BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – The West Virginia State University men's and women's tennis teams opened the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Atlantic Regional Championships with doubles play Saturday at Bloomsburg University.

Ben Steinhoefel and Oscar Thomas won their opening-round match 8-1 over Bloomsburg University before falling 8-5 to West Virginia Wesleyan College in the second round.

Patchara Suklian and Facundo Campana Urcia logged an 8-0 victory in their opening match over a pair from Frostburg State University before earning an 8-7 (7-4) second-round win over Davis & Elkins College. The duo fell 8-2 to the University of Charleston in the quarterfinal round.

Niclas Naedele and Adrian Maldonado secured an 8-3 opening-round win over Elias Hort and Simon Braeunig of Salem University before dropping a second-round match 8-7 (7-3) to UC.

Forkane Lebdi and Wacil El Hanafi opened the event with an 8-0 win over West Liberty University before falling 8-3 to Davis & Elkins in the second round.

On the women's side, Talia Nichols and Mulema Mbapeh dropped their opening match 8-1 to UC before falling 6-4 to Fairmont State University.

The event continues Sunday with singles action. The tournament will run through Tuesday.