Oct. 11, 2004

One of the nation's premier college tennis events will again make its way to Memphis as the ITA Southeast Regionals will be hosted by the University of Memphis at The Racquet Club of Memphis again beginning on Thursday, Oct. 14th. Two of the nation's top 10 singles players will be in the field at The Racquet Club, and 24 of the nation's top 120 players will also be in the field.

Kentucky's Jesse Witten is the tournament's top seed. Witten is currently ranked No. 3 in the country. Joining him from the nation's top 10 will be Auburn's Zoltan Pelva, the No. 6 player in the country and the No. 2 seed for the tournament.

The qualifying draw begins play on Thursday, with the main draw slated to start Friday morning, utilizing courts at Club Six-50 (formerly Wimbledon) and The Racquet Club of Memphis.

The seeded players (national rankings behind institution names) are:
1. Jesse Witten, Kentucky (2)
2. Gabor Zoltan Pelva, Auburn (6)
3. Antonio Ruiz, Georgia (19)
4. Dmitriy Koch, Tulane (22)
5. Janne Holmia, Florida (32)
6. Scott Brown, Vanderbilt (35)
7. Vlad Obradovic, Florida (44)
8. David Canudas, Southern Miss (45)
9. Tigran Martirosyan, Kentucky (53)
10. Matt Lockin, Vanderbilt (62)
11. Andreas Siljestrom, Middle Tennessee (63)
12. Josh Cohen, Miami (76)
13. Matias Ormaza, Georgia (77)
14. Daniel Hechtman, Miami (78)
15. Joseph Jung, Alabama (80)
16. Matic Omerzel, Georgia (89)
17. Irving Morales, Troy University (91)
18. Ockie Oosthuizen, Tennessee (99)
19. Nestor Briceno, Florida (102)
20. Robert Lathouwers, Auburn (104)
21. Jason Hazley, LSU (107)
22. Ted Angelinos, Tulane (109)
23. Jose-Carlos Pinto, Mississippi State (110)
24. Nate Emge, Kentucky (119)
25. Greg Oullette, Florida
26. Luigi D'Agord, Alabama
27. Strahinja Bobusic, Georgia
28. Chris Brandi, Florida
29. Martin Stiegwardt, Florida
30. Sebastian Falk, UAB
31. Eric Claesson, Ole Miss
32. Jacobo Hernandez, Tulane

Main Draw Participants, Listed by Alphabetic School
Eric Molnar, Alabama
R.J. Murray, Alabama
Billy Mertz, Alabama
Kristijan Mitrovski, UAB
Alex Schweizer, Auburn
Nick Lane, Auburn
Brett Hunter, Auburn
Ankur Singla, Austin Peay State
Jordan Dolberg, Florida
Ryan Sherry, Florida
Pfungwa Mahefeu, Florida A&M
Ricardo Gonzalez, Georgia
Colin Purcell, Georgia
Jaime Rodriguez, Georgia State
Matija Sulin, Georgia State
Matt Emery, Kentucky
Alex Hume, Kentucky
Nolan Polley, Kentucky
Danny Bryan, LSU
Colt Gaston, LSU
Mark Growcott, LSU
Paul White, LSU
James Spence, Memphis
Alex Bucewicz, Memphis
Tim Krebs, Miami
Ryan Waits, Miami
Vivek Subramanian, Miami
Kai Schledorn, Middle Tennessee
Marco Born, Middle Tennessee
Greg Pollack, Middle Tennessee
Anant Sitaram, Middle Tennessee
Fredrik Aarum, Ole Miss
Juan Pablo Di Cesare, Ole Miss
Bram ten Berge, Ole Miss
Karim Alayli, Ole Miss
Jeff Lester, Murray State
Federico Barton, USF
Marc Jager, USF
Dillon Brozyna, USF
Haris Huremovic, Southeast Louisiana
Christopher Rea, Southern Miss
Kiril Tcherveniachki, Tennessee
Matt Berry, Tennessee
Ben Rogers, Tennessee
David Baxendine, Tennessee
Rawl Martin, Tennessee
Anzola, UT Martin
Shunske Shimizu, Tennessee Tech
Daniel Quiceno, Troy
David Goulet, Tulane
Alberto Sottocorno, Tulane
Jonah Kane-West, Tulane
Jason Pinsky, Vanderbilt
Ryan Preston, Vanderbilt
Andy Mack, Vanderbilt
Nathan Sachs, Vanderbilt

