SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – A Hamilton College doubles team lost in the finals of the main draw and two Continentals fell in the quarterfinals of the singles draw at the 2026 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III Men's Northeast Regional Championship hosted by Skidmore College on Sunday, Sept. 27.
Sophomores Alexei Katelevsky and Filip Moller won four matches during the tournament's first two days and reached the title match where they dropped a 7-5 and 6-3 decision against New York University's Boren Zheng and Bryan Hui. Katelevsky and Moller were one of the fifth through eighth seeds out of 32 doubles pairings.
By virtue of reaching the final match, Katelevsky and Moller qualified to compete in the ITA Cup at the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College in Rome, Ga., from Oct. 15 to Oct. 18.
Hamilton's dynamic duo were on-serve in the first set through 5-6, but Moller was broken on a deuce point and NYU took the first set. In the second set Katelevsky and Moller were up a break serving at 2-1, but Zheng and Hui made a push and broke right back. NYU had the momentum and held their serve, then broke Moller's serve and held again for a 5-2 lead. Katelevsky served a great game and forced them to serve it out at 5-3, but NYU was just too tough in the end.
Junior Lleyton Mendieta started out strong in his singles quarterfinal with a 6-0 decision in the first set, but Vassar College's Eddie Zeng stormed back and defeated Mendieta by scores of 6-4 and 6-3 in the second and third sets. Mendieta was one of the players seeded fifth through eighth in the 64-person singles draw.
Rookie Stuart Konezny
was not intimidated by top-seeded Kevin Titus Suresh of Saint Francis University (Pa.) in their quarterfinal, but Suresh eventually advanced with a 7-5, 6-3 victory. Konezny was one of the players seeded ninth through 16th for the tournament.
Mendieta and Konezny won three matches apiece to reach the quarterfinals of the main singles draw.
2026 ITA Men's Northeast Regional Championships
A Flight Singles Results
R64: Stuart Konezny, Hamilton def. Calder Tillinghast, Pratt Institute, 6-1, 6-0
R64: Chris Chippari, Oneonta def. Alexei Katelevsky, Hamilton, 7-5, 1-0 ret. (injury)
R64: Mohammed Zahaan Siddiqui, Hamilton def. Arhan Gupta, Union, 7-5, 6-4 (7)
R64: Lleyton Mendieta, Hamilton def. Jacob Feit, Yeshiva, 6-0, 6-1
R64: Martin Dimitrov, Hamilton def. Faris Shehata, TCNJ, 6-1, 6-1
R64: Noah Potts, St. Francis (PA) def. Charles Sternberg, Hamilton, 6-0, 6-2
R32: Stuart Konezny, Hamilton def. Felipe Postolov, TCNJ, 6-3, 7-5 (5)
R32: Michael Georgelis, Hobard def. Mohammed Zahaan Siddiqui, Hamilton, 6-2, 6-3
R32: Lleyton Mendieta, Hamilton def. Timur Gilmanov, Ithaca, 6-3, 7-5
R32: Yu Tanimoto, RIT def. Martin Dimitrov, Hamilton, 6-3, 6-1
R16: Lleyton Mendieta, Hamilton def. Jesus Alberto, Union, 6-4, 6-4
QF: Eddie Zeng, Vassar def. Lleyton Mendieta, Hamilton, 0-6, 6-4, 6-3
B Flight Singles Results
R16: Deven Pandey, St. Francis (PA) def. Alexander Salib, Hamilton, 6-1, 7-6 (7-0)
Doubles Results
R32: Charles Sternberg/Martin Dimitrov, Hamilton def. Chris Chippari/Jaden Ritterman, Oneonta, 8-5
R32: Alexei Katelevsky/Filip Glov Moeller, Hamilton def. Peter Burnham/Calder Tillinghast, Pratt Institute, 8-3
R32: Lleyton Mendieta/Mohammed Zahaan Siddiqui, Hamilton def. Andrew Schiller/Jacob Feit, Yeshiva, 8-1
R16: Charles Sternberg/Martin Dimitrov, Hamilton def. Yu Tanimoto/Alexander Sinclair, RIT, 8-6
R16: Alexei Katelevsky/Filip Glov Moeller, Hamilton def.Ziwen Ju/Ethan Samora, Rochester, 8-2
R16: Lleyton Mendieta/Mohammed Zahaan Siddiqui, Hamilton def.Juan Mendoza/Sam Park, Baruch, 8-2
QF: Noah Potts/Kevin Titus Suresh, St. Francis (PA) def. Charles Sternberg/Martin Dimitrov, Hamilton, 8-7 (11-9)
QF: Alexei Katelevsky/Filip Glov Moeller, Hamilton def. Henry Zhang/Junchen Jia, Vassar, 8-5
QF: Tsubasa Okada/Gustave Viennet, RPI def. Lleyton Mendieta/Mohammed Zahaan Siddiqui, Hamilton, 8-4
SF: Alexei Katelevsky/Filip Glov Moeller, Hamilton def. Noah Potts/Kevin Titus Suresh, St. Francis (PA), 6-2, 6-3
F: Boren Zheng/Bryan Hui, NYU def. Alexei Katelevsky/Filip Glov Moeller, Hamilton, 6-4, 6-2
