October 10^th.
 
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