Belski and Mitchell have Strong Showing at All-American Invitational
10/11/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
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Senior Max Belski and Junior Stephen Mitchell, ranked 30th in doubles by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, have won their first match in the consolation bracket at the Icy Hot Men’s All-American Championships in Chattanooga Tennessee.
They defeated Mark Dritrich and Simon Rea of Tennessee 8-4, and will play Ben Stapp and Lee Walker of Memphis on Friday.
The Icy Hot/ITA Men’s All-American Championships is not only the largest single tournament of this season in collegiate tennis, with over 300 competitors, but also the first of three national championship events at the Division I level during the 2002-03 collegiate tennis season.
In the main draw Belski and Mitchell began by defeating Lovre Brajkovic and Vedran Vidovic of Indiana State, 8-1. In the second round they defeated Gabe Coren and Daniel Jung of San Diego State, 8-3. In the quarterfinals they lost Lester Cook and Ante Matijevic of Texas A&M, 8-6.
Max Belski, ranked 30th in singles by the ITA, defeated Victor Romero of Tulane Thursday morning in a consolation singles match.
