TABLE OF CONTENTS PARTICIPATING TEAMS Baylor Bears .................................................................................................................. 3 Columbia Lions .............................................................................................................. 3 Florida Gators ............................................................................................................... 4 Illinois Fighting Illini .................................................................................................... 4 Mississippi State Bulldogs ............................................................................................ 5 North Carolina Tar Heels .............................................................................................. 5 Notre Dame Fighting Irish ............................................................................................ 6 Ohio State Buckeyes ..................................................................................................... 6 Stanford Cardinal .......................................................................................................... 7 TCU Horned Frogs ......................................................................................................... 7 Texas Longhorns ........................................................................................................... 8 Tulane Green Wave ....................................................................................................... 8 UCLA Bruins ................................................................................................................... 9 USC Trojans .................................................................................................................. 10 Virginia Cavaliers ........................................................................................................ 10 Wake Forest Demon Deacons .................................................................................... 11 ITA Tournament History .................................................................................................... 13 Awards Program: Division I Men’s Tennis ................................................................. 14 2019 Tournament Bracket .......................................................................................... 15 Participating Teams BAYLOR ROSTER Name Height Class Hometown/Previous School Finn Bass 5-11 Fr. Rock, Cornwall, United Kingdom/Millfield School Jimmy Bendeck 5-10 Sr. Hollywood, Fla./Family Tree HS Juan Benitez 6-3 Sr. Medellin, Colombia/Colegio Lujan Medellin Adrian Boitan 6-1 Fr. Constanta, Romania/Constanta School Constantin Frantzen 6-4 Jr. Augsburg, Germany/Stadtische Robert-Bosch Fachoberschule Sven Lah 5-9 So. Ptuj, Slovenia/Gimnazija Ptuj Will Little 5-9 R-Sr. Joplin, Mo./College Heights Christian School Johannes Schretter 6-1 Sr. Graz, Austria/BORG Monsberger Matias Soto 5-6 So. Copiapo, Chile/Colegio Olimpo Roy Smith 6-3 So. New Haven, Conn./Cooperative Arts & Humanities HS Kyrylo Tsygura 6-1 So. North Potomac, Md./IMG Academy/Virginia BAYLOR AT A GLANCE HOW THEY GOT HERE Head Coach: Brian Boland (579-90 overall, First season) Assistant Coach: Michael Woodson (Third season) ITA Kick-Off Weekend Volunteer Assistant Coach: Izak van der Merwe (1st season) Hosted By Michigan 2018 Record: 21-10 1st - Defeated Georgia, 4-2 2018 NCAA Result: Second Round 2nd - Defeated Michigan, 4-1 2018 Final ITA Ranking: No. 17 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/2 COLUMBIA ROSTER Name Height Class Hometown/Previous School Adam Ambrozy 6-2 Jr. St. Petersburg, Fla. (St. Petersburg) Ben Gollin 6-1 Fr. Solana Beach, Calif. (La Jolla Country Day) Austen Huang 5-11 So. Elk Grove, Calif. (Jesuit HS of Sacramento/Lauren Springs) Alex Keyser 5-11 Jr. Danville, Calif. (San Ramon Valley) Jack Lin 5-10 So. Markham, Ont. (Bill Crothers Secondary) Jason Lui 5-10 So. Bellevue, Wash. (Newport) William Matheson 5-10 Sr. Auckland, N.Z. (Saint Kentigern College) Rian Pandole 6-2 So. Mumbai, India (HR College of Commerce & Economics) Victor Pham 5-11 Sr. Saratoga, Calif. (Menlo) Jackie Tang 6-0 Jr. Hong Kong (Hong Kong International) Jack Turchetta 6-2 Sr. Pound Ridge, N.Y. (Brunswick School (Conn.)) Keshav Vellodi 5-11 So. Pittsford, N.Y. (Laurel Springs) Timothy Wang 6-0 Sr. Novi, Mich. (Novi) HOW THEY GOT HERE COLUMBIA AT A GLANCE ITA Kick-Off Weekend Head Coach: Bid Goswami (493-196, 37th season) Hosted By Columbia Associate Head Coach: Howard Endelman (Ninth season) 1st - Defeated Virginia Tech, 4-0 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Haig Schneiderman (2nd season) 2nd - Defeated Dartmouth, 4-1 2018 Record: 19-5 2018 NCAA Result: Round of 16 2018 Final ITA Ranking: No. 15 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 12/2 3 FLORIDA