Friday, October 22
Malibu, Calif.
9:00 AM
UC Irvine
vs
ITA Southwest Regional Championships
'Eaters Head to Malibu for ITA Southwest Regional
October 20, 2021 | Men's Tennis
at ITA Southwest Regional Championships
Dates:Β Oct. 22-26 (Friday-Tuesday)
Location:Β Pepperdine - Malibu, Calif.
Tournament Central
IRVINE, Calif. - The UC Irvine men's tennis team is back in action this weekend, making the trip to Malibu for the ITA Southwest Regional Championships, Oct. 22-26.
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Eight Anteaters are entered in both the singles and doubles draws. Leading the way is second-seeded Emmanuel Coste. Coste, a graduate transfer who was 63rd in the ITA preseason national rankings, opened the 2021 fall season two weeks ago at the ITA All-American Championships. He won his first two matches to advance to the Round of 32 in the qualifying draw before falling to No. 106 Henry Schulenburg of Harvard.
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Fellow graduate transfer Riccardo Roberto also competed at the ITA All-American Championships, going 1-1 in the pre-qualifying singles draw. As a pair, Coste and Roberto came in at No. 53 in the preseason doubles rankings.
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Four 'Eaters kicked off the 2021-22 campaign at the Hagedorn Hidden Dual in San Diego, Oct. 1-3. Junior Matthew Sah paced the UCI contingent, going 3-0 in singles as he defeated his opponents from Kennesaw State, Denver and the University of San Diego. Junior Ali Amiri added a singles victory against Mattia Ros of Denver.
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In doubles, Sah and sophomore Thomas Smart finished with a 2-1 record, while senior Mike Mkrtchian and Amiri went 1-2. Mkrtchian is coming off his best collegiate season after tying for the team lead with nine dual-match singles victories last year. He closed out the regular season on a seven-match win streak, and finished Big West play with a perfect 6-0 record.
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True freshmen Rithvik Krishna and Noah Zamora are slated to make their collegiate debuts at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships. Zamora is a blue chip recruit from St. Augustine High School. He was named the 2021 CIF-San Diego Section Player of the Year and was also the recipient of the prestigious USTA Southern California Evelyn Houseman Lifetime Junior Sportsmanship Award.
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Krishna, a local product out of Irvine, is a five-star recruit who helped University High School win the 2019 CIF-Southern Section Open Division Championship.
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UP NEXT
UC Irvine will conclude its fall tournament season at the LMU Invitational, Nov. 12-14.
Dates:Β Oct. 22-26 (Friday-Tuesday)
Location:Β Pepperdine - Malibu, Calif.
Tournament Central
IRVINE, Calif. - The UC Irvine men's tennis team is back in action this weekend, making the trip to Malibu for the ITA Southwest Regional Championships, Oct. 22-26.
Β
Eight Anteaters are entered in both the singles and doubles draws. Leading the way is second-seeded Emmanuel Coste. Coste, a graduate transfer who was 63rd in the ITA preseason national rankings, opened the 2021 fall season two weeks ago at the ITA All-American Championships. He won his first two matches to advance to the Round of 32 in the qualifying draw before falling to No. 106 Henry Schulenburg of Harvard.
Β
Fellow graduate transfer Riccardo Roberto also competed at the ITA All-American Championships, going 1-1 in the pre-qualifying singles draw. As a pair, Coste and Roberto came in at No. 53 in the preseason doubles rankings.
Β
Four 'Eaters kicked off the 2021-22 campaign at the Hagedorn Hidden Dual in San Diego, Oct. 1-3. Junior Matthew Sah paced the UCI contingent, going 3-0 in singles as he defeated his opponents from Kennesaw State, Denver and the University of San Diego. Junior Ali Amiri added a singles victory against Mattia Ros of Denver.
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In doubles, Sah and sophomore Thomas Smart finished with a 2-1 record, while senior Mike Mkrtchian and Amiri went 1-2. Mkrtchian is coming off his best collegiate season after tying for the team lead with nine dual-match singles victories last year. He closed out the regular season on a seven-match win streak, and finished Big West play with a perfect 6-0 record.
Β
True freshmen Rithvik Krishna and Noah Zamora are slated to make their collegiate debuts at the ITA Southwest Regional Championships. Zamora is a blue chip recruit from St. Augustine High School. He was named the 2021 CIF-San Diego Section Player of the Year and was also the recipient of the prestigious USTA Southern California Evelyn Houseman Lifetime Junior Sportsmanship Award.
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Krishna, a local product out of Irvine, is a five-star recruit who helped University High School win the 2019 CIF-Southern Section Open Division Championship.
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UP NEXT
UC Irvine will conclude its fall tournament season at the LMU Invitational, Nov. 12-14.
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