Gators Set to Compete in Saint Francis Health Care System ITA Men’s All-American Championships
Saturday, October 3, 2015 | Men's Tennis
The University of Florida men's tennis team is off to the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Okla. to compete in the Saint Francis Health Care System ITA Men's All-American Championships. 2015 is the 11th consecutive year that the University of Tulsa will serve as the host site for one of the ITA's national championships of the fall season.
Nine Gators will be competing over the course of two weeks in what is the first leg of the collegiate grand slam. The nation's top Division I tennis players will all gather in Tulsa for a tournament that is the who's who of college tennis.
The singles pre-qualifying rounds are slated to begin on Saturday morning with four Gators competing. Freshman Alfredo Perez drew Valparaiso's Garrett Gardner. Jordan Belga will compete against Tom Hands of Drake. Redshirt sophomore Josh Wardell is set to play Tulsa's Chase Gordon in the round of 252. McClain Kessler will compete against Ricardo Pabon of East Tennessee State. The Gator teammates will have to work through four rounds of pre-qualifying singles to reach the qualifying round that is scheduled to begin on Monday, October 5.
Gators Selected for the All-American Championships
· Diego Hidalgo received an automatic berth into the singles main draw
· Chase Perez-Blanco, Elliott Orkin, Gordon Watson and Maxx Lipman earned entries into the singles qualifying draw
· Perez, Belga, Wardell and Kessler earned spots in the singles pre-qualifying draw
· In doubles, the pairings of Hidalgo and Watson and Orkin and Lipman received automatic berths into the doubles main draw
About the Saint Francis Health Care System ITA Men's All-American Championships
The Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Okla. will serve as the host site for the 2015 Men's ITA All-American Championships. For the 11th straight year, the University of Tulsa will serve as the official tournament host. The tournament encompasses three rounds of competition with singles and doubles pre-qualifying matches beginning on Saturday, October 3. Qualifying matches are slated to begin on Monday, October 5 and main draw action is scheduled to start on Thursday, October 8 and run through Monday, October 12.
What's at Stake
Singles quarterfinalists, doubles finalists and consolation champions will receive an automatic entry into the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships on Nov. 12-15, head at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York.
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