TYLER, Texas -- Midwestern State had six singles players reach the second round of the 2026 ITA DII Men's South Central Regional Championship on Thursday. Martin Pages, Bruno Sanchez and Jose Portillo advanced to the Round of 16.

No. 4-seed Bruno Sanchez was granted a bye into the second round and defeated Victor Velter of St. Mary's in his first match of the tournament, 6-1, 6-2. Sanchez will face teammate Jose Portillo in the third round on Friday.

Portillo, the No. 12 seed, won a third-set tiebreak in the first round, eliminating Andrea Rossi Principie of Lubbock Christian, 6-2, 3-6, (10-6). In the second round, Portillo cruised to a 6-1, 6-3 triumph over Kerem Tufecki of Cameron.

Martin Pagés won a tie-break in his first set of the day and went on to a 7-6 (4), 6-3 win over Enrique Silveira of UT Permian Basin before ousting Diego Alvarez Canedo of St. Mary's in the second round, 6-2, 6-3. Pagés meets No. 1 seed Samuel Antwi of UT Tyler in the Round of 16 on Friday.

Marc Sampol played a pair of third-set tiebreak on Thursday. In his first round match Sampol dropped the first set to Leonardo Fabbri but came back to win the match, 1-6, 6-3, (10-3). Amir Gaisin of Lubbock Christian was forced into a third-set tiebreak by Sampol but prevailed in the second round, 6-2, 5-7, (10-4).

Rynard van der Laan posted a 6-1, 6-3 first-round victory against No. 11-seed Lucas Nakasoto of UT Permian Basin, 6-1, 6-3. van der Laan lost a first-set tiebreak in the second round but forced a third-set tiebreak before succumbing to Oliver Eriksson of St. Mary's 6-7 (3), 6-3, (2-10).

No. 7 seed Filip Vacula breezed to a 6-2, 6-0 win over Alexandre Sulpicy of UT Dallas in the first round but lost to Manuel Lassacher of UT Tyler in the second round, 6-4, 1-6, (5-10).

Cesar Loeches Llamas needed to win two tiebreaks to advance to the second round, defeating Tom Debonne of Cameron, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5). No. 2-seed Pablo Segura of Lubbock Christian, who received a first-round bye, advanced with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Loeches Llamas in the second round.

Sanchez and Vacula are the No. 3 seed in doubles and won a first-round tiebreak against Lucas Yamaguti and Jack Hansen Ratter of UTPB, 8-7 (3). The MSU duo will play Manuel Lassacher and Arthur Schmitkel of UT Tyler in the second round on Friday.

Pages and Sampol defeated Zoheir Fardoun and Debonne of Cameron in first round of doubles, winning the pro set, 8-5. Pages and Sampol meet the fifth-seeded pairing of Pablo Segura and Amir Gaisin of Lubbock Christian in the second round.