CAMBRIDGE, MA - Siena Men's Tennis sophomore Mars Argun came through with a tie-breaker victory on day one to open the ITA New England Regionals at the Murr Tennis Center on the campus of Harvard University Thursday.
 
Argun, a native of Istanbul, Turkey, rallied back to defeat Lucas Rais of Boston College, 4-6, 7-5 [10-8] in the morning before No. 13 Justin Lin of Brown by the scores of 6-3, 6-3 in the afternoon session. 

Teammate Mateja Stefanovic had a victory in his morning match before being eliminated in the Round of 32 afternoon matches against a top-seeded-opponent.
 
Stefanovic, a native of Kragujevac, Serbia, won in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3 over fellow Boston College's Lucas Rao in the Round of 64.
 
Stefanovic bowed out against No. 3 Dylan Tsoi of Yale, 6-1, 6-3. 
 
Round of 64
Mars Argun (SIE) def. Lukas Rais (BC) 4-6, 7-6 [10-8]
Mateja Stefanovic (SIE) def. Lucas Rao (BC) 6-2, 6-3
Round of 32
[13] Justin Lin (Brown) def. Mars Argun (SIE) 6-3, 6-3
[3] Dylan Tsoi (Yale) def. Mateja Stefanovic (SIE) 6-1, 6-3
 
Up Next
Siena will compete in a pair of doubles matches beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday.

Emilio Zavala Salinas and Santiago Trujillo will take on the Colgate duo of Parker McGown and Tim Vargas on the Beren Tennis Courts. 
 
Stefanovic and Argun will join together on the court to play against Tarik Zubovic and Juan Carlos Portilla Morales of Merrimack, also at 10 a.m. on the Beren Tennis Courts.