University of North Carolina Athletics
Will Plyler Wins ITA Summer Circuit Title
July 23, 2007 | Men's Tennis
July 23, 2007
Chapel Hill, N.C. - Rising senior Will Plyler defeated Clemson's Kevin Fleck to win the singles title of the ITA Summer Circuit Tournament at UNC's Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. Plyler won six matches over the course of four days, including two matches in blistering heat on Monday that were decided in third set match tiebreakers.
Plyler defeated Michigan State's John Stratton, Charleston Southern's Chris Peek, Georgetown's Will Lowell, NC State's Eric Turner, Georgia's Chris Motes and Clemson's Fleck. Plyler also reached the doubles semifinals with teammate Kyle Baker. Plyler and former Tar Heel All-American Raian Luchici have both won Summer Circuit singles championships during their Carolina tennis careers.
Monday's semifinals and finals concluded a successful weekend for the tournament which had over 150 men and women compete in singles and doubles. All four top seeds reached the men's singles semifinals. On the women's side, the #1, #3 and #5 seeds reached the semifinals. The women's doubles final concluded on Sunday with Indiana's Lindsay Stuckey and Erin Clark defeating Davidson's Virginia Berry and Michele Fanney.
The University of North Carolina is the third of four schools hosting tournaments in the Southeast Region. Next weekend the Southeast Region concludes at UNC-Greensboro. There are six Summer Circuit regions around the country which host tournaments in July. The entire Circuit culminates at the ITA National Summer Championships in Bloomington, Ind. August 11-15. The winner of the ITA National Summer Championships receives a wild card into the Main Draw of the ITA All-American Championships in October.
Complete draw sheets can be found at the following link: http://www.tennisinformation.com/tourny/5/1/7/5/9/6/2/draws.asp
Monday's Results
Main Draw Singles Semifinals
Will Plyler (UNC) d. Chris Motes (UGA) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0(5)
Kevin Fleck (Clemson) d. Robert Ladyman (Furman) 6-1, 2-6, 1-0(6)
Men's Singles Final
Will Plyler d. Kevin Fleck 6-2, 4-6, 1-0(3)
Men's Consolation Final
Conor Sherwood (Greensboro, N.C.) d. Alex Rafiee (Huntsville, Ala.) 6-4, 6-4 Women's Singles Final
Cameron Ellis (UGA) d. Caroline Newman (Greensboro, N.C.) 6-0, 6-0
Women's Consolation Final
Lindsay Stuckey (Indiana) d. Ryan Reichel (Dartmouth) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles Semifinals
Fleck/Bryan Oakley (ECU) d. Plyler/Kyle Baker (UNC) 8-3
Chris Peak(CSU)/Weston Nichols (Cornell) d. Will Lowell/David Tillman (Georgetown) 8-4
Doubles Final
Peak/Nichols d. Fleck/Oakley 8-6
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