Hens Continue Play on Day 2 of ITA Atlantic Regional

Friday, October 20

Lynchburg, Va.

9:00 AM

University of Delaware

ITA Atlantic Regional

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10/21/2017 12:17:00 AM | Men's Tennis

By: Delaware Athletics

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Delaware continued action Friday at the ITA Atlantic Regional, hosted by Liberty University at the Cook Tennis Center and Hershey-Esbenshade Tennis Courts.

The Blue Hens showed success in the doubles bracket as graduate student Dustin Britton (North Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata) and sophomore Curran Verma (Gaithersburg, Md./Laurel Springs) paired for the 8-5 victory over Saint Joseph's Andre Fick and Luis Janko in the Round of 64. The duo will now face Virginia's Ammar Alhogbani and Jefferson Dockter at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Sophomore Laurenz Lankes (Cologne, Germany) and freshman Justice Jones (Laurel, Md./JTCC Academy) also appeared in the doubles bracket, but fell, 8-3, to the second-seeded team of Carlo Donato and Alexandre Ribeiro from Virginia Tech.

Delaware also competed in the singles main draw, but dropped hard-fought contests against players from George Washington, Virginia Tech, Temple and VCU.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

· October 19-23 – ITA Atlantic Regional – Lynchburg, Va.

· Fall season complete.

MEDIA CONTACT: Maggie Hayon, Assistant Athletics Communications Director | mhayon@udel.edu | O: 302-831-6389 | C: 302-379-9182