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Mark Selders

Men’s Tennis Headed for ITA Atlantic Regional Championship

University Park, Pa. – Penn State men's tennis will travel to Charlottesville, Va. for the second time this fall to compete in the ITA Atlantic Regional Championships, Oct. 17-21. The team will travel seven individual singles players as well as three doubles pairs to compete. 

The Nittany Lions enter the tournament as the second-ranked team overall with UVA, Virginia Tech, Old Dominion and VCU rounding out the top-five. 

Last fall the Blue and White made history at the tournament with the pair of Gabriel Nemeth and Constant De La Bassetiere winning the doubles draw for this first time in program history. The duo then secured their place at the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships, where they won the doubles backdraw. 

"We are looking forward to finally getting the guys out of Happy Valley and on the court competing," associate head coach Paul Tobin said. "It's hard to stay motivated this time of the year unless we are out there competing. It's important that these guys show us their game, they have been working hard."

SCHEDULE OF PLAY

Oct. 17
Singles round of 256 & 128

Oct. 18
Singles round of 64 & singles consolation for first-match losers
Doubles rounds of 64 & 32

Oct. 19
Singles round of 32 & 16
Doubles round of 16

Oct. 20
Singles Quarterfinals
Doubles Quarterfinals & Semifinals 

Oct. 21
Singles Semifinals & Finals
Doubles Finals 

There will be no live scoring or live video at the tournament so be sure to follow @pennstateMTEN on twitter for updates. 

Keep up with the Penn State men's tennis team at GoPSUsports.com. For continued updates throughout the year, make sure to `like' our Facebook page at Penn State Men's Tennis and follow our twitter @pennstateMTEN.