ST. PETER, Minn. — Brenden Amiotte (Rapid City, S.D.) enjoyed a banner afternoon during the second day of the ITA Midwest Regional Tournament Saturday.
 
Amiotte, who dropped his opening-round match of the tournament on Friday, rebounded with six straight singles wins—including an 8-5 win in the consolation championship.
 
Amiotte opened the day with a convincing 8-1 victory over Hamline's Gabe Guarin, but the Cardinal senior did not enjoy a quick start in his second match of the afternoon against Wartburg's Sam Nettleton, falling behind 7-2, before rattling off six straight wins—and taking the tiebreaker 8-6 to keep his tournament alive.
 
And Amiotte wasn't ready to be finished, as he continued his winning ways with an 8-4 win over Nate Raskin from Concordia (Wis.), before outlasting Grinnell's Ishaan Tiberwal 8-7—including 11-9 in the tie-breaker—in his consolation quarterfinal match.
 
In the semifinals, Amiotte was once again extended to the max, surviving a 5-7, love-40 deficit to beat Coe's Nathan Greiner 8-7 (7-4) to earn a spot in the consolation final—where he concluded his epic run with an 8-5 win over Concordia's David Youngs.
 
Brett Giesen (Cato, Wis.) also kicked off Day 2 of the ITA Midwest Regional with a win, beating Juan Quiroga of the University of Dubuque, 8-2, before falling to Bethel's Zach Kantor, 8-5.
 
In another ITA singles matches, Bobby Tiedemann (Euclid, Minn.) fell to Andrew Dahl of UW-Eau Claire 8-4 and Alex Holm (Red Wing, Minn.) lost to Nolan Rademacher of Concordia (Wis.) 8-2.
 
At the Midwest Open, run simultaneously with the Midwest Regional and also hosted by Gustavus, Alec Rudh (Hastings, Minn.) and Alex Zuzek (Hastings, Minn.) dropped an 8-6 decision in their doubles match against Evan Fridlinger/Logan Scott of UW-Eau Claire, while Ryan Hippman (Bollingbrook, Ill./Gabe Graves (Littleton, Colo.) suffered an 8-7 (4) setback.
 
The Cardinals kick off their 2018 spring season on Jan. 26, entertaining Martin Luther in a 6 p.m. match at the Winona Tennis Center. Saint Mary's will begin Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play a day later, hosting Carleton at noon, also at the Winona Tennis Center.