Oct. 17, 2004

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-- - The doubles and singles finals are set for the Wilson/ITA Southeast Region Men's Tennis Tournament being hosted by the University of Memphis at The Racquet Club of Memphis. Top-seeded Jesse Witten of Kentucky will face No. 9 seed Matic Omerzel of Georgia in Monday's singles final.

In the doubles competition, the LSU duo of Mark Growcott and Ken Skupski used a 9-7 win over Vanderbilt's Scott Brown and Jason Pinsky to advance to Monday's doubles final. There, the LSU duo will face Florida's Janne Holmia and Greg Oullette for a shot at the championship. Holmia and Oullette elminated another LSU team already, downing the duo of Danny Bryan and Jason Hazley, 8-6, in the semifinals.

Both singles finalists and the doubles winner will advance to the ITA National Indoor Championships. The ITA National Indoor Championships are the nation's premier collegiate indoor tennis tournament. The National Indoor Championships is the second of three national championship events for the college tennis circuit. The first event, the Riviera/ITA Women's and IcyHot/ITA men's All-American Championships, were held earlier this month. The third event is the season-ending NCAA Championships in May. The ITA National Indoor Championships features a 32-player singles field and 16-team doubles field for men and women. Overall, more than 7,000 players from nearly 600 schools participate annually in the ITA Regional and National Intercollegiate Championships.

Quarterfinals Singles Results
No. 1 Jesse Witten (Kentucky) def. No. 6 Vlad Obradovic (Florida), 6-3, 6-4
No. 9 Josh Cohen (Miami) def. No. 4 Janne Holmia (Florida), 7-5, 6-0
No. 9 Matias Ormaza (Georgia) def. No. 17 Jamie Rodriguez (Georgia State), 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
No. 9 Matic Omerzel (Georgia) def. No. 5 Scott Brown (Vanderbilt), 6-3, 6-4

Semifinals Singles Results
No. 1 Jesse Witten (Kentucky) def. No. 9 Josh Cohen (Miami), 6-2, 6-4
No. 9 No. 9 Matic Omerzel (Georgia) def. No. 9 Matias Ormaza (Georgia), 6-2, 6-1

Finals (Monday)
No. 1 Jesse Witten (Kentucky) vs. No. 9 Matic Omerzel

Doubles Quarterfinals
No. 5 Scott Brown/Jason Pinsky (Vanderbilt) def. Ted Angelinos/Jacobo Hernandez (Tulane), 9-8
No. 9 Mark Growcott/Ken Skupski (LSU) def. No. 9 Strahinja Bobusic/Colin Purcell (Georgia), 8-5
No. 6 Janne Holmia/Greg Oullette (Florida) def. No. 9 Luigi D'Agord/Eric Molnar (Alabama), 8-6
No. 9 Danny Bryan/Jason Hazley (LSU) def. No. 9 Ockie Oosthuizen/Ben Rogers (Tennessee), 8-6

Doubles Semifinals
No. 9 Mark Growcott/Ken Skupski (LSU) def. No. 5 Scott Brown/Jason Pinsky (Vanderbilt), 9-7
No. 6 Janne Holmia/Greg Oullette (Florida) def. No. 9 Danny Bryan/Jason Hazley (LSU), 8-6

Finals (Monday)
No. 9 Mark Growcott/Ken Skupski (LSU) def. No. 6 Janne Holmia/Greg Oullette (Florida)