ST. PETER, Minn. – Five Coe College men’s tennis players remained alive after the first day of competition in the ITA Regional tournament Friday on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College.

Fourth-seeded Brady Anderson and No. 17 seed Alex Bernt advanced to the Round of 16 in singles play with three wins.

Anderson and Josh Pudlo, seeded No. 7 in doubles, advanced to the Round of 32 for the Kohawks, as did Nate Ackert and Zack Decker.

The tournament continues Saturday and concludes Sunday.

SINGLES

First round

Zane Navratil (UWW) def. Josh Pudlo (Coe), 7-6, 6-2.

Brady Anderson (Coe) def. Alex Ferruzzi (Carth), 6-1, 6-2.

Mike Mauthe (UWEC) def. Tyrin Wages (Coe), 6-5, 6-3.

Brandon Dechter (UWW) def. Zach Decker (Coe), 6-1, 6-1.

Alex Bernt (Coe) def. Ben Lahren (SJU), 6-1, 6-0.

Tommy Entwistle (GAC) def. Evgeny Pakhomenko (Coe), 6-1, 6-2.

Chad Moklestad (Coe) def. Mike Fontana (CSS), 6-2, 6-5.

Second round

Anderson (Coe) def. Nate Parsons (LC), 6-2, 6-0.

Bernt (Coe) def. Chase Johnson (GAC), 6-2, 6-5.

Max Gordon (UWW) def. Moklestad (Coe), 6-0, 6-3.

Third round

Anderson (Coe) def. Mitch Elofson (GAC), 6-2, 6-3.

Bernt (Coe) def. Josh Doyle (MAC), 6-3, 6-4.

DOUBLES

First round

Brady Anderson/Josh Pudlo (Coe) def. Ben Carlson/Jordan Dull (STO) 9-8.

Nate Ackert/Zack Decker (Coe) def. Jack Hansen/Andrew Nagel (SJU), 9-7.

Rithwik Raman/Grant Thompson (UWW) def. Chad Moklestad/Alex Bernt (Coe), 8-6.

Matt Lindsay/Austin Stefanich (UWL) def. Tyrin Wages/Evgeny Pakhomenko (Coe) 8-2.