Michigan to Host ITA Midwest Regional Championships
10/19/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan will be hosting the 2004 Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Men's Regional Championships Oct. 21-26 at the Varsity Tennis Center. The singles finalists and doubles champion from the event will earn spots in the 2004 ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships, which Michigan will also host Nov. 4-7.
Seniors Josef Fischer (Nuernberg, Germany/Bradenton Academy) and Vinny Gossain (Okemos, Mich./Okemos HS) will compete in the 64-player singles qualifying bracket, which begins Thursday (Oct. 21) at 2 p.m. Fischer and Gossain will vie for eight qualifying spots into the main draw, which starts Saturday (Oct. 23) at 8 a.m.
Senior David Anving (Tvaaker, Sweden/Varbergs Gymnasieskola), sophomores Brian Hung (Hong Kong, China/Sagemont Virtual School), Ryan Heller (Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook North HS) and Steve Peretz (Brooklyn, N.Y./The Dwight School) and freshman Matko Maravic (Zagreb, Croatia/V. Gimnazija) have already secured spots in the 64-player main draw singles bracket.
The Wolverines will field three pairings in the main draw doubles competition. Hung and Heller, Fischer and Maravic, and Peretz and Gossain will begin play following the completion of qualifying singles action on Friday (Oct. 22).
Seventeen 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 2004 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 IcyHot/ITA Men's All-American Championships -- were held earlier this month, and the third event is the 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.
Results will be regularly updated on MGoBlue.com throughout the event. Participating SIDs and interested media members may also have results faxed or e-mailed to them by contacting Michigan Athletic Media Relations at (734) 763-4423. Admission is free of charge.
Contact: Marc Ressler (734) 763-4423
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