Red Raider Tennis Headed for ITA Regionals
October 19, 2006 | Men's Tennis
Oct. 19, 2006
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech men's tennis is set to compete in the 2006 Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association South Central Regional tournament. Play begins on Sat., Oct. 21, at 8 a.m.
TCU is the host of the 2006 Wilson/ITA Men's South Central and Women's Southwest Regional Championships, taking place Oct. 19-24. The singles finalists and doubles champion from this event will earn spots in the Nov. 2-5 ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships hosted by The Ohio State University at the Racquet Club of Columbus.
Last week in Midland, Texas, Tech's Bojan Szumanski won the Racket Club Collegiate Invitational. Szumanski defeated Arkansas' No. 1 player Blake Strode, 7-5, 6-2, in the semi-finals. He then went on to defeat Illinois's Marc Spicijaric, 6-3, 7-5 in the finals. Sophomore Sinisa Markovic defeated No. 36 Alex Skrpko of SMU, but lost in the third round.
In addition to host TCU, the men's event will feature the top players from Division I schools: Baylor, Centenary, Lamar, Louisiana-Lafayette, Rice, SMU, Southeastern Louisiana, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas A&M-CC, Texas-San Antonio, Texas-Pan American and Texas Tech.
Eighteen Wilson/ITA Regional Championships for NCAA Division I men and women are taking place over these last two weekends of October at campuses throughout the country.
The 2006 ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships, the nation's premier collegiate indoor tennis tournament, is the second of three national championship events for college tennis this season. The first events - the Riviera/ITA Women's and Polo Ralph Lauren Men's All-American Championships - were held earlier this month, and the third event is season-ending NCAA Championships in May. The ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships feature a 32-player singles field and 16-team doubles field for men and women, including: qualifiers from these Wilson/ITA Regional Championships held across the country, the ITA National Small College champions, top performers from the ITA All-American Championships and at-large card selections made by the ITA National Tournament Committee. Overall, more than 7,000 players from nearly 600 schools participate annually in the ITA Regional and National Intercollegiate Championships.
For complete draws and tournament information, visit http://gofrogs.cstv.com.
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