Bryant men's tennis competes at Brown Invite this weekend

Bryant men's tennis competes at Brown Invite this weekend

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University men's tennis team continues its fall season this weekend when it competes at the Brown Invitational in Providence.

The Particulars

Event: Brown Invitational

Location: Providence, R.I.

About the Brown Invitational

  • The invitational will be a three-day event that features opponents from Brown, Boston College, Colgate, Villanova and Boston University.
  • It will feature three flights and pairs will play singles against one another and then also team up in doubles competition.

Coach Gendron's Thoughts

"This is a great opportunity to play quality opponents close to home. We are excited to see what a solid week of practice will translate like on the court. It's an interesting format, pairing doubles teams and combing their singles points to determine who advances. It should be a great battle."

Bryant's Draws

  • In the first flight, redshirt junior Matt Kuhar (Smithfield, R.I.) and senior Luke Lorenz (Colorado Springs, Colo.) will face Boston College's Derek Austin and Chris Grasel. The duos will play doubles against one another, with Kuhar facing Austin and Lorenz taking on Grasel in singles.
  • In the second flight, senior Jorge Ortiz-Garcia (Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico) and younger brother Jorge Isaias Ortiz-Garcia (Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico) will play doubles against Villanova's Stefan Suarez and Mike Czlonka. In singles, the older Ortiz-Garcia will face Suarez, while freshman Trent Massam (Wellington, New Zealand) will play Dylan Flanagan at No. 2 singles.
  • Bryant will have two entries in the third flight. Redshirt senior Nick Lamart (Raleigh, N.C.) and freshman Wilson Dong (Bradenton, Fla.) will form the first duo, while sophomores Guido Argentini (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Andrew Quiros (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) form the other duo. Lamart and Dong will face BC's Will Turner and Jeffrey Melvin. Argentini and Quiros will face Boston University's David Bogatin and Pete Siozios.
  • There will also be a fourth flight this weekend that will feature junior Scott Plutt (Weston, Fla.) and sophomore Anshumat Srivastava (Patna, India). They will face duos from Boston College and Brown.