Three Tigers to Journey to ITA Atlantic Regional Championship

BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Towson University tennis staff is sending Chandre Boshoff, Gaia Montecchi and Kiersten Tambe to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Atlantic Regional Championship this week.

Tournament Information

Facility: Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, Va.

Field: Towson will probably be joined by Delaware State, George Mason, George Washington, Howard, James Madison, Liberty, Longwood, Loyola (Md.), Marshall, Maryland, Morgan State, Mount St. Mary’s, Navy, Norfolk State, Old Dominion, Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth, Virginia Tech, West Virginia and William & Mary.

Format: Tournament play begins on Thursday with two rounds of qualifying singles and a qualifying back-draw, adopted by Friday’s round-of-64 for singles and doubles. Saturday options two extra singles rounds, the doubles round-of-32, and the beginning of comfort attracts. On Sunday, singles quarterfinals lead into the doubles round-of-16 and quarterfinals. Monday hosts the singles and doubles semifinals, with finals concluding Tuesday. Singles most important draw matches will probably be best-of-three full units, whereas doubles will use 8-game professional units till the semifinals, which shift to best-of-three with a 10-point tiebreak instead of a 3rd set. Qualifying singles matches can even use a match tiebreak as a substitute of a full third set.

Last Match Recap

Towson traveled to Baltimore in early October for the McClure Invitational, hosted by Loyola University Maryland.

On the primary day of the event, Sania Suchinsky and Ashira Murray secured a pair of singles wins in opposition to Loyola. Kiersten Tambe and Chandre Boshoff picked up a win in the one doubles match of the day.

The Black & Gold gained seven matches on the ultimate day of the event, highlighted by 5 singles wins from Chandre Boshoff, Ashira Murray, Kiersten Tambe, Gaia Montecchi and Chloe Courtnage. The duos of Kiersten Tambe and Gaia Montecchi in addition to Aubrey Carper and Tamzin Pountney racked up two extra doubles wins in opposition to Loyola and Morgan State.

Up Next

The Tigers are slated to journey to Lawrenceville, New Jersey on October 27 for a matchup in opposition to Rider.