Men's Tennis Heads to ITA Regionals

Thursday, October 18

Blacksburg, Va.

George Washington University

ITA Regionals

10/17/2018 3:04:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Colonials look to build off strong weekend at Navy

Tournament Central

WASHINGTON - GW men's tennis is back in action for the second straight weekend, traveling to Blacksburg, Va. to take part in the ITA Atlantic Regional Championship. The qualifying draw begins Thursday with the main draw starting Friday and lasting through Monday.

LAST TIME OUT: GW had three first-years claim flight titles at the Navy Blue Invite, headlined by Zicheng Zeng winning the "A" flight title. The first-year has advanced to the final of his flight in his first two competitions. Additionally, Lawrence Sciglitano and Will Peden were crowned champions of the "E" and "G" flights.

TOURNAMENT FORMAT: The regional competition will feature five days of competition beginning on Thursday with the first and second round of qualifying singles. The full schedule is as follows:

Thursday: First and second round of qualifying singles
Friday: Singles Round of 128 / Doubles first three rounds
Saturday: Singles Round of 64 and 32 / Doubles Quarterfinals
Sunday: Singles Round of 16 and Quarterfinals / Doubles Semifinals
Monday: Singles Finals / Doubles Finals

ACROSS THE NET: The Atlantic region consists of schools from Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.. GW and the host, Virginia Tech, will be joined by representatives from Delaware, Duquesne, George Mason, Georgetown, Hampton, Howard, James Madison, Liberty, Longwood, Mount St. Mary's, Navy, Old Dominion, Penn State, Radford, Richmond, Saint Joseph's, Temple, VCU, Villanova, Virginia, and William & Mary.

SINGLING THEM OUT: GW will place four first-years in the main draw with Ben Barnett, Hanyu Liu, Ryan Navarro, and Ziching Zeng joined by junior captain Jakub Behun. Dennis Afanasev, Michael Barsky, Will Peden, and Lawrence Sciglitano will compete in the qualifying draw to earn a spot in the main draw.

DOUBLING UP: The Colonials will sport four duos in the main draw: Sciglitano and Behun, Zeng and Barnett, Navarro and Liu, and Afanasev and Peden.