LAKE CHARLES, La. – The 2026 Southland Conference Individual Tennis Championships wrapped up on Saturday afternoon, with the men’s finals of both singles and doubles action. 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 entered the weekend as the fourth-ranked singles player, but after defeating #5 Felipe Spagnuolo of Nicholls on Friday, Serrano then upset UIW’s Alejandro Hernandez, the tournament’s top seed, on Saturday morning to earn a spot in Sunday’s final.
 
On the other side of the bracket, Lamar’s Leon Nickel eliminated Andres Delgadillo of TAMUCC on Saturday behind a 6-3, 6-3 victory to set up a showdown with Serrano on Sunday. Nickel took the first set of the final match 6-1, but Serrano bounced back with a 6-2 win in the second set and a 7-5 win the decisive third.
 
In doubles action, Hernandez teamed with Alex Flores, knocking off Nicholls in the lone match on Friday before following up with an upset of top-seeded Lamar on Saturday afternoon. Serrano and fellow Vaquero Paolo Bonaguro upset #2 TAMUCC on Saturday, punching the final ticket to Sunday’s final.
 
Flores and Hernandez took the first set of the championship match 6-3, but Bonaguro and Serrano bounced back with a 6-3 win of their own in the second set. The UIW tandem ultimately emerged victorious in what turned out to be the best match of the weekend, taking the third set by a tally of 10-4 to close out the weekend.
 
To view the complete list of results from the weekend, please click here.