Men's Tennis Heads to Wilson/ITA Southeast Regional Championships

Men's Tennis Heads to Wilson/ITA Southeast Regional Championships

Oct. 13, 2004

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Six members of the University of Miami men’s tennis team will head to Memphis, Tenn. to take part in the Wilson/ITA Southeast Regional Championships held Oct. 14-18 at the Racquet Club of Memphis.

The tournament will begin Thursday with the singles qualifying round featuring 32 Division I players vying for eight spots in the main draw slated to begin Friday.

The Hurricanes’ Josh Cohen and Eric Hechtman lead the UM contingent. Cohen – ranked 76th in the nation in singles – is the No. 12 overall seed while 78th-ranked Hechtman drew the 14th seed.

Miami’s Tim Krebs, Ryan Waits and Vivek Subramanian also automatically qualified for the main draw while Neil Sehgal will take on Andrew Olswing of Memphis in Thursday’s qualifying round.

In doubles, the 59th-ranked tandem of Cohen and Hechtman will play as the No. 9 seed joined by teammates Subramanian and Waits.

For up-to-date results and new, please visit hurricanesports.com.

Complete Day One Schedule for Wilson/ITA Southeast RegionalThursday, Oct. 14thHosted by the University of Memphis at The Racquet Club of Memphis

First Round

9:00 a.m.
Tommy Ostenson (Southern Miss) vs. Oltion Mollaymeri (UT-Martin), Mollaymeri replaces Sundh from KentuckyJosh Irey (Mississippi State) vs. Kevin Dessauer (LSU)
Marten Tamla (Memphis) vs. Jordie Kindervater (Alabama)
Frank Green (Florida A&M) vs. Daniel Balog (Georgia State)
Taylor Striplin (Alabama) vs. Michele Panzeri (Tennessee Tech)
Scott Felsenthal (Memphis) vs. Dirk Prinsloo (UT-Martin)

10:00 a.m.
Florent Girod (Mississippi State) vs. Jonathan Howard (LSU)

10:15 a.m.
Yuri Pompeu (Murray State) vs. Matt Allinder (Kentucky)
Andrew Felsenthal (Alabama) Olivier Nussbaum (Southeast Louisiana)

10:30 a.m.
Mark Finnegan (Memphis) vs. Robert Van Swelm (Troy)
Jon Brown (Austin Peay) vs. Arnaud Roussel (Mississippi State)

10:45 a.m.
David Donaldson (Ole Miss) vs. Jason Mallaiah (Kentucky)

11:30 a.m.
Danny McGuire (UT-Martin) vs. Jordan Jones (Mississippi State)

11:45 a.m.
Magdy El-Midawy (Tulane) vs. Alex Jago (Memphis)

12:00 p.m.
John Thornton (Tennessee) vs. Reid Bourgeois (Southern Miss)
Neil Sehgal (Miami) vs. Andrew Olswing (Memphis), Olswing replaces Allan from MTSU