KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan men's tennis team will be participating at the 2017 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Midwest Regional Championships Presented by Oracle this week (Oct. 19-23), hosted by Michigan. The tournament, which features a qualifying singles draw, main singles draw and a doubles draw, will be played at the Varsity Tennis Center. The winners of each main draw will receive automatic berths to the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships.
 
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"Our players always look forward to competing with the best players in the Midwest this week and I believe we are peaking at the right time," commented WMU head coach Dave Morin.

The tournament will get started on Thursday with the opening two rounds of qualifying singles, which features 64 total competitors, four of which are from Western Michigan. Junior Eric Olivarez has started the season 5-3 in singles play, earning him the No. 1 seed in the qualifying draw while sophomore Jannik Opitz earned the No. 2 spot with an overall singles record of 8-4. Juniors Lenhard Haupt and Nick Schnobel will also be competing in the qualifying draw, which will send eight winners to the main draw.

The main draw will begin on Friday, Oct. 20, with one round and will run through the rest of the tournament. Two Broncos will represent the team, including sophomore No. 79 ranked Kennosuke Nouchi and senior Maik Steiner. The main draw also features 64 total competitors.

Same as the main draw, the doubles draw will get started on Friday and end on Monday, Oct. 23. Teams representing WMU are freshman Zac Faveri/Haupt, Billy Heckman/Nouchi, Steiner/Opitz and Olivarez/Schnobel.

Midwest Region Teams
Michigan, Chicago State, Cleveland State, DePaul, Detroit Mercy, Eastern Illinois, Illinois State, Illinois-Chicago, Illinois, Marquette, Michigan State, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Toledo, Valparaiso, Western Michigan, Wisconsin-Green Bay, Wisconsin, Youngstown State

ITA Midwest Regional Championship Schedule
Schedule is subject to change

Thursday, Oct. 19
8 a.m. -- Singles Qualifying First Round
2 p.m. -- Singles Qualifying Second Round
*consolation will be played outdoors for first-round losers
Friday, Oct. 20
8 a.m. -- Singles Qualifying Third Round
10:30 a.m. -- Doubles Main Draw First Round
3 p.m. -- Doubles Main Draw Round of 32
5 p.m. -- Doubles Main Draw Round of 16
Saturday, Oct. 21
8 a.m. -- Singles Main Draw First Round
2 p.m. -- Singles Main Draw Round of 32
5 p.m. -- Doubles Main Draw Quarterfinals
Sunday, Oct. 22
10 a.m. -- Singles Main Draw Round of 16
1:30 p.m. -- Singles Main Draw Quarterfinals
4 p.m. -- Doubles Main Draw Semifinals
Monday, Oct. 23
10 a.m. -- Singles Main Draw Semifinals
1:30 a.m. -- Singles Main Draw Finals
4 p.m. -- Doubles Main Draw Finals