SALT LAKE CITY – After a week to prepare, the University of Utah men's tennis team will compete in the ITA Mountain Regional, Oct. 19-23 at the Darling Tennis Center in Las Vegas. Winners of the regional will advance to the 2016 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., November 3-6, 2016.
David Micevski paces the Utah contingent in singles play as he is seeded No. 2 overall.Â
Parker McGuiness (No. 11) and
Slava Shainyan (No. 15) are slotted in the 9-16 seed grouping whileÂ
Joe Woolley (No. 18),
Santiago Sierra (No. 19) andÂ
Egbert Weverink (No. 21)Â are in the 17-32 seed grouping.
Benjamin Heck,
Dan Little and
Azat Hankuliyev round out the Utah contingent.
In the doubles bracket,
Dan Little and Shainyan are the No. 3 seed while the Utah duos of McGuiness/Micevski (No. 11) and Weverink/Woolley (No. 14) are in the 9-16 seed grouping. Hankuliyev and Sierra are the fourth and final pairing in action for the Utes.
Schedule of Events
Singles
Joe Woolley vs. Guilherme Scarpelli of Idaho at 10:30 a.m.
Benjamin Heck vs. No. 26 Sammy Serrano of Utah State at 11:30 a.m.
Dan Little vs. Jesse Ruder Hook of Denver at 12 p.m.
Azat Hankuliyev vs. Dillon Launius of Air Force at 12 p.m.
Egbert Weverink vs. William Edin of Idaho State at 1:30 p.m.
Santiago Sierra vs. David Mottice of Air Force at 2 p.m.
Parker McGuiness vs. TBA at 3 p.m.
Slava Shainyan vs. TBA at 5 p.m.
David Micevski vs. TBA at 5 p.m.
Doubles
Parker McGuiness/David Micevksi vs. Harun Ajanovic/Adi Zilberstein of Northern Arizona at 9 a.m.
Azat Hankuliyev/
Santiago Sierra vs. Mile Cilic/Sandro Lena of Nevada at 9 a.m.Â
Egbert Weverink/
Joe Woolley vs. Lucas Coutinho/Esteban Santibanez of Idaho at 9 a.m.
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