University of Minnesota Athletics
Spec, Corwin Headed To All-Americans
10/1/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Matic Spec and Felix Corwin are set to compete at the 2015 Saint Francis Health System ITA Men's All-American Championships held at Tulsa, Okla., with Spec competing in the main draw and Corwin looking to get in from the qualifying draw.
The pre-qualifying matches are slated to begin on Saturday, Oct. 3, with qualifying matches starting on Oct. 5 and main draw contests getting underway on Oct. 8. The singles and doubles finals are scheduled for Oct. 12.
Updated draws can be found here while video can viewed from here. Daily recaps on the days Spec or Corwin compete can be found on gophersports.com along with the men's tennis social media pages.
Spectacular Spec
Spec starts the season off ranked No. 38 in the ITA preseason polls. He finished last season 31-5 in singles and 18-12 in doubles to become the school's first 30-match singles winner since 2003 and had the program's seventh-highest single-season win percentage. He was named First Team All-Big Ten to go along with winning the ITA Central Region Rookie of the Year.
Corwin ready to feast
Corwin kicks off the season ranked No. 98 in the ITA preseason polls. He went 28-6 in singles and 25-7 in doubles to open his career last season. He was named the team's Bob McNamara Unsung Player of the Year while posting a 14-1 singles mark at the Baseline Tennis Center. He is coming off a strong summer where he won his first ATP points and advanced to the US Open National Playoffs.
"All the training with the team makes us hungry for some competition," Corwin said. "When the Gophers are hungry, we feast."
Wildcat Invite
Ruben Weber, Jeremy Lynn, Jesse Sprinkel and Justyn Levin kicked off the Gophers fall season in Tucson, Ariz., at the Wildcat Invite last weekend. Weber and Lynn went 2-1 in doubles while Sprinkel and Levin advanced to the doubles final before falling to finish 3-1 in doubles. Levin went on to win the singles consolation round of the tournament.
Looking ahead
The Maroon and Gold will be competing at the ITA Regional Championships Oct. 15-19 in Fayetteville, Ark. for their next fall tournament and some of the guy's first action of the year.
"We played great at this tournament last year, both with all the hours of work put in and the belief we have in ourselves," Senior Ruben Weber said. "The other teams better watch out for what is about to come."
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