Men's Tennis Heads down South for the ITA Regionals This Weekend

STATESBORO, Ga. – Four Eagles head to the University of Florida to compete in the ITA Regionals this weekend, which runs from Thursday to Sunday. Rise Lanne, J.C. Alcala, Eddie Landin and Marvin Spiering represent Georgia Southern in the 12-team tournament with Alcala and Spiering kicking off play on Thursday for the qualifying rounds.

WHO PLAYS WHO
Singles
-J.C. Alcala takes on Goldberg of UNF on Thursday in the 32-round qualifying draw
-Marvin Spiering goes up against Chaffin of Florida Gulf Coast University on Thursday in the round of 64 qualifying bracket
-Eddie Landin faces Alfonzo of FGCU in the main singles draw on Friday
-Rise Lanne rounds out the team, battling Lomacki of University of Miami on Friday in the main singles draw

Doubles
-Lanne and Landin face Wood and Duncan of UGA on Friday, whose team was ranked No. 8 at the end of last season
-Alcala and Spiering look to take down Roberts and Cid of South Florida in the round of 32 on Friday

LAST TIME OUT
Sophomore Eddie Landin won his flight (No.3) at the Charlotte Invitational Sept. 18-20, sweeping his final opponent 6-3, 6-2. Rise Lanne and J.C. Alcala competed in the No. 1 and 2 spots for the Eagles respectively but couldn't cinch a win while Marvin Spiering tallied one victory in the Charlotte Invitational, beating Tristan Stitt from James Madison 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4.

Lanne and Landin teamed up for their last doubles match of the tournament and won 8-5.

WHAT SENIOR RISE LANNE SAID
On the importance of the ITA Regionals
"The ITAs are the most important tournament of the fall, because you get to play against all of the big schools. By winning the tournament, you can make your way to the national tournament at the end of the fall."

On preparing for this weekend
"My first tournament wasn't that good, but we've been practicing hard after that so I'm getting more and more confident that I can succeed in the tournament."

On how conditioning has helped the team
"All the conditioning we've done as a team, I think it will help us in the tournament because we can play through all the four days, and I think some of the teams can only play well the first two days. In the matches, we can play longer; we can still play well in the third sets."

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