Tulsa to Host 2002 Omni Hotels Region V Championships
10/15/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Oct. 15, 2002
Tulsa, Okla. - The University of Tulsa will host the 2002 Omni Hotels Men's Tennis Region V Championships Thursday, Oct. 17 through Monday, Oct. 21 at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center on The University of Tulsa campus. The tournament will begin each day at 9:00 a.m. and is expected to last all day. There is no charge for admission.
Eighteen teams from across the region are sending players to compete at this year's tournament including, Arkansas, Bradley, Colorado, Creighton, Drake, Evansville, Illinois State, Indiana State, UMKC, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oral Roberts, St. Louis, Southern Illinois, Southwest Missouri State, Wichita State and Tulsa.
At the 2001 Omni Hotels Region V Championships in Wichita, Kan. former Hurricane standouts Dane McGregor (1999-2002) and Shri Sudhakara (1998-2002) captured the 2001 Region V Doubles Championship after defeating Fran Krepelka and Matt Prentice of Oklahoma State. Sudhakara also defeated Nebraska's Jose Herman to win the 2001 Region V Singles Backdraw Championship.
Seventeen Omni Hotels Regional Championships for NCAA Division I men and women are taking place over the last two weekends of October. The singles finalists and doubles champion from this event will earn spots in the November 7-10 Omni Hotels/ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships at Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch, Texas.
The 2002 Omni/ITA Hotels National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships, the nation's premier collegiate indoor tennis tournament, is the second of three national championship events for college tennis this season. The first events - the Riviera/ITA Women's and Icy Hot/ITA Men's All-American Championships - are held in October, and the third event is season-end NCAA Championships in May. The Omni Hotels National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships feature a 32-player singles field and 16-team doubles field for men and women, including: qualifiers from Omni Hotels Regional Championships held across the country during the fall, the ITA National Small College champions, the winners of the ITA All-American Championships and at-large and wild card selections made by the ITA National Tournament Committee. Overall, more than 10,000 players from nearly 600 schools participate annually in the Omni Hotels Regional and National Intercollegiate Championships.
