Louisville and Bellarmine Team to Host ITA/Ohio Valley Regional Championships This Weekend

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville along with Bellarmine University will serve as co-hosts for the 2022 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Ohio Valley Regional this weekend, marking the first time the event has been held in Louisville.
 
The 128-player singles and 64-team doubles tournament runs Thursday through Monday (Oct. 13-17). Main draw matches and consolation matches will be played at Louisville’s Bass-Rudd Tennis Center and Bellarmine’s Eddie Weber Tennis Complex on Thursday and Friday with Louisville’s Bass-Rudd Tennis Center as the hosting venue Saturday, Sunday an Monday.
 
The Ohio Valley Regional features 23 teams from around the region including:  Austin Peay, Ball State, Bellarmine, Belmont, Butler, Chattanooga, Dayton, Eastern Kentucky, East Tennessee State, Indiana, IUPUI, Kentucky, Lipscomb, Louisville, Memphis, Middle Tennessee, Northern Kentucky, Purdue, Southern Indiana, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, Vanderbilt and Xavier.

The complete draw can be found here. 

 

“We are excited and proud to host the ITA Ohio Valley Regional along with Bellarmine,” said UofL head Coach Rodrigo da Silva. “This is the first time this event has taken place in Louisville and I think it will be an exciting time for fans to watch some of the best college players in the region and the nation compete for the opportunity to reach the fall national championships.”

 

The singles and doubles finalists from this regional event will earn an automatic berth to the 2022 ITA National Fall Championships which will take place November 2-6, 2022, at the Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego, California.

 

Admission is free throughout the event. For matches held at UofL, spectator parking will be located along Floyd Street or in the Floyd Street Parking Garage (across from the Don Fightmaster Playground) for a $5 fee….