LAKE CHARLES, La. – Day Two of the 2026 Southland Conference Individual Tennis Championships wrapped up on Saturday afternoon, with four men’s matches setting the stage for Sunday’s finals. The three-day event is being hosted at the Nancy Hank Tennis Center, the home courts of the McNeese tennis programs.
 
UTRGV senior Santiago Serrano came away with a big upset in the semifinals of Saturday’s singles action, defeating top-seeded Alejandro Hernandez of UIW 6-2, 6-0. Lamar’s Leon Nickel followed with an upset of his own, knocking off #2 Andres Delgadillo of TAMUCC by a final of 6-3, 6-3. Sunday’s singles final will take place at 10:00 a.m.
 
Serrano and teammate Paolo Bonaguro punched a ticket to Sunday’s doubles final with a 6-3, 6-7, (10-8) over the TAMUCC duo of Jami Savolainen and Mikel Garmendia. The #4 ranked tandem of Alejandro Hernandez and Alex Flores from UIW pulled off the biggest upset of the day with a 6-3, 3-6 (11-9) upset over Lamar’s top-seeded team of Nickel and Maxwell Lindstedt.  
 
To view results from Saturday’s action, please click here. To follow along with live results for all of Sunday’s championship matches, please click here.
 
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25
10:00 a.m. – Men’s Singles Championship Final
#3 Leon Nickel (Lamar) vs. #4 Santiago Serrano (UTRGV)
 
12:00 p.m. – Men’s Doubles Championship Final
#3 Serrano/Bonaguro (UTRGV) vs. #4 Hernandez/Flores (UIW)