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Men’s Tennis Makes Showing at ITA Regionals
Four Eagles participate in the three-day event

October 27, 2001

Josh Procacci celebrated wins in qualifying singles and doubles competitions at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Regional Championships

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Four Eagles qualified for the regional championships and saw competition from some of the top-ranked teams in the country over the weekend at the Omni Hotels ITA Region II Championships. The three-day event was held at the University of North Carolina.

The Eagles’ top seed, Bence Hamori (Budapest, Hungary/Budapest U. of Physical Ed.), fell in the main draw singles competition to Joao Menano of Georgia Tech, 6-2, 7-6 (4). Hamori also teamed with senior Josh Procacci (Naples, Fla./Community School of Naples) in the qualifying main draw doubles competition and earned an 8-1 win over Osorio and Parkes of Campbell University. The pair then fell, 9-7, to Aiken and Hilkey of North Carolina.

Procacci beat his first opponent, Jerome Kullard of North Carolina A&T, before falling in the main draw of the singles qualifying section. Wrapping up the American representation at the event were sophomore Tushar Garg (Mumbai, India/Bradenton Academy [Fla.]) and junior Andreas Kulcsar (Nuremberg, Germany/Neues Gym. Nuremberg) who fell in the main draw doubles competition.

Singles
MD: Joao Menano (Ga. Tech) def. Bence Hamori (AU) 6-2, 7-6 (4)
QS: Josh Procacci (AU) def. Jerome Kullard (North Carolina A&T) 6-3, 6-1
QS: Jeff Kader (W&M) def. Josh Procacci (AU) 6-4, 6-1

Doubles Championship Matches
QD: Hamori/Procacci (AU) def. Osorio/Parkes (Campbell) 8-1
QD: Aiken/Hilkey (UNC) def. Hamori/Procacci (AU) 9-7
MD: Brendon/Loewenthal (WFU) def. Garg/Kulcsar (AU) 8-5

Key:
MD = Main Draw
QS = Qualifying Singles
QD = Qualifying Doubles