Men's Tennis takes three players to ITA All-American

09/28/2012 | 12:00:00 | Men's Tennis

Sept. 28, 2012

SIUSalukis.com

CARBONDALE, Ill.-- The Southern Illinois men's tennis team will bring three of its players to Tulsa this weekend for the ITA All-American, the biggest collegiate tennis tournament of the year.

Senior Badr Cherradi, junior Rafael Cuadrillero and freshman Jonny Rigby will join a field of over 300 college players at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center, all competing for the first national title of the year and a chance to be invited to play at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships Nov. 8-11 in Flushing, N.Y.

The Salukis will participate in the pre-qualifying rounds beginning Saturday for a chance to enter the qualifying round that will be played Oct. 1-3. Players must win three-straight sets to advance to the next round.

Results and information can be found on the ITA Tennis website.