Men's Tennis Set for ITA All-American Championship

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Four University of Louisville's men's tennis players will travel to Tulsa, Okla., to compete in the 2015 Saint Francis All-American Championship Oct. 3-12.

"The players are excited about playing the All-American Championship," said UofL head coach Rex Ecarma. "They have prepared hard and are anxious to get started."

Junior Sean Donohue (Louisville, Ky.) and sophomore Courtney Lock (Harare, Zimbabwe) will open the tournament in the Pre-Qualifying singles draw Oct. 3. Following the completion of the prequalifying draw, seniors Jeffrey Brown (Mandeville, La.) and Alex Gornet (Louisville, Ky.) will begin play in the Qualifying Draw in both singles and doubles. This marks Gornet's second appearance in the All-American Championship.

About the Saint Francis All-American Championship
The tournament marks the first men's national title of the 2015 fall season. The first major championship of the fall collegiate season for the men has been hosted by the University of Tulsa at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center since 2005. Since 1979, this event has successfully combined competitors who had stellar seasons the year before with the cream of the crop from the freshman class.

Live video for each match at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center can be viewed at www.tulsahurricane.com, while updated draws and main draw daily recaps can be found at the ITA Championship Central page http://www.itatennis.com/Events/ITANationalChampionships/MensAllAmerican.htm.

• Pre-qualifying matches are slated to begin on Saturday, Oct. 3, with qualifying matches starting on Oct. 5 and main draw contests getting underway on Oct. 8. The singles and doubles finals are scheduled for Oct. 12.

• A player from the ACC has won the Saint Francis ITA Men's All-American Singles Championship in each of the past five years, with Louisville's Sebastian Stiefelmeyer earning the crown last year.

• Singles quarterfinalists, doubles finalists and consolation champions will receive an automatic entry into the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships on Nov. 12-15, held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York.

Last season
In 2014, Sebastian Stielfelmeyer became the first player in program history to win the All-American Championship. He began the tournament in the qualifying draw and won nine straight matches en route to the title.

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Players Mentioned

Jeffrey Brown

Sean Donohue

Alex Gornet

Courtney Lock

Sebastian Stiefelmeyer

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