Men's tennis team ready for ITA Cup regional tournament

The Eastern Florida State College men's tennis team will compete in the ITA Men's JUCO Cup regionals in Tifton, Georgia this weekend.

The Titans are coming off a solid performance at the Embry Riddle Open and will now compete in one of six regional championships across the nation for a berth into the ITA Cup tournament which will be held in Rome, Georgia Oct. 14-17.

The champions in both singles and doubles in the regionals this weekend will get an automatic bid with the runner-ups eligible for an at-large selection.

Lucas Gonzalez comes into the regional tournament as the No. 3 seed and has a bye in the first round. His first match will be against Alex Rainer of Wallace State at 2 p.m. on Friday.

Jaewoo Choi will open the tournament against Muntingh Hamman at 1 p.m. on Friday while teammate Corentin Venot will also open at 1 p.m. against Massimo Caliendo.

Lluc Pasqual Camps also has a bye in the first round and will play at 3:30 p.m. Friday.

In doubles, the team of Gonzalez and Santino Morel Reider are the No. 2 seed and have a bye in the first round. The team will open the tournament Saturday at 9 a.m.

The duo of Camps and Choi are the No. 5 seed and have a bye in the first round. They will open the tournament at 9 a.m. Saturday.

In 2019 more than 8,000 players took part in a total of 60 regional tournaments between NCAA Division II, Division III, NAIA and Junior College players.