Field set for ITA National Indoor Championships

October 31, 2:19 PMCollege Tennis ExaminerMarcia Frost

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Bryan Koniecko was last year's ITA Indoors men's winner.
Photo by Marcia Frost

 The field is set for the USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships, to be held at Yale University November 5-8th. The event will feature 32 players in each men's and women's single draw and 16 teams for each doubles. Players gain entry to the draws under the following criteria:

Singles-
12 Regional Champions
Men:
Moritz Baumann, Wisconsin (Midwest)
Clint Bowles, Florida State (Southeast)
Ed Corrie, Texas (Texas)
Clay Donato, North Carolina (Carolina)
Amit Inbar, UCLA (Southwest)
Jarmere Jenkins, Virginia (Atlantic)
Vincente Joli, Boise State (Mountain)
Bradley Klahn, Stanford (Northwest)
Oleksandr Nedovyesov, Oklahoma State (Central)
Tim Puetz, Auburn (Southern)
Eric Quigley, Kentucky (Ohio Valley)
Sven Vloedgraven, Binghampton (Northeast)

Women:
Josipa Bek, Clemson (Carolina)
Holly Cao, Harvard (Northeast)
Fani Chifchieva , Auburn (Southern)
Ana-Maria Constantinescu, Oklahoma (Central)
Denise Dy, Washington (Northwest)
Aeriel Ellis, Texas (Texas)
Nadine Fahoum , Old Dominion (Atlantic)
Maria Mosolova, Northwestern (Midwest)
Maria Sanchez , Southern Cal (Southwest)
Pichittra Thongdach, Boise State (Mountain)
Caitlyn Whoriskey, Tennessee (Ohio Valley)
Allie Will, Florida (Southeast)

Four All-American Semifinalsts
Men:
JP Smith. Tennessee
Andrei Daescu, Oklahoma
Steve Johnson, Southern Cal
Robert Farah, Southern Cal

Women:
Irina Falconi, Georgia Tech
Chelsey Gullickson, Georgia
Venise Chan, Washington
Jana Juricova, Cal

Superbowl champion from the ITA Small College Championships
Men: Damian Hume, Collin County Community College
Women: Sona Novakova, Armstrong Atlantic

Two Host wildcards
Men: Mark Powers and John Huang, Yale
Women: Stephanie Kent and Jessica Rhee, Yale

12 At-large bids
Men:
Diego Cubas, South Carolina
Guillermo Gomez, Georgia Tech
Javier Garrapiz, Georgia
Jason Jung, Michigan
Austin Krajicek, Texas A&M
Dimitar Kutrovsky, Texas
Alex Lacroix, Florida
Marek Michalicka, Wisconsin
Dennis Nevolo, Illinois
Jordan Rux, Baylor
Michael Shabaz, Virginia
Sanam Singh, Virginia

Women:
Mari Andersson, California
Hillary Barte, Stanford
Kristie Boxx, Ole Miss
Lenka Broosova, Baylor
Marina Cossou, California
Kristy Frilling, Notre Dame
Sanaz Marand, UNC
Katie Rybakova, Florida State
Noemie Scharle, Florida State
Yasmin Schnack, UCLA
Laura Vallverdu, Miami
Reka Zsilinszka, Duke

One ITA Wildcard
Men: Raony Carvalho, Texas Tech
Women: Anastasia Petukhova, Fresno State

Doubles-
12 Regional Champions
Men:
Bradley Klahn/Ryan Thacher, Stanford (Northwest)
Robert Farah/Steve Johnson, Southen Cal (Southwest)
Phillip Eilers/Alex Golding, Utah (Mountain)
Jeff Dadamo /Austin Krajicek , Texas A&M (Texas)
Aleksey Bessonov/Oleksandr Nedovyesov, Oklahoma State (Central)
Marek Czerwinski/Dennis Nevolo, Illinois (Midwest)
Alistair Felton/Andy Nguyen, Harvard (Northeast)
Boris Conkic/Rhyne Williams, Tennessee (Ohio Valley)*
Houston Barrick/Sanam Singh, Virginia (Atlantic)
Reid Carleton/Henrique Cunha, Duke (Carolina)
Alex Stamchev/Tim Puetz, Auburn (Southern)
Antoine Benneteau/Alexandre Lacroix, Florida (Southeast)

Women:
Hilary Barte/Lindsay Burdette, Stanford (Northwest)
Andrea Remynse/Yasmin Schnack, UCLA (Southwest)
Lauren Megale/Pichittra Thongdach, Boise State (Mountain)
Pavi Francis/Marta Lesniak, SMU (Texas)
Ana-Maria Constantinescu/Teona Tsertsvadze, Oklahoma  (Central)
Selma Salkovic Anna Redecsi, DePaul (Midwest)
Bianca Aboubakare/Casey Herzberg, Brown (Northeast)
Erica Robertson/Heather Steinbauer, Vanderbilt (Ohio Valley)
Michaela Kissell/ Dominika Zaprazna, Marshall (Atlantic)
Sanaz Marand/Sophie Grabinski, North Carolina (Carolina)
Kristi Boxx/ Karen Njissen, Ole Miss (Southern)
Gabriella Mejia/Laura Vallverdu, Miami (Southeast)

All-American Champion
Men: JP Smith/Boris Conkic, Tennessee*
Women: Natalie Pluskota/Caitlin Whoriskey, Tennessee

Superbowl champion from the ITA Small College Championships
Men: Alberto Gonzales/Michael Johnson, Auburn-Montgomery
Women: Katia Sabate/Vanessa Heroux, Fresno Pacific

Host wildcard
Men: Calvin Bennett/Connor Dawson, Yale
Women: Vicky Brook/Stephanie Kent, Yale

At-large bid
Men: Davey Sandgren/JP Smith, Tennessee
Women: Mari Andersson/Jana Juricova, California

Look for stories and results from the USTA/ITA National Indoors on College Tennis Examiner and Zoo Tennis. Full draws with updating results are available at the ITA website.

*Boris Conkic will be playing with Rhyne Williams, whom he won the ITA Regional with, and JP Smith is playing with Davey Sandgren, who he is top-ranked with. The extra spot in the doubles draw goes to Mortiz Baumann and Marek Michalicka of Wisconsin, the next highest ranked team on the ITA Pre-Season Rankings.