Delaware Wraps Action at ITA Atlantic Regional

Saturday, October 21

Lynchburg, Va.

9:00 AM

University of Delaware

ITA Atlantic Regional

Laurenz and Verma Advance to Joe Hunt Invitational Finals Matches

10/21/2017 9:51:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Delaware Athletics

LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Blue Hens concluded the fall portion of their schedule Saturday with four matches at the ITA Atlantic Regional, hosted by Liberty University at the Cook Tennis Center and Hershey-Esbenshade Tennis Courts.

In the doubles bracket, graduate student Dustin Britton (North Plymouth, Minn./Wayzata) and sophomore Curran Verma (Gaithersburg, Md./Laurel Springs) came up just short to Virginia's Ammar Alhogbani and Jefferson Dockter, 8-6.

Freshman Justice Jones (Laurel, Md./JTCC Academy) nearly pulled out his singles consolation draw matchup against James Madison's Tate Steinour, 4-6, 6-2, 10-5.

Also in the singles consolation draw, Britton fell to Liberty's Diego Castano, 7-6 (2), 6-3 while sophomore Laurenz Lankes (Cologne, Germany) dropped the 6-3, 6-2 match to William & Mary's Michael Chen.

POST-MATCH QUOTES

Pablo Montana

“I'm very pleased with our overall results and we competed hard in every match. We played 14 matches over three days and our guys got better this week.”

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

· Fall season complete.

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