Main Draw Alternates:
Stefan Tell, Florida
Marcus Sundh, Kentucky
Brandon Allan, Middle Tennessee
Taylor Striplin, Alabama
Jason Mallaiah, Kentucky

Qualifying Draw -- Begins Thursday, Oct. 14th, Listed by school
Taylor Striplin, Alabama
Andrew Felsenthal, Alabama
Jordie Kindervater, Alabama
Jonathan Brown, Austin Peay
Stefan Tell, Florida
Frank Green, Florida A&M
Daniel Balog, Georgia State
Jason Mallaiah, Kentucky
Matt Allinder, Kentucky
Marcus Sundh, Kentucky
Kevin Dessauer, LSU
Jonathan Howard, LSU
Marten Tamla, Memphis
Alex Jago, Memphis
Scott Felsenthal, Memphis
Mark Finnegan, Memphis
Neil Sehgal, Miami
Brandon Allan, Middle Tennessee
David Donaldson, Ole Miss
Florent Girod, Mississippi State
Arnaud Roussel, Mississippi State
Joshua Irey, Mississippi State
Jordan Jones, Mississippi State
Pompeu, Murray State
Olivier Nussbaum, Southeast Louisiana
Reid Bourgeois, Southern Miss
Tommy Oston, Southern Miss
Johnny Thorton, Tennessee
Dirk Prinsloo, UT Martin
Michele Panzeri, Tennessee Tech
Charles van Swelm, Troy
Magdy El Midawy, Tulane

Doubles
1. Isner/Ruiz, Georgia (11)
2. Carvalho/Pinto, Mississippi State (13)
3. Pelva/Schweizer, Auburn (14)
4. Allan/Schledorn, Middle Tennessee (19)
5. Gard/Ten Berge, Ole Miss (25)
6. Brown/Pinsky, Vanderbilt (27)
7. Holmia/Oullette, Florida (49)
8. Claesson/DiCesare, Ole Miss (50)
9. Cohen/Hechtman, Miami (59)
10. Oosthuizen/Rogers, Tennessee
11. Growcott/Skupski, LSU
12. Born/Siljestrom, Middle Tennessee
13. D'Agord/Molnar, Alabama
14. Bobusic/Purcell, Georgia
15. Obradovic/Sherry, Florida
16. Bryan Hazley, LSU
Listed by alphabetical school
Mertz/Murray, Alabama
Jung/Kindervater, Alabama
Falk/Maier, UAB
Lane/Lathouwers, Auburn
Naidu/Singla, Austin Peay
Stiegwardt/Tell, Florida
Green/Mehefu, Florida A&M
Gonzalez/Omerzel, Georgia
Rodriguez/Sulin, Georgia State
Witten/Hume, Kentucky
Emge/Martirosyan, Kentucky
Emery/Polley, Kentucky
Gaston/White, LSU
Felsenthal/Spence, Memphis
Bucewicz/Tamla, Memphis
Subramanian/Waits, Miami
Alayli/Aarum, Ole Miss
Girod/Irey, Mississippi State
Lester/Pompeu, Murray State
Barton/Brozina, USF
Huremovic/Nussbaum, SE Louisiana
Canudas/Ostenson, Southern Miss
Berry/Tcherveniachki, Tennessee
Baxendine/Thornton, Tennessee
Anzola/Prinsloo, UT Martin
Panzeri/Shimizo, Tennessee Tech
Morales/Quiceno, Troy
Goulet/Kane-West, Tulane
Koch/Sottocorno, Tulane
Angelinos/Hernandez, Tulane
Mack/Preston, Vanderbilt
Lockin/Sachs, Vanderbilt

For questions or withdrawals, please call Phil Chamberlain at (901) 765-4404 or at (901) 734-0256.