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Georgia Hosts 55th Annual Southern Intercollegiate Championships
September 28, 2023 | Men's Tennis
ATHENS — The University of Georgia men's tennis team will continue its fall season with the 55th annual Southern Intercollegiate Championships hosted at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex from Friday to Sunday.
This marks the second of five fall tournaments scheduled for the Bulldogs and the lone home event the team will play in until the dual match season in the spring. Georgia will host Charlotte, Clemson, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Jacksonville State, Mercer, UNC-Wilmington and Vanderbilt.
THE 55TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Date: Friday, September 29 – Sunday, October 1
Time: Begins at 9 a.m. ET each day
Location: Athens, Ga.
Venue: Dan Magill Tennis Complex
Tournament Central: https://gado.gs/axn
Live Stats and Video: https://gado.gs/9kh
BULLDOGS BULLETIN
Draws and Schedule: The nine participating teams will have 45 players competing in singles and 21 doubles pairs. There will be three compass draws of 16 - a red, black and silver draw - with the silver draw having byes.
Friday will begin with two rounds of doubles slated to get underway at 9 a.m. and one round of singles starting not before 1 p.m. Saturday will see two rounds of singles with play concluding on Sunday with a round of both doubles and singles. Doubles will be played in a pro-style set with singles being played in the traditional best two out of three sets.
The Southern Intercollegiate Championships: The Southern Intercollegiate Championships has been one of the longest running college tennis tournaments since beginning in 1968. In the 55 years it's been held, a Bulldog has won the singles or doubles title 24 times each. Georgia has won the championship in both singles and doubles 10 times, most recently in 2022 when Ethan Quinn won the singles title and Blake Croyder and Britton Johnston won the doubles championship.
New-Look Bulldogs: Georgia brings in six new freshman and a transfer to its 2023-24 roster. The team has enrolled five-stars Cyrus Mahjoob and Davis Taylor, four stars Parker Jacques and Parker Mariencheck as well as Belgium-native Niels Raitu. The Bulldogs also signed USC transfer Ryan Colby, who was a former blue-chip prospect and All-Pac 12 honoree. Freddy Blaydes, who has a career-high International Tennis Federation world juniors ranking of No. 117 and signed with the program last week, will join the team for the spring season.
Colby Wins Longhorn Invitational: Colby had an impressive start to his Bulldog career at Georgia's first event of the fall at the Longhorn Invitational last weekend, winning the tournament championship. A junior, Colby went 3-0 in singles with a pair of wins over top-25 players. He managed to beat No. 112 Loris Pourroy (FSU), No. 17 Micah Braswell (Texas), marking the highest-ranked win of his career, and former teammate No. 22 Peter Makk (USC) to end the weekend undefeated.
Miguel Perez Peña notched two ranked singles wins as well. He beat No. 55 Youcef Rihane (FSU) on Sept. 22 for a new career-best singles win and notched a three-set victory against No. 63 Wojtek Marek on Sept. 24. The junior won 30 matches last year in singles, including 20 in dual match play.
Mahjoob earned his first collegiate singles victory with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Andrei Volgin (USC) on Sept. 23 and now begins his collegiate career with a 1-2 record. Fellow freshman Mariencheck also won his first match as a Bulldog after he beat Eshan Talluri (Texas) in straight sets on Sept. 24, splitting his two matches over the weekend.
Diaz Enters 36th Season: Manuel Diaz -- the SEC's all-time wins leader with 767 career victories -- begins his 36th season as the Georgia men's tennis coach. Diaz led the Bulldogs to another conference championship and deep run in the NCAA tournament in 2023.
The United States Tennis Association Southern Tennis Hall of Fame coach has guided Georgia to 29 SEC championships, four NCAA national titles (1999, 2001, 2007 and 2008) and two Intercollegiate Tennis Association indoor national championships in 36 years. He has been named SEC Coach of the Year on seven occasions and the ITA National Coach of the Year three times.
Most recently, the Bulldogs captured the SEC crown with a perfect 12-0 conference record on their way to the NCAA quarterfinals. Under Diaz's guidance, redshirt-freshman Quinn became just the fourth rookie since 1977 to win the NCAA singles championship and the third Georgia player to accomplish the feat, joining the elite company of Mikael Pernfors and Matias Boeker.
