Oct. 23, 2002

LEXINGTON, Kent. - The University of Memphis men's tennis team continues to get invitations from national-level tournaments with the addition of Ben Stapp and Lee Taylor Walker to the brackets at the Omni Hotels Regional ITA Indoor Championships being held at the University of Kentucky this weekend.

Stapp and Walker will play in both the singles and the doubles portion of the tournament, earning a No. 6 seed in the doubles draw after starting their fall season with a 6-2 record. Kogan and Romero from Tulane are the top-seeded doubles team at the tournament, while Georgia' Boeker and Hodge earned the second seed.

Stapp and Walker will start singles play, Friday. Stapp will face Kentucky's Trey Johnson at 12:30 p.m., while Walker will play Kentucky's Matt Emery at 9:30 a.m. In doubles, the duo will receive a first-round bye and will play the winner of the Lievano/Vasilivic (Tulane) and Aguerrevere/Fischer (Tennessee Tech) match in the round of 32.