Or Ram-Harel Begins NCAA Tennis Singles Championship Competition Wednesday
5/23/2017 1:55:00 PM | Men's Tennis
ATHENS, Ga. –– University of Tulsa senior Or Ram-Harel begins competition Wednesday, May 24, in the Round of 64 at the NCAA Division I Tennis Singles Championship. Ram-Harel, ranked 34th nationally, will face 35th-ranked Jordan Daigle of LSU with a match time of 7:00 a.m. (CT) at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.
The winner will face the winner of #5-seed Christopher Eubanks of Georgia Tech vs. 60th-ranked Martin Redlicki of UCLA on Thursday in second round action.
Ram-Harel, who was an American Athletic Conference all-singles team performer this year, is making his third consecutive NCAA tournament singles appearance. Last year, Ram-Harel won his opening round match against No. 20-ranked Konrad Zieba of Northwestern, but fell in the second round to No. 14 Joao Monteiro of Virginia Tech.
Ram-Harel enters this year's tournament ranked 34th nationally with 10 victories on the season after facing 13 nationally-ranked players. He was ranked as high as No. 23 in the nation on February 8, putting together a season in which he has defeated No. 6-ranked Christian Sigsgaard, No. 16 Wayne Montgomery and No. 21 Spencer Papa.
The NCAA singles portion of the tournament continues each day until the championship match on Monday, May 29.
Ram-Harel's NCAA Tournament History (1-2)
2015
Lost to Jeremy Efferding (Texas A&M), 6-3, 6-7 (2), 2-6
2016
Defeated #20 Konrad Zieba (Northwestern), 6-2, 6-4
Lost to #14 Joao Monteiro (Virginia Tech), 2-6, 7-5, 3-6
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