Keep up with all the latest news and information on the Bulldogs by following UGA Men's tennis on Facebook, Instagram and X @UGATennis or check out information online at georgiadogs.com.
This marks the second of five fall tournaments scheduled for the Bulldogs and the lone home event the team will play in until the dual match season in the spring. Georgia will host Charlotte, Clemson, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Jacksonville State, Mercer, UNC-Wilmington and Vanderbilt.
THE 55TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Date: Friday, September 29 – Sunday, October 1
Time: Begins at 9 a.m. ET each day
Location: Athens, Ga.
Venue: Dan Magill Tennis Complex
Tournament Central: https://gado.gs/axn
Live Stats and Video: https://gado.gs/9kh
BULLDOGS BULLETIN
Draws and Schedule: The nine participating teams will have 45 players competing in singles and 21 doubles pairs. There will be three compass draws of 16 - a red, black and silver draw - with the silver draw having byes.
Friday will begin with two rounds of doubles slated to get underway at 9 a.m. and one round of singles starting not before 1 p.m. Saturday will see two rounds of singles with play concluding on Sunday with a round of both doubles and singles. Doubles will be played in a pro-style set with singles being played in the traditional best two out of three sets.
The Southern Intercollegiate Championships: The Southern Intercollegiate Championships has been one of the longest running college tennis tournaments since beginning in 1968. In the 55 years it's been held, a Bulldog has won the singles or doubles title 24 times each. Georgia has won the championship in both singles and doubles 10 times, most recently in 2022 when Ethan Quinn won the singles title and Blake Croyder and Britton Johnston won the doubles championship.
New-Look Bulldogs: Georgia brings in six new freshman and a transfer to its 2023-24 roster. The team has enrolled five-stars Cyrus Mahjoob and Davis Taylor, four stars Parker Jacques and Parker Mariencheck as well as Belgium-native Niels Raitu. The Bulldogs also signed USC transfer Ryan Colby, who was a former blue-chip prospect and All-Pac 12 honoree. Freddy Blaydes, who has a career-high International Tennis Federation world juniors ranking of No. 117 and signed with the program last week, will join the team for the spring season.
Colby Wins Longhorn Invitational: Colby had an impressive start to his Bulldog career at Georgia's first event of the fall at the Longhorn Invitational last weekend, winning the tournament championship. A junior, Colby went 3-0 in singles with a pair of wins over top-25 players. He managed to beat No. 112 Loris Pourroy (FSU), No. 17 Micah Braswell (Texas), marking the highest-ranked win of his career, and former teammate No. 22 Peter Makk (USC) to end the weekend undefeated.
Miguel Perez Peña notched two ranked singles wins as well. He beat No. 55 Youcef Rihane (FSU) on Sept. 22 for a new career-best singles win and notched a three-set victory against No. 63 Wojtek Marek on Sept. 24. The junior won 30 matches last year in singles, including 20 in dual match play.
Mahjoob earned his first collegiate singles victory with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Andrei Volgin (USC) on Sept. 23 and now begins his collegiate career with a 1-2 record. Fellow freshman Mariencheck also won his first match as a Bulldog after he beat Eshan Talluri (Texas) in straight sets on Sept. 24, splitting his two matches over the weekend.
Diaz Enters 36th Season: Manuel Diaz -- the SEC's all-time wins leader with 767 career victories -- begins his 36th season as the Georgia men's tennis coach. Diaz led the Bulldogs to another conference championship and deep run in the NCAA tournament in 2023.
The United States Tennis Association Southern Tennis Hall of Fame coach has guided Georgia to 29 SEC championships, four NCAA national titles (1999, 2001, 2007 and 2008) and two Intercollegiate Tennis Association indoor national championships in 36 years. He has been named SEC Coach of the Year on seven occasions and the ITA National Coach of the Year three times.
Most recently, the Bulldogs captured the SEC crown with a perfect 12-0 conference record on their way to the NCAA quarterfinals. Under Diaz's guidance, redshirt-freshman Quinn became just the fourth rookie since 1977 to win the NCAA singles championship and the third Georgia player to accomplish the feat, joining the elite company of Mikael Pernfors and Matias Boeker.
Keep up with all the latest news and information on the Bulldogs by following UGA Men's tennis on Facebook, Instagram and X @UGATennis or check out information online at georgiadogs.com.
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