Washburn's Ryan Ward captured the 2009 Wilson/ITA Men's South Central Regional Championship on Sunday afternoon. Ward, who was seeded fifth, won the title with a 6-3, 3-6, 10-5 win over third-seeded Francisco Segura of Incarnate Word in the championship match.
Ward advanced to the finals with a straight sets win over top-seeded Martin Zsiga of Southwest Baptist. Ward dropped just one set in the entire tournament and that came in the final against Segura.
With the win, Ward advances to the ITA National Small College Championships on Oct. 15-18 at the Copeland-Cox Tennis Center in Mobile, Ala.
