May 4, 2006
INDIANAPOLIS (SMU/NCAA) - The NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Subcommittee has selected the 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams that will compete in the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships. Senior Peter Oredsson and sophomore Alex Skrypko have both been selected for singles competition.
The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 24-29 at the Taube Tennis Center in Stanford, California, following the conclusion of the team championship (May 20-23).
The subcommittee has also announced the seedings for the singles and doubles competition. The seeds are based upon competition between September 7, 2005 and April 30, 2006.
The selection of teams and individuals for the NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships is based on the prescribed criteria listed in the championships handbook and approved by the Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet.
Automatic qualification into the Division I singles championships will be awarded to any conference with one or more singles players ranked in the ITA Top 125 for singles. For conferences with more than one singles player within the ITA Top 125, the subcommittee will apply the NCAA selection criteria to determine which student-athlete is the automatic qualifier from those conferences.
SINGLES
Seeds 1-8
1. Benjamin Kohlloeffel UCLA2. John Isner Georgia3. Luigi D'Agord Miami (Florida)4. Lars Poerschke Baylor5. Ludovic Walter Duke6. Conor Niland California7. Arnau Brugues Tulsa8. Travis Helgeson Texas
Seeds 9-16, listed alphabetically by last nameMatt Bruch StanfordDaniel Byrnes Oklahoma StateRyler DeHeart IllinoisSomdev Devvarman VirginiaScott Doerner PepperdineArnaud Lecloerec Virginia CommonwealthRaian Luchici North CarolinaJerry Makowski Texas A&M
Automatic Qualifiers (listed by conference)Atlantic Sun Marcus Echtler StetsonAtlantic 10 Roy Sichel CharlotteBig East Stephen Bass Notre DameBig West Arnar Sigurdsson PacificBig Sky Federico Ueltschi Montana StateBig South Martin Sayer RadfordIvy Brandon Wai YaleMAC Matt Baccarani Ball StateMountain West Andrei Mlendea TCUSouthland Raul Morant-Rivas Texas A&M-Corpus ChristiSun Belt Andreas Siljestrom Middle TennesseeWAC Luke Shields Boise State
At-Large Singles Players (listed alphabetically by last name)Ytai Abougzir Florida StateKevin Anderson IllinoisCallum Beale TexasDirk Britzen South FloridaJakub Cech Fresno StateEric Claesson MississippiKC Corkery StanfordLuis Flores GeorgiaRoger Gubser TexasAlex Hume KentuckyMichal Kokta BaylorBryan Koniecko Ohio StateMatko Maravic MichiganRoger Matalonga ArizonaEric Molnar ColoradoVladimir Obradovic FloridaPeter Oredsson SMUGreg Ouellette FloridaSheeva Parbhu Notre DameTodd Paul Wake ForestRyan Preston VanderbiltAdrian Prpic Texas TechArvid Puranen Virginia TechSlavko Radman LouisvilleClement Reix ClemsonPedro Rico PepperdineRylan Rizza VirginiaRobert Searle RiceKen Skupski LSUAlex Skrypko SMUAlex Slovic WashingtonHarel Srugo Old DominionJonathan Stokke DukeErling Tveit MississippiPierrick Ysern San DiegoAdrians Zguns Arkansas
Alternates1. D.J. Geatz Minnesota2. Strahinja Bobusic Georgia3. Joseph Jung Alabama4. Frederico Soriano Tulsa5. Treat Huey Virginia6. Matic Omerzel Georgia7. Matija Zgaga Baylor8. James Wan Stanford
