Baylor MT Readies for ITA All-American Championships

[Hutton, Josie]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Sept. 20, 2024

Baylor MT Readies for ITA All-American Championships
Six Bears look to earn qualifier spots for NCAA Fall Individual Championships
For more information contact: Josie Hutton; 254-709-7720, josie_hutton at baylor.edu<mailto:josie_hutton at baylor.edu>


Tournament Hub<https://wearecollegetennis.com/ita-mens-all-american-championships/>



TULSA, Okla. – Baylor men's tennis will take its annual fall trip to Oklahoma for the 2024 ITA All-American Championships at the Case Tennis Center. Play opens Saturday morning with the pre-qualifying draw and runs through Sunday, Sept. 29, when All-American Champions will be crowned in singles and doubles.



The 2024 ITA Men’s All-American Championships will have a draw size of the following, Singles: Pre-Qualifying (128), Qualifying (64), Main Draw (64) and Doubles: Pre-Qualifying (32), Qualifying (32), Main Draw (32). From this, ten singles players will qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship (eight main draw quarterfinalists & two feed-in consolation finalists). Meanwhile, four doubles teams will qualify for the NCAA Doubles Championship through the All-American Championships (four main draw semifinalists).



Four Bears will play in the singles pre-qualifying stages. Luc Koenig, Louis Bowden, Oskar Brostrom Poulsen and Marko Miladinovic will hit the courts beginning Saturday, Sept. 21, in the round of 128 to contend for a spot in the qualifying bracket. Additionally, doubles partners Koenig/Bowden will also begin play in the pre-qualifying stage for doubles.



After two days of pre-qualifying, the top 16 players will move on to play in the qualifying draw that begins Monday, Sept. 23. Both Devin Badenhorst and Zsombor Velcz have earned their spot and will start in the 64-player qualifying draw singles draw. For doubles, the duo of Badenhorst/Velcz also will begin competition in the qualifying draw.



Following two more days of competition, the 16 remaining competitors from qualifiers play in the main draw starting Wednesday, Sept. 25.



In doubles, Brostrom Poulsen and Miladinovic have already punched their ticket into the main draw with wild cards. The pair earned their spot by conquering the doubles ITA National Summer Championships in August.<https://baylorbears.com/news/2024/8/13/mens-tennis-mt-duo-wins-ita-doubles-national-summer-championships.aspx>



Cracked Rackets will provide a commentated live stream of the matches once main draw play begins on Sept. 25. The streams are available on the Intercollegiate Tennis Association YouTube page<https://www.youtube.com/@WeAreCollegeTennis>. For the prequalifying and qualifying draws, tune in through the track tennis cameras found here<https://web.track.tennis/#/@8e877ccb-f14f-478c-a634-dc5c799a21e2/@8e877ccb-f14f-478c-a634-dc5c799a21e2/evt-hpzT2G4KgOk>. Live-scoring and real-time bracket updates will be available on the ITA website<https://wearecollegetennis.com/ita-mens-all-american-championships/>.



SCHEDULE OF PLAY

PRE-QUALIFYING – Case Tennis Center @ University of Tulsa, Case Tennis Center @ LaFortune Park

Saturday, Sept. 21 – Singles R128, Doubles R32

Sunday, Sept. 22 – Singles R64, Singles Cons R64, Singles R32, Doubles R16, Doubles Cons R16



QUALIFYING – Case Tennis Center @ University of Tulsa

Monday, Sept. 23 – Singles R64, Doubles R32

Tuesday, Sept. 24 – Singles R32, Singles Cons R32, Doubles R16, Doubles Cons R16



MAIN DRAW – Case Tennis Center @ University of Tulsa

Wednesday, Sept. 25 – Singles R64, Doubles R32

Thursday, Sept. 26 – Singes R32, Singles Cons R32a, Doubles R16, Doubles Cons R16

Friday, Sept. 27 – Singles R16, Singles QF, Singles Cons R32b, Singles Cons R16a, Doubles QF, Doubles Cons QF

Saturday, Sept. 28 – Singles SF, Singles Cons R16b, Singles Cons QF, Doubles SF, Doubles Cons SF

Sunday, Sept. 29 – Singles F, Singles Cons SF, Doubles F, Doubles Cons F



For the latest on Baylor Men’s Tennis, follow its official Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts: @BaylorMTennis.



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Josie Hutton | Associate Director of Athletics Communications (FB, T&F/XC, MTEN)
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: (254) 709-7720

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