Emory Men's Tennis Opens Season At ITA Regional Championships

The Emory University men's tennis team will open its 2009 fall season this weekend, as the team competes at the Fall Wilson/ ITA South Atlantic Regional Championship Tournament from Friday, September 25th, until Sunday, September 27th.  The Bruton-Guerry Tennis Center (outdoor), the Charlotte Guerry Indoor Tennis Courts (Fowler Center) and the St. Andrew's Sewanee School courts will be utilized for the event that will feature the top players from Division III schools in the region.

The singles and doubles champions from this weekend's tournament advance to the Oct. 15-18 Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Small College Championships in Mobile, Alabama. 

Emory's Chris Goodwin (Rockville, MD) captured the singles title as a freshman last year and enters the 2009 Regional as the No. 1 seed.  Goodwin also teamed with graduated brother Michael to bring home the doubles crown.  Joining forces with Goodwin in this weekend's doubles action will be sophomore Dillon Pottish (Quogue, NY).  Pottish enters the singles action as the No. 4 seed.  Senior David Caplan (Oakton, VA) holds down the No. 8 seed in the 64-player singles field while junior Colin Egan (Chapel Hill, NC) looks to make another solid run in the Regional after advancing to the singles final in 2008.

Other schools that will have players competing include: Centre, Sewanee, North Carolina Wesleyan, Birmingham-Southern, Methodist, Oglethorpe, Rhodes, Millsaps and Mississippi College.

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