CEDARVILLE, Ohio - Freshman Aaron Niemiec won his opening round match at the ITA Midwest Regional before being ousted in three sets at the Johnson-Murdoch Tennis Complex.

Niemiec took care of Will Dixon from Marian (Ind.), 6-1, 6-3. He was outlasted by #7 seed Bernardo Feitosa of Ohio Dominican, 6-4, 2-6, 10-8.

Bobby Eberhard dropped his opening round match to Aquinas' Dan Doerrfield, 3-6, 6-3, 10-7. He took another three-set loss in the consolation bracket to John Esber of Walsh, 2-6, 6-4, 10-2.

Eberhard and Niemiec were nipped 9-8(8) in the first round of championship doubles by Jeff Karasinski and Vitaly Schumilov from Davenport. The CU tandem meets Marian's Brad Mustin and Andrew Voss in the consolation bracket.

[2009 ITA MIDWEST REGIONAL TOURNAMENT]