Men’s Tennis heads to ITA Mountain Regional Championships
Doubles Draw
Singles Draw
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The University of New Mexico men’s tennis team makes their way to Provo, Utah, to compete in the 2017 ITA Mountain Regional Championships beginning Wednesday, Oct. 18, through Saturday, Oct. 21.
The tournament is hosted by Brigham Young University and features 128-player draw from teams within the mountain region. The 18 teams competing are Air Force, Boise State, Denver, Idaho, Idaho State, Montana, Montana State, NAU, Nevada, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Northern Colorado, Southern Utah, UNLV, Utah, Utah State, Weber State and host BYU.
Each day of competition is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. MT all four days with the qualifiers earning the opportunity to compete at the 2017 ITA Fall National Intercollegiate Championship that will be held in Palm Desert, Calif., at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
In doubles, New Mexico’s duo of Tim Buttner and Philip Stockmar is scheduled to take on Northern Colorado’s Alex Exsted and Cassell King at 9 a.m. MT on Wednesday, Oct. 18. Ricky Hernandez Tong and Dominic West, ranked second in the doubles draw, received a bye. They will team up to face the winner of the match between Nevada’s Jeremy Merville and Dylan Levittat and BYU’s Artsiom Ausiyevich and Victor Brown at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19.
In singles, Stockmar, ranked 32 in the singles draw, will battle against Utah State’s Valdemar Holm in an 11 a.m. match up. West, the sixth-ranked player in the singles tournament, is set for a 1 p.m. match against the Weber State’s JD Malan. Tim Buttner is ranked 11 in the singles draw and will battle against Idaho State’s Peter Trhac at 2:00 p.m. Third-ranked Ricky Hernandez Tong will face Southern Utah’s Cedric Rupa at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 18.
Be sure and check back for results each day at http://events.universaltennis.com/tournaments/731/
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