Friday, September 26
Lynchburg, Va.
Liberty University
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Liberty Dual
Men’s Tennis Hosts Ten-Team Liberty Dual This Weekend
9/25/2025 11:15:00 AM | Men's Tennis
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Liberty men's tennis prepares to host the Liberty dual beginning Friday and running through Sunday. The ten-team event includes competition from top programs in the region.
Including Liberty, participating teams consist of five programs from Virginia teams with Old Dominion, Virginia, VCU and William & Mary. Programs also competing include Charlotte, Elon, North Carolina Central, Penn and UNCW.
This will be the second event of the fall season for Liberty, but the first to include the full roster. The Flames sent three, Siwanat Auytayakul, Carl Roothman and Rodrigo Santiago Arraez, to compete at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla., last weekend. Roothman led the Flames event with a 3-2 singles record, including advancing to the qualifying round of the tournament.
Event/Days/Location: Liberty Dual | Friday-Sunday, Sept. 26-28 | Liberty Tennis Complex. | Lynchburg, Va.
Liberty Flames Participating: Siwanat Auytayakul, David Ekpenyong, Ernst Gouws, Chase Robinson, Rodrigo Santigo Arraez, Carl Roothman, Rodrigo Santiago Arraez, Benjamin Sparks, Guy Vorwerk
Teams Participating: Liberty, Charlotte, Elon, NCCU, Old Dominion, Penn, UNCW, Virginia, VCU, William & Mary
Tournament Website: http://libertyflames.co/4gH5bAL
Schedule:
Friday
Two 9 a.m. Matches (UVA/UNCW vs W&M on Stadium Courts 1-6. ODU vs UNCC/NCCU on Courts 7-12)
Two 2 p.m. Matches (Liberty vs Elon on Stadium Courts 1-6, Penn vs VCU on Courts 7-12)
Saturday
Two 9 a.m. Matches
Two 2 p.m. Matches
Rain Plan: 8 a.m. Match, NB 11 a.m. Match, NB 2 p.m. Match, NB 5:30 p.m. Match
Sunday
Three 9 a.m. Matches (One Match Indoors)
One 1 p.m. Match
Rain Plan: 8 a.m. Match (Penn will play first due to length of travel), NB 11 a.m. Match, NB 2 p.m. Match, NB 5:30 p.m. Match
Format: Hidden Dual
Flames News & Notes
Including Liberty, participating teams consist of five programs from Virginia teams with Old Dominion, Virginia, VCU and William & Mary. Programs also competing include Charlotte, Elon, North Carolina Central, Penn and UNCW.
This will be the second event of the fall season for Liberty, but the first to include the full roster. The Flames sent three, Siwanat Auytayakul, Carl Roothman and Rodrigo Santiago Arraez, to compete at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla., last weekend. Roothman led the Flames event with a 3-2 singles record, including advancing to the qualifying round of the tournament.
Event/Days/Location: Liberty Dual | Friday-Sunday, Sept. 26-28 | Liberty Tennis Complex. | Lynchburg, Va.
Liberty Flames Participating: Siwanat Auytayakul, David Ekpenyong, Ernst Gouws, Chase Robinson, Rodrigo Santigo Arraez, Carl Roothman, Rodrigo Santiago Arraez, Benjamin Sparks, Guy Vorwerk
Teams Participating: Liberty, Charlotte, Elon, NCCU, Old Dominion, Penn, UNCW, Virginia, VCU, William & Mary
Tournament Website: http://libertyflames.co/4gH5bAL
Schedule:
Friday
Two 9 a.m. Matches (UVA/UNCW vs W&M on Stadium Courts 1-6. ODU vs UNCC/NCCU on Courts 7-12)
Two 2 p.m. Matches (Liberty vs Elon on Stadium Courts 1-6, Penn vs VCU on Courts 7-12)
Saturday
Two 9 a.m. Matches
Two 2 p.m. Matches
Rain Plan: 8 a.m. Match, NB 11 a.m. Match, NB 2 p.m. Match, NB 5:30 p.m. Match
Sunday
Three 9 a.m. Matches (One Match Indoors)
One 1 p.m. Match
Rain Plan: 8 a.m. Match (Penn will play first due to length of travel), NB 11 a.m. Match, NB 2 p.m. Match, NB 5:30 p.m. Match
Format: Hidden Dual
Flames News & Notes
- Liberty will be debuting three athletes on the 2025-26 roster, including a pair of freshmen, Benjamin Sparks and Guy Vorwerk, along with transfer addition David Ekpenyong (Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)).
- The Flames return five athletes, including Siwanat Auytayakul, Ernst Gouws, Chase Robinson, Carl Roothman and Rodrigo Santiago Arraez.
- Liberty will be hosting the event for the seventh time in the past nine years. The tournament has gone under the names Liberty University Invitational and Liberty Fall Hidden Dual. Charlotte, Elon, ODU, Penn, Virginia and William & Mary will be attending the event for the second consecutive season.
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