QU Men's Tennis Sends Four to ITA Regionals

Who: Quinnipiac Men's Tennis Team
What: ITA Regionals
Dates: Thursday, October 19, 2017 - Monday, October 23, 2017
Location: New Haven, Connecticut

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut - The Quinnipiac men's tennis team's Julian Rozenstein (Marlboro, New Jersey), Kyle Alper (Dix Hills, New York), Axel Stern (Tustin, California) and Freddie Zaretsky (Fair Lawn, New Jersey) has been chosen to compete at the ITA Regionals at the Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Stern and Alper will compete in the main doubles draw while Rozenstein and Zaretsky are competing in the main doubles and singles draw.

QUOTE FROM HEAD COACH CHRIS PAPPAS
"I'm really excited to have our top two singles players and top two doubles teams selected into the main draw for ITA Regionals. They have all worked hard and maintained a high level of play and it's a honor to have them recognized in the region to make the main draw."

TOP STORYLINES

Rozenstein and Zaretsky will make their third appearance at the prestigious ITA Regionals.
Stern made his first ITA Regional appearance in 2016.
The appearance will be Alper's first of his career.
Zaretsky advanced to the Main Draw Singles Finals in 2016.
Zaretsky and Rozenstein combined to win the Flight A Doubles bracket at the Quinnipiac Invitational. The duo collected four wins throughout that weekend.
Rozenstein also started his senior campaign with a win the Flight "A" singles bracket at the UConn Invitational. Rozenstein has collected nine wins so far this year.
Zaretsky was a perfect 4-0 in doubles in MAAC play in 2016-17 and will look to remain perfect as the Bobcats pick up MAAC play this season.
Zaretsky and Rozenstein defeated John Oxner and Hector Andres Jacome, 6-3, in doubles play in their opening MAAC match against Saint Peter's.
Rozenstein defeated Hector Andres Jacome 7-6(3), 6-1.
During Quinnipiac's match against Saint Peter's, Alper gutted out a 6-3, 7-5 win for the third point at No. 3 singles, winning deuce points for the final two games of the match.
Apler has won at least one match in the first two weekends of play for the Bobcats.
Alper returns for his fourth season with the Bobcats after taking home a first-team ALL-MAAC selection in singles along with a second-team ALL-MAAC in doubles. He combined for 17 wins for Quinnipiac last season.
Stern earned a quick 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 5 singles to push his win total to five after picking up three wins at the UConn Invitational and one at the Quinnipiac Invitational.
Stern looks to build off his strong freshman season, where he picked up 30 wins in his rookie season.

LOOKING AHEAD
The Bobcats will be playing in the Connecticut State Championships next weekend before taking a three-month break until they begin spring play.

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