BEAUMONT, Texas – Lamar University will be sending two players – junior Leon Nickel and sophomore Fabian Anthin – to Natchitoches, La. for the 2025 Southland Fall Masters Championships, with Nickel competing in both singles and doubles. In its second year of action, the Southland Fall Masters is a single-elimination tournament that is held each fall (among all NCAA Division I conferences) intended to highlight each league's top players. Champions from the tournament qualify for the ITA Conference Masters Championships and from there a select few will play in the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships.
 
The doubles competition will start with Anthin and Nickel - the No. 2 overall seed - will face Matthieu Coignet and Mikel Garmendia Friday at 9 a.m. Should Lamar's duo advance they will compete in the championship match Saturday at 9 a.m. Nickel is also the tournament second-seeded player in the singles bracket. He squares off against Etienne Marty (A&M-Corpus Christi) Friday at 1 p.m. with the championship match slated for 11:30 a.m.