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2016 MAC Men’s Tennis Individual Championship Set for Weekend

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The conference championship will be held at Kirby Park and Wilkes University courts in Wilkes-Barre

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**SCHEDULE UPDATE**

Due to weather concerns on Saturday, action is now set to begin on Friday, Oct. 7 at 4 p.m.  Any other schedule changes will be announced Thursday evening after the coaches’ pre-championship meeting around 8 p.m. (Full Schedule of Events)

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Men’s Tennis) – The 2016 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Men’s Tennis Individual Championship is set for this weekend, Oct. 7-9. King’s College and Wilkes University will host this year’s championship at Kirby Park and Wilkes University courts in Wilkes-Barre.
 
Due to weather concerns on Saturday, action is now set to begin on Friday, Oct. 7 at 4 p.m.  Any other schedule changes will be announced Thursday evening after the coaches’ pre-championship meeting around 8 p.m. (Full Schedule of Events)
 
Admission to the 2016 MAC Men’s Tennis Individual Championship is free and parking is available in the lot adjacent to the Ralston Field Complex. Long-sleeved graphite-gray moisture wick t-shirts with the championship logo will be for sale on site for $18 while supplies last. Programs will be free at the site of competition. Check out the championship central page for updated results, pictures and video interviews throughout the weekend.
 
The Wilkes Colonels swept the singles and doubles flights a year ago at the 2015 MAC