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ITA All-American
Men's Tennis Doubles Team Defeated at ITA All-American
Friday, October 10, 2008 | Men's Tennis
The University of Florida men's tennis doubles team of Jeff Dadamo and Tyler Hochwalt was defeated Thursday in their first appearance at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla.
Dadamo and Hochwalt, who are ranked 22nd nationally, dropped an 8-3 decision to North Carolina's 16th-ranked Clay Donato and Taylor Fogleman in the opening round of the main doubles draw. With the loss, the Gator duo will play in the consolation doubles draw tomorrow against Oklahoma State's tenth-ranked Nathan Byrnes and Oleksandr Nedovyesov,
The D'Novo All-American Tennis Championships entailed five days of qualifying events, which began with a 256-player pre-qualifying singles tournament (Oct. 3-5). The pre-qualifying fed into the 128-player and 64-doubles team qualifying tournaments (Oct. 6-8), which then fed into the 64-player, 32-doubles team main draws on Oct. 9-12.
The ITA All-America Championships are the first of three national championship events during the 2008-09 collegiate tennis season. The other two are the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships in November and the season-ending NCAA Championships in May.
2008 D'Novo/ITA Men's All-American Championships
Doubles Main Draw
(16) Clay Donato/Taylor Fogleman (North Carolina) def. Tyler Hochwalt/Jeff Dadamo (UF), 8-3
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