TUCSON, Ariz. - For the third consecutive year, Arizona Men's Tennis has been selected to host ITA Kickoff Weekend at their home site, LaNelle Robson Tennis Center.

Seeded in the No. 1 spot, Arizona will play No. 4 seed LSU at 1:00 p.m. MST on Saturday, Jan. 24. Earlier that morning, two-seed Florida state will face off against the third-seed, Pepperdine, at 9:00 a.m. MST. The winners of Saturday's matches will compete against one another in the championship match on Sunday for a spot at the ITA National Indoor Championships in Waco, Texas next month. Of 56 teams, 14 will make it to the indoor championships. 

Arizona is coming off their first week of dual match play, where they went 3-0, picking up wind against New Mexico State (2x) and No. 16 Florida State. The Cats had several freshman in the mix last week, with No. 61 Zoran Ludoski and Filip Gustafsson each going 3-0 in singles play and 1-0 as a doubles duo. As of Jan. 22, the Cats are ranked No. 16 nationally and are the third-highest ranked team in the Big 12 conference. 

ITA Kickoff Weekend Schedule 

Saturday, Jan. 25 
9:00 a.m. MST
No. 20 Florida State vs. No. 22 Pepperdine
1:00 p.m. MST
No. 16 Arizona vs. LSU 

Sunday, Jan. 26
9:00 a.m. MST
Consolation match
1:00 p.m. 
Championship match

Live stats will be available on StatBroadcast and live streaming will be available on PlaySight with coverage from Cracked Raquets. Follow along with Arizona on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for live Cats coverage. 
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