PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team takes their talents to Princeton, N.J. this weekend to take part in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Northeast Regional Tournament. The tournament will take place from October 16 to October 21 and include programs from across the Northeast region such as Drexel, Monmouth, Hofstra, Temple, Columbia, Penn State, and Fordham among others. Click the link below for more information!
ITA Northeast Regional Information
Quaker Notemeal
* Senior
Manfredi Graziani and junior
Aaron Sandler will once again team up for the doubles portion, entering the tournament as a two seed. The pair will look to build off their appearance at the ITA All-American Championships, where they went on one of the best runs in program history en route to a consolation bracket championship.
* Senior
Matthew Rutter and freshman
Nischal Spurling come in as the other seeded duo for the Quakers. Despite not having played together in competition yet, both Rutter and Spurling have had great doubles success on their respective teams thus far.
* The Quakers have four, seeded, singles players. The aforementioned Graziani and Sandler come in as a six seed and eight seed, while sophomore
Shaurya Bharadwaj and junior
Luka Butera enter at nine and 14 seeds, respectively.
* Freshmen Spurling,
Vojtech Vales, and
Adam Bain, along with sophomores
Justin Chung and
Sanjeev Chundu will be opening Penn's weekend in the qualifying singles round.
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