Shannon Buck Earns Top Seed at Regional Tournament
10/22/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Oct. 22, 2003
Air Force sophomore Shannon Buck is the top seed at the 2003 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Mountain Region Championships. The tournament begins Wednesday, Oct. 22 at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on the UNLV campus.
Buck, who received a bye in the first round, will face the winner of the match between Marko Blogojovic of UNLV and Seth Banks of Idaho at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 23. Air Force players with matches on Wednesday include senior Justin Mancinelli, juniors Tyler McClung and Chris Dong, sophomore Trevor Johnson and freshman Sky Jensen.
No less than 17 ITA Regional Championships for NCAA Division I men and women are taking place over these last two weekends of October at campuses throughout the country. Both singles finalists and the championship doubles team at each site advance to the 2003 ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships at the University of Michigan on Nov. 6-9.
Wednesday's first round, which gets under way at 8 a.m., will feature 27 singles matches and 12 doubles matches. There will be a consolation draw in singles beginning Thursday to ensure each entrant at least two matches.
The finals are set for Sunday, Oct. 26.
TEAMS SENDING COMPETITORS
Air Force
Boise State
BYU
Colorado
Denver
Idaho
Idaho State
Montana
Montana State
UNLV
New Mexico
New Mexico State
Northern Arizona
Utah
Utah State
Weber State
MAIN DRAW SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY
1st Round Singles
1st Round Doubles
THURSDAY
2nd Round Singles
3rd Round Singles
Semifinals Singles
FRIDAY
Round of 16 Singles
2nd Round Doubles
3rd Round Doubles
SATURDAY
Quarterfinals Singles
Semifinals Singles
Semifinals Doubles
SUNDAY
Singles Championship
Doubles Championship
