Red Raider in Finals of ITA Regional Tournament
October 24, 2006 | Men's Tennis
Oct. 24, 2006
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech's Bojan Szumanski will compete in the finals of the 2006 Wilson/ITA Men's South Central Regional Tournament today at 10 a.m. in Fort Worth, Texas.
Ranked No. 87 in the country, Szumanski will face-off for the second time this season against Alexander Skrypko from SMU. TCU is the host of this year's ITA Men's South Central Regional Tournament. Both Szumanski and Skrypko, including the doubles champions, have earned spots in the Nov. 2-5 ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships hosted by The Ohio State University at the Racquet Club of Columbus.
Szumanski, after receiving a first-round bye, captured consecutive wins over Lamar's Emanuel Oliver, Rice's Tobias Scheil, TCU's Kriegler Brink, Rice's Ralph Knupfer, and Baylor's No. 1 Lars Poerschke in the semifinals, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. Skyrpko defeated Tech's Dimitrio Martinez in the quarterfinals, 7-5, 6-3, and Texas' Milan Mihailovic, 7-5, 6-1, in the finals.
At the Polo/Ralph Lauren ITA All-American Tennis Championships in Tulsa, Okla., Szumanski was one of two Tech players to receive a bid into the singles draw. After suffering a first-round loss to Benjamin Carlotti of UNC, he faced Skrypko in the consolation bracket, losing 6-2, 6-2.
Last week in Midland, Texas, Szumanski won the Racket Club Collegiate Invitational. He 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.
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