CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA

Bronco Sports News

For Immediate Release

Thursday, July 17, 2003

Contact: Paul Helms

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Broncos Will Host ITA Summer Tourney

Three-day tennis tournament will begin Saturday at Cal Poly Pomona

 

POMONA ¾ Many of the top NCAA Division I and Division II tennis players in the country will be competing this weekend at Cal Poly Pomona.

      Week 3 of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Collegiate Summer Circuit will be held at the Kellogg Tennis Complex beginning on Saturday morning. The first two rounds of singles competition will be held on Saturday, play will continue on Sunday and championship matches will be held on Monday.

      The tournament is part of a four-week summer circuit that is celebrating its 10th year. More than 13,000 men and women have competed in the tourneys since they began in 1993. The West Region circuit began at the Mission Viejo Country Club in early July and continued last weekend at Ventura. Cal Poly Pomona will host this weekend and the circuit concludes at Pacific Palms in Industry Hills next week.

      The players who receive the most points in the four tournaments will qualify for the ITA National Summer Championships at Indiana University on Aug. 9-13.

      “We’re very excited to be hosting this tournament,” Cal Poly Pomona Head Men’s and Women’s Tennis Coach Sandy Kriezel said. “It’s mostly Division I players who come home for the summer. We have representation from all over the United States.”

      Kriezel, the 2003 NCAA Division II West Region Coach of the Year, and Andy Roland, who completed his collegiate tennis career at Cal Poly Pomona this past spring, are the tournament director this weekend.

      Several top Cal Poly Pomona players are expected to compete. Dehlia Feliz (Jr., San Gabriel, San Gabriel HS), who is expected to be the No. 1 women’s singles player for the Broncos next season, will compete in the women’s draw, while Tristin Edwards (So., Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Cucamonga HS) and David Nguyen (Sr., Los Angeles, Beverly Hills HS) are entered in the men’s bracket. Cal Poly Pomona’s women’s team won the CCAA in 2003 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA playoffs.

      Kevin McQuaid of Santa Clara and Judith DeVera of USC are the top seeds this weekend.

      A complete draw is posted on the Cal Poly Pomona athletic web site at www.csupomona.edu/~athletic.