Quartet of Hurricanes Selected for Elite Fall Tournament
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – A quartet of University of Miami men’s tennis student-athletes have been named to the 2018 Saint Francis Health System/ITA Men’s All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla.
Sophomore Adria Soriano-Barrera was one of 46 national picks and 10 ACC selections for the Saint Francis Health System/ITA Men’s All-American Championships main draw.
Soriano wrapped up his freshman campaign ranked No. 77 in the country, the best mark by a Miami freshman since 2002. A Second Team All-ACC pick, the Barcelona, Spain, native went 13-8 in dual matches, including notching a 9-5 mark at the No. 2 spot.
Joining Soriano in Tulsa, sophomore Bojan Jankulovski will compete in the Saint Francis Health System/ITA Men’s All-American Championships qualifying draw for the second straight season. Last year, the native defeated No. 92 Joseph Dodridge of Wisconsin in his opening match, before falling to Mississippi State’s Niclas Braun.
Last spring, Jankulovski led the Canes with a 20-6 record, including a team-best 9-2 mark in ACC action. Playing in the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 spots, the lefty was responsible for clinching a pair of Hurricanes’ victories over top-25 teams, grabbing the decisive victories against No. 23 NC State and No. 22 Duke.
Redshirt junior Dane Dunlap and junior Stephen Madonia were selected to the Saint Francis Health System/ITA Men’s All-American Championships pre-qualifying draw.
Dunlap wrapped up the spring season with 12 victories, mostly playing at the No. 3 and 4 spot. Madonia enters his first season with the Hurricanes after transferring from the University of Florida. Competing at the 2017 ITA All-American Championships, the junior wrapped up the tournament with a 2-2 mark.
In the doubles qualifier, Soriano and Madonia are set to team-up.
The University of Tulsa is hosting the Saint Francis Health System ITA Men’s All-American Championship for the 13th straight season, with matches taking place on the courts of the Michael D. Case Tennis Center. Pre-qualifying singles and doubles will be held Sept. 29-30, with Qualifying singles and doubles being held Oct. 1-2 and main draw matches transpiring between Oct. 4-8.
In addition to vying for the All-American national title, players will be competing to secure a berth into the 2017 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships, which takes place November 1-5, in Palm Desert, Calif. Singles quarterfinalists and consolation singles champion finalists, along with doubles semifinalists and consolation doubles finalists earn a trip to the Golden State.
A player from the ACC has won the Saint Francis ITA Men’s All-American Singles Championship in each of the past eight years. William Blumberg of North Carolina won the 2017 event.
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