Takeshi Taco
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Bio
Five-time national champion and two-time All-American Takeshi Taco is currently ranked No. 1 nationally in singles after winning back-to-back ITA CUP national championships. Together with his doubles partner Reiya Komagata, they are ranked third in the national rankings.
News mentions
During the 25th annual Greater Wichita Sports Banquet held on Thursday, June 29 at the Drury Inn in Wichita, KS, Cowley College freshman men’s tennis player Bruno Nhavene was named the Junior College Male Athlete of the Year.
Helping their teams to record-setting seasons, Cowley College men’s tennis player Takeshi Taco and Lady Tiger tennis player Alexandra Melnikova were recognized by the International Tennis Association (ITA) for their stellar play.
Cowley College tennis coach Manuel Raga has been named the 2023 Wilson Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Men’s Coach of the Year.
The wait is over! The Cowley College men’s tennis team captured its first national title since 1991 and its first-ever title at the NJCAA Division I level by dominating the field at the NJCAA Division I Men’s Tennis National Championships held in McKinney, TX.
Winning all six singles matches, and three doubles matches Thursday at the NJCAA Division I Men’s Tennis National Championships held in McKinney, TX, the Cowley College Tigers will have an all-Cowley vs. Tyler Junior College finals when play resumes Friday at 8 a.m. at the Courts of McKinney Tennis Center.
With the level of competition getting tougher each day at the NJCAA Division I Men’s Tennis National Championships held in McKinney, TX, the top-ranked Cowley College Tigers stepped up to the challenge and advanced all six singles players and its three doubles teams to the semifinals with quarterfinal victories on Wednesday.
In search of its first national title since 1991, the No. 1-ranked Cowley College men’s tennis team got off to the kind of start they wanted at the NJCAA Division I National Championships played in McKinney, TX, as they advanced all six singles players and its three doubles teams to the quarterfinals with wins on Tuesday.
Battling cold and windy conditions Friday and Saturday at the Region VI Tennis Championships in Great Bend, KS, the Cowley College men’s and women’s tennis teams did not let the elements affect them as they brought home a pair of Region VI titles.
The No. 1-ranked Cowley College men’s tennis team and No. 2-ranked Lady Tiger tennis team advanced each of its singles and doubles teams to the second-round of the Region VI Tennis Championships held Friday in Great Bend, KS.
In its final matches prior to this weekend’s Region Tournament, the Cowley College men and women’s tennis teams took care of business in wins Saturday at Pratt Community College.
The top-ranked Cowley College men’s tennis team and No. 2-ranked Lady Tiger tennis squad each had a successful week by knocking off three ranked opponents.
The strength of the Cowley College men’s and women’s tennis teams was on full display on Monday in Topeka, KS, as the Tiger tennis teams defeated a pair of NJCAA Division II nationally ranked squads in Washburn University.
The top-ranked Cowley College men’s tennis team improved its record to 4-0 on the season with a pair of wins over NCAA Division II squads over the weekend.
Living up to its No. 1-ranking, the Cowley College men’s tennis team opened the spring season by defeating Midwestern State University 4-1 Saturday in Wichita Falls, TX, before knocking off Cameron University 4-3 Sunday in Lawton, OK.
Showing why they will once again be one of the top teams in the country, the Cowley College men’s tennis team had the top singles player and doubles team at the ITA Cup in Rome, GA.
The Cowley College men’s and women’s tennis teams showed why they will be such a force in the upcoming spring season as they tore through the fall ITA Regional Championships held Friday through Sunday in Arkansas City.