KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- The Denison men's tennis team closed out their 2016 fall season at the 2016 ITA Central Region Championship held at Kalamazoo College.

Sophomore Kevin Brown led the Big Red, going 2-1 and reaching the round of 32. Brown opened the event with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Adrian's Brandon Brom. He stamped his ticket to the third round with a straight-set (6-3, 6-1) victory over Matt Steiner of Wheaton (Ill.). The sophomore's run came to an end after dropping a 6-2, 6-2 decision to eventual quarterfinalist Charlie Pei of Chicago.

In doubles action, all three Denison teams picked up opening round wins. Junior Jack O'Koniewski and sophomore Colin Bahin defeated Principia's Nat Kenworthy and Greg Sovie 8-5, while senior Owen Smith and sophomore Blake Burstein took down Andre Adam and Cam Metzger of Rose-Hulman via 9-7 score. The duo of junior Jamie McDonald and Brown cruised to an 8-1 first-round victory over Augustana's Scott Daluga and Nicholas Prabhakar. McDonald and Brown fell 8-3 in the second round to Chicago's Peter Leung and Pei, who made it all the way to the semifinals.

Denison is scheduled to resume play in February of 2017.