ROSTER Name Height Class Hometown/Previous School Andy Andrade 5-10 So. Bradenton, Fla./IMG Academy Brian Berdusco 6-2 So. Bradenton, Fla./Laurel Springs / Pepperdine Greysen Cacciatore 5-11 Fr. Gainesville, Fla./Buchholz Harrison Cacciatore 5-10 Fr. Gainesville, Fla./Buchholz Oliver Crawford 5-10 So. Spartanburg, S.C./Laurel Springs Lukas Greif 5-9 Fr. Newburgh, Ind./Laurel Springs Johannes Ingildsen 6-4 Jr. Copenhagen, Denmark McClain Kessler 6-0 Sr. Calhoun, Ga./Calhoun High School Alfredo Perez 6-3 Sr. Havana, Cuba/Coral Gables High School Sam Riffice 6-2 Fr. Roseville, Calif./Florida Virtual Duarte Vale 5-11 So. Cascais, Portugal/Laurel Springs FLORIDA AT A GLANCE HOW THEY GOT HERE Head Coach: Bryan Shelton (105-57, Seventh season) ITA Kick-Off Weekend Associate Head Coach: Tanner Stump (Third season) Hosted By Florida Volunteer Assistant Coach: Scott Perelman (Seventh season) 1st - Defeated William & Mary, 4-0 2018 Record: 19-10 2nd - Defeated Florida Atlantic, 4-1 2018 NCAA Result: Round of 16 2018 Final ITA Ranking: No. 10 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/3 ILLINOIS ROSTER Name Height Class Hometown/Previous School Alex Bancila 6-0 Fr. Lake Buff, Ill./Florida Virtual High School Alex Brown 6-5 So. Urbandale, Iowa/Shawnee Mission East Vuk Budic 6-2 Jr. Chicago, Ill./Deerfield High School Caleb Chakravarthi 6-1 So. Irvine, Calif./Connections Academy Zeke Clark 5-6 Jr. Tulsa, Okla./Riverfield Country Day School Gui Gomes 6-3 R-So. Newport Beach, Calif./Capistrano Connections Academy Lucas Horve 5-10 Fr. Forsyth, Ill./Laurel Springs High School Noe Khlif 5-10 Jr. Marseille, France/CNED Rouen Aleks Kovacevic 5-11 Jr. New York, N.Y./Florida Virtual High School Keenan Mayo 6-6 Fr. Forsyth, Ill./Laurel Springs High School Siphosothando Montsi 5-7 Fr. East London, South Africa/Laurel Springs Fletcher Scott 6-2 Fr. Lawrence, Kan./Lawrence Virtual School ILLINOIS AT A GLANCE HOW THEY GOT HERE Head Coach: Brad Dancer (278-120, 14th season) Host Institution Associate Head Coach: Marcos Asse (Seventh season) 2018 Record: 24-8 2018 NCAA Result: Quarterfinalist 2018 Final ITA Ranking: No. 8 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/2 4 MISSISSIPPI STATE ROSTER Name Height Class Hometown/Previous School Nuno Borges 6-2 Sr. Maia, Porto, Portugal/Escola Secundaria De Maia Niclas Braun 5-10 Sr. Berlin, Germany/Leonardo da Vinci Schule Florian Broska 5-10 So. Eitelborn, Germany/Gymnasium im Kannenbäckerland Trevor Foshey 6-1 Sr. St. Cloud, Fla./St. Cloud HS Giovanni Oradini 6-2 Jr. Rovereto, Italy/Instituto Voltaire Strahinja Rakic 6-0 Sr. Belgrade, Serbia/Peta Ekonomska Skola Rakovica Gregor Ramskogler 6-2 Fr. Reichraming, Austria/SSM Salzburg Stedman Strickland 5-11 So. Jackson, Miss./St. Joseph Catholic HS/Delta State MISSISSIPPI STATE AT A GLANCE HOW THEY GOT HERE Head Coach: Matt Roberts (82-29, Fifth season) ITA Kick-Off Weekend Assistant Coach: Andrew Goodwin (Second season) Hosted By Mississippi State Volunteer Assistant Coach: Thomas Anderson 1st - Defeated Wichita State, 4-0 2018 Record: 23-3 2nd - Defeated Arizona, 4-1 2018 NCAA Result: Quarterfinalist 2018 Final ITA Ranking: No. 5 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/2 NORTH CAROLINA ROSTER Name Height Class Hometown/Previous School Blaine Boyden 6-3 Sr. Raleigh, N.C./Wakefield Brian Cernoch 6-0 Fr. Rockville, Md./Florida Virtual School Ladd Harrison 6-1 Jr. Atlanta, Ga./Lovett School Mac Kiger 5-11 So. New York, N.Y./Laurel Springs Josh Peck 6-5 Jr. Calgary, Alberta, Canada/National Sports School Benjamin Sigouin 6-3 So. Vancouver, Canada/Vancouver Learning Network Simon Soendergaard 6-3 Jr. Frederikssund, Denmark/KVUC NORTH CAROLINA AT A GLANCE HOW THEY GOT HERE Head Coach: Sam Paul (468-201, 26th season) ITA Kick-Off Weekend Associate Head Coach: Tripp Phillips (Sixth season) Hosted By North Carolina Volunteer Assistant Coach: Chris Cloer (Second season) 1st - Defeated Utah, 4-0 2018 Record: 24-6 2nd - Defeated Duke, 4-1 2018 NCAA Result: Round of 16 2018 Final ITA Ranking: No. 6 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/3 5 NOTRE DAME ROSTER Name Height Class Hometown/Previous School Grayson Broadus 5-11 Sr. Carollton, Texas/ATA College Prep Guillermo Cabrera 5-8 Jr. Lima, Peru/Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt Richard Ciamarra 5-11 So. Southington, Conn./Xavier Matt Gamble 5-11 Jr. Webster, N.Y./Webster Schroeder Paul Gota 6-0 So. Moreland Hills, Ohio/CRC Tennis Academy Nathan Griffin 6-0 Sr. Broadview Heights, Ohio/St. Ignatius William Howells 6-0 So. Boca Raton, Fla./Laurel Springs Alex Lebedev 6-3 Sr. Island Park, N.Y./Laurel Springs Andrew Mariados 6-0 Fr. Manlius, N.Y./Stanford Online Tristan McCormick 6-4 So. Berwyn, Pa./Dwight School Axel Nefve 6-3 Fr. Boca Raton, Fla./Laurel Springs Daniel Rayl 6-0 Sr. Carmel, Ind./Park Tudor Johnathan Small 6-1 Jr. Zionsville,