Members of the Francis Marion University men's and women's tennis teams have been selected to participate in the ITA Southeast Regional Tennis Tournament, Friday through Monday (Sept. 23-26) at the Palmetto Tennis Center in Sumter.
In men's action, junior
Liam Day and sophomores
Harri Lloyd-Evans and
Martin Barbera will compete in singles play, while two FMU doubles teams will participate:Â Day and junior
Leonel Gonzalez and the duo of Lloyd-Evans and Barbera.
In Friday's singles draw, Lloyd-Evans will face Cedric Holzmann of Flagler College at 9:30 a.m. and Barbera will face Edis Nokic of Wingate University at 10 a.m. Day earned a first-round bye and will play his first match on Friday at 3 p.m.
In Friday's doubles draw, Lloyd-Evans and Barbera will play Samuel Winter and Thibeault Decaluwe of Coker University at 8 a.m., while Day and Gonzalez will play Julian Kenzlers and Juan Sengariz of Anderson University also at 8 a.m.
In women's singles, FMU senior
Gabriel Karatantcheva and freshman
Chelsea Seidewitz will compete. The doubles team of junior
Julie Martincova and sophomore
Kim Venghaus will participate in the 32-team draw.
In Friday's doubles draw, Martincova and Venghaus will battle Sofia Shing and Chiara Santoro of Georgia College & State University at 8 a.m., while in Friday's singles action, Seidewitz will face Lisa Voloshyna of the University of Mount Olive at 11:30 a.m. and Karatantcheva will play Katie Robeson of Anderson at 1 p.m.
Further bracket play for doubles will include the round of 32 on Saturday beginning at 8 a.m., the round of 16 on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m., quarterfinals on Sunday at 9 a.m., semifinals on Sunday at 11 a.m., and the championship matches on Monday at 9 a.m.
Further bracket play for singles will include the round of 64 on Friday beginning at 1:30 p.m., the round of 32 on Saturday beginning at 2:30 p.m., the round of 16 on Sunday at noon, quarterfinals on Sunday at 3 p.m., semifinals on Monday at 10:30 a.m., and the championships on Monday at 1:30 p.m.
Winners at the regional advance to the ITA Cup to be held later this fall in Rome, Ga.
