Oct. 21, 2009
NORFOLK, Va. -- Old Dominion University will host the 2009 ITA/Wilson Atlantic Regional Collegiate Tennis Championship this week at the Folkes-Stevens Indoor Tennis Center. The Atlantic Regional is one of 12 regional events nationally as players vie for a spot at the ITA National Indoor Championships. Admission to watch some of the country's best tennis will be free of charge throughout the event, scheduled for October 22-26.
ITA WILSON ATLANTIC MEN'S REGIONAL COLLEGIATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
October 22-26 at Folkes-Stevens Indoor Tennis Center on the campus of Old Dominion University (Eight (8) Indoor Courts)
ABOUT THE ITA REGIONAL: This regional tournament has 14 Nationally Ranked Players including Old Dominion's Tobias Fanselow. There are 12 regional tournaments being played at various college campuses. The regional singles and doubles winner will advance to the ITA National Indoor Tournament hosted by Yale in New Haven, CT November 5-8, 2009.
PARTICIPATING PROGRAMS:
Georgetown, George Washington, Howard, James Madison, Longwood, Liberty, Maryland, Maryland Baltimore County, Morgan State, Naval Academy, Norfolk State,Old Dominion University, Penn State, Radford, St. Joes, Temple, Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth, Virginia Tech, and William & Mary
TOURNAMENT WEB SITE:For updates throughout the tournament, check in with odusports.com or head directly to the tournament website when you click here.
MONARCH START TIMES
Thursday, 10:00 am: Kris Muzalewski (ODU) vs. C.J. Griffin (Penn State)
Thursday, 10:30 am: Yakov Diskin (ODU) vs. Tripimir Kujundvic (Virginia Tech)
Thursday, 2:00 pm: Alfredo Rodriquez (ODU) vs. Camill Salomon (Virginia Commonwealth)
Thursday, 2:30 pm: Benjamin Chomette (ODU) vs. Brian Miller (Georgetown)
Thursday, 3:00 pm: Diskin/Muzalewski (ODU) vs. Kujundvic/Pine (Virginia Tech)
Thursday, 5:45 pm: Fanselow/Chomette (ODU) vs. Johnson/Rooda (Virginia)
Friday, TBA: Tobias Fanselow vs. TBA
PARKING
(Lot 10 parking) In front of facility
Off of Hampton Blvd.
Go West on 43rd street (Fire station on left)
Take right onto Parker Avenue (in between baseball stadium and soccer stadium)
Go to the end and the Folkes-Stevens Indoor Tennis Center will be on the left
If the parking lot is full use lot 43
If lot 10 is full(Lot 43 parking) (3-5 minute walk)
Go out of lot 10
Take a right on 43 street
Go to the end and take a right onto Powhatan Avenue
Take first left into lot 43
Park and the outdoor tennis courts are to the left. There is a cross walk where the tennis courts are and a sidewalk to the front of the Folkes-Stevens Indoor Tennis Center.
IMPORTANT PARKING INFO
On Thursday and Friday from 8 am until 5 pm in lot 10 spectators and participants should ONLY park in one of the 26 spots in front of the tennis center that is marked for tennis. During this time please do not park on an F/S spot or any spot that says towing enforced. Other than the above mentioned times it will be OK to park in the F/S sports.
SCHEDULE OF PLAY
Thursday, October 22
9:00 am start match time
7:30 pm estimated completion time
-Round of 128 singles matches (96 draw) (32 singles matches)
-Round of 64 doubles matches (48 draw) (16 doubles matches)
-Round of 32 doubles matches (16 doubles matches)
Friday, October 23
8:00 am start match time
8:30 pm estimated completion time
-Round of 64 singles matches (32 singles matches)
-Round of 32 singles matches (16 singles matches)
-Round of 16 doubles matches (8 doubles matches)
Saturday, October 24
10:00 am start match time
5:00 pm estimated completion time
-Round of 16 singles matches (8 singles matches)
-Round of 8 singles matches (4 matches)
-Round of 8 doubles matches (4 matches)
Sunday, October 25
10:00 am Semifinals of singles (2 singles matches)
1:00 pm Semifinals of doubles (2 doubles matches)
3:00 pm Doubles Finals (1 doubles match)
4:00 pm estimated completion time
Monday, October 26
10:00 am Singles Finals
ATLANTIC PLAYERS IN THE ITA NATIONAL COLLEGIATE RANKINGS
SINGLES
#9 Sanam Singh, Virginia
#14 Michael Shabaz, Virginia
#35 Yoann Re, Virginia Tech
#50 Houston Barrick, Virginia
#56 Lee Singer, Virginia
#61 Keziel Juneau, William & Mary
#81 Patrick Daciek, Virginia Tech
#84 Drew Courtney, Virginia
#88 Thibaut Charron, Virginia Commonwealth
#100 Tobias Fanselow, Old Dominion
#101 Nobuyoshi Tanaka, Longwood
#103 Ivan Salec, Radford
#112 Steven Rooda, Virginia
#125 Luka Somen, Virginia Tech
DOUBLES
#4 Barrick/Singh, Virginia
#17 Shabaz/Jenkins, Virginia
Note: The ITA Wilson Women's Regional tournament is taking place on the campus of Virginia Tech (October 22- 26)
MONARCHS BEST ITA REGIONAL PERFORMANCES
1997 Alexandre Cancado Singles Semifinalist
1998 Johan Varverud Singles Semifinalist
2000 Nataly Cahana Singles Champion
2001 Cahana/Radeljevic Doubles Champion
2003 Nataly Cahana Singles Champion
2002 Izak van der Merwe/Zoltan Csanadi Doubles Champion
2006 Harel Srugo Singles Champion
2006 Henrique Cancado Singles Finalist
2008 Charleen Haarhoff/Nadine Fahoum Doubles Champion
MONARCHS BEST ITA NATIONAL INDOOR PERFORMANCES
2001 Spring Nataly Cahana Singles Quarterfinalist
2001 Fall Nataly Cahana Singles Quarterfinalist
2002 Izak van der Merwe/Zoltan Csanadi Doubles Finalist
2003 Izak van der Merwe/Zoltan Csanadi Doubles Finalist
2004 Izak van der Merwe Singles Semifinalist