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#9 Georgia Set For Rematch #8 Wake Forest in The First Round of The ITA Indoors

February 17, 2022 | Men's Tennis

2022 ITA MEN'S INDOOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Date: February 18-21, 2022
Time: All-day
Location: Seattle, Wash.
Site: Nordstrom Tennis Center & Seattle Tennis Club
 
MEDIA INFORMATION
Season Stats: https://gado.gs/8bg
Tournament Central: https://gado.gs/8gw
Live Stream: Link on tournament page
Media Guide: https://gado.gs/8bi
 
Social Media
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QUICK HITS
The Bulldogs 
Trent Bryde, Blake Croyder, Mathis Debru, Erik Grevelius, Philip Henning, Britton Johnston, Tristan McCormick, Thomas Paulsell, Miguel Perez Peña, Hamish Stewart and Ethan Quinn make up the roster for the Georgia Bulldogs for the 2021-22 season. 
 
Several Georgia men's tennis players were featured in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Ranking that was released Wednesday, February 9.
 
Five Bulldogs appear in the singles rankings and two pairs in the doubles rankings. Graduate transfer Stewart leads the pack and earns a career-high ranking at No.19. Four-time ITA All-American and senior Trent Bryde takes the No.23 spot, 2020 ITA All-American rings in at No.25, graduate transfer Tristan McCormick comes in at No.101 and senior Blake Croyder with a career milestone in his highest singles ranking at No.104.
 
For doubles, Henning and Stewart jump seven spots to No.42, Bryde and Henning are ranked No.50 and McCormick and Stewart reappear in the rankings at No.54.
 
The Field
Georgia will compete against a field that features players from Baylor, Florida, Kentucky, Ohio State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, USC, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas, TCU, Virginia, Wake Forest and Washington(host school).
 
The Stakes 
The 16 teams will compete in a single elimination draw for the 47th annual 2022 ITA National Men's Indoor Championship. The Bulldogs own two National Indoor Titles (2006 and 2007) and have seven appearances in the final match (1982,1994,1995,1995, 2006, 2007 and 2009). 
 
THE SCHEDULE
Friday: 
Match 6 – #8 Wake Forest vs #9 Georgia at 6:30 p.m. ET  
 
Saturday: 
Match 11 – Match 6 Winner vs Match 8 Winner (#1 Ohio State or #16 Washington) at 6:30 p.m. ET
Match 16 – Match 6 Loser vs Match 8 Loser (#1 Ohio State or #16 Washington) at 9:30 p.m. ET
 
Sunday:
Match 17 – Match 11 Winner vs Match 9 Winner at 3:00 p.m. ET
Match 19 – Match 11 Loser vs Match 9 at 12 p.m. ET
Match 22 – Match 16 Loser vs Match 14 Loser at either 6:30 p.m. or 9:30 p.m.ET
Match 23 – Match 16 Winner vs Match 14 Winner at either 6:30 p.m. or 9:30 p.m. M ET
 
Monday:
Championship – Match 17 Winner vs Match 18 Winner at 3:00 p.m. ET
 
SCOUTING THE FIELD
No. 1 Ohio State (Big 10): No.6 Matej Vocel, No.11 JJ Tracy, No.16 Cannon Kingsley, No.36 James Trotter, No.1 Rober Cash/Matej Vocel and No.2 Justin Boulais/James Trotter.
 
No. 2 Baylor (Big 12): No.39 Tadeas Paroulek, No. 123 Sven Lah and No.12 Jake Finn Bass/ Sven Lah. 
 
No. 3 Tennessee (SEC): No.10 Johannus Monday, No.21 Adam Walton, No.78 Mark Wallner, No.100 Emile Hudd, No.114 Shunsuke Mitsui and No.13 Emile Hudd/Shunsuke Mitsui.
 
No. 4 Florida (SEC): No.3 Ben Shelton, No.33 Mattias Siimar, No.92 Sam Riffice, No. 121 Nate Bonetto, No.17 Abedallah Shelbayh/Mattias Siimar, No.44 Andres Andrade/Mattias Siimar and No.58 Andres Andrade/Duarte Vale. 
 
No. 5 TCU (Big 12): No.15 Juan Carlos Aguilar, No.44 Luc Fomba, No.52 Jacob Fearnley, No.69 Lui Maxted, No.109 Alexander Jong, No.4 Lui Maxted/Pedro Vives Marcos and No.24 Alexander Jong/Lui Maxted.
 
No. 6 Stanford (Pac 12): No.1 Arthur Fery, No.38 Alexandre Rotsaert, No.49 Max Basing, No.74 Axel Geller, No.108 Aryan Chaudhary, No.6 Arthur Fery/Alexandre Rotseart and No.53 Max Basing/Timothy Sah.
 
No. 7 Kentucky (SEC): No.5 Gabriel Diallo, No.37 Joshua Lapadat and No.22 Joshua Lapadat/ JJ Mercer.
 
No. 8 Wake Forest (ACC): No.35 Filippo Moroni, No.51 Melios Efstathiou, No.71 Eduardo Nava, No.99 Jurabek Karimov, No.119 Taha Baadi, No.124 Robert Maciag, No.19 Ben Draper/Robert Maciag, and No.20 Siddhant Banthia/Jakob Schnaitter.
 
No. 9 Georgia (SEC): No.19 Hamish Stewart, No.23 Trent Bryde, No.25 Philip Henning, No.101 Tristan McCormick, No.104 Blake Croyder, No. 42 Philip Henning/Hamish Stewart, No.50 Trent Bryde/Philip Henning and No.54 Tristan McCormick/Hamish Stewart.
 
No. 10 USC (Pac 12): No.4 Stefan Dostanic, No.46 Peter Makk, No.59 Lodewijk Weststrate, No.3 Stefan Dostanic/Bradley Frye and No.23 Stefan Dostanic/Samuel Rubell.
 
No. 11 South Carolina (SEC): No.14 Daniel Rodrigues, No.97 Connor Thomson, No.7 Daniel Rodrigues/Connor Thomson and No.55 Jake Beasley/Toby Samuel.
 
No. 12 Virginia (ACC): No.17 Chris Rodesch, No.29 Ryan Goetz, No.30 Inaki Montes de la Torre, No.82 Jeffrey von der Schulenburg, No.120 Bar Btozer, No.8 Ryan Goetz/Chris Rodesch and No.28 Chris Rodesch/William Woodall.
 
No. 13 Texas (Big 12): No.57 Micah Braswell, No.62 Pierre-Yves Bailly, No.65 Joao Ceolin, No.75 Richard Ciamarra, No.110 Cleeve Harper, No.14 Richard Ciamarra/Cleeve Harper and No.39 Eliot Spizzirri/Siem Woldeab.
 
No. 14 Texas A&M (SEC): No.89 Matthis Ross, No.105 Guido Marson, No.116 Raphael Perot and No.33 Austin Abbrat/Noah Schachter.
 
No. 15 Ole Miss (SEC): No.18 Nikola Slavic and No.11 Finn Reynolds.
 
No. 16 Washington (Pac 12): No.2 Clement Chidekh.
 
NEXT UP
The Georgia men's tennis program will return to Athens to face intrastate rival Mercer on Sunday, February 27 at 1 p.m. ET. The match will be held outdoors at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex (weather permitting) and post-match autographs will be available. The Bulldogs last faced the Bears in January 2021 where they won 7-0 and Georgia owns a 10-0 all-time series record against Mercer.