TUCSON, Ariz. - Men's Tennis will begin fall play this weekend with the Wildcat Invite and Battle in the Bay tournaments.
Arizona is sending Wildcat returners Jay Friend, Eric Padgham, Casper Christensen, and freshmen Oskar Jansson and Zoran Ludoski to Berkely, Calif. to represent red and blue at the Battle in the Bay.
Last year, Wildcat alum Herman Hoeyeraal and senior Colton Smith were victorious at the tournament, taking home the men's doubles competition title.
The tournament will kick off Thursday morning with doubles play at 9:00 a.m. MST and run through Sunday, Sept. 15.
Back at LaNelle, Arizona will be hosting UNLV, UNM, NMSU, SDSU, Gonzaga, NAU and GCU for their annual Wildcat Invite Friday, Sept. 13, through Sunday Sept. 15.
Wildcats Alexander Rozin, Cole Stelse and Iñaki Cabrero-Bello will be competing alongside freshmen Santiago Padilla-Cote, Matthias Kask and Filip Gustaffson. Doubles play will begin at 8:30 a.m. MST on Friday morning. The events will be streamed on Playsight.
Wildcat Invite
Friday, Sept. 13 Arizona Matches
Doubles, starting at 8:30 a.m. MST
Rozin/Gustaffson vs. Dils/Bosin (UNM), Court 1
Stelse/Cabrera-Bello vs. Kraul/Dunlop (Gonzaga), Court 2
Padilla-Cote/Kask vs. Stipetic/Fe D'Ostiani (NMSU), Court 3
Singles, starting at 10:00 a.m. MST
Gustaffson vs. Dils (UNM)
Stelse vs. Fe D'Ostiani (NMSU)
Rozin vs. Urlaub (NMSU)
Kask vs. Lohmann (NMSU)
Padilla-Cote vs. Maijorov (SDSU)
Cabrera-Bello vs. Krauel (Gonzaga)
Battle in the Bay
Thursday, Sept. 12 Battle in the Bay Matches
Doubles, starting at 9:00 a.m. MST
Friend/Christensen vs. Dean/Overbeck (Cal)
Ludoski/Jansson vs. Rakhmatullayev/Chan (MSU)
Singles, starting at 11:00 a.m. MST
#109 Christensen vs. Klaassen (USD)
Ludoski vs. #42 Miyoshi (Illinois)
Jansson vs. #91 Danilov (USD)
#15 Friend vs. Trainauskas (Pacific)
Keep up with the Cats this weekend on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, and check back here each night for a recap of the day's events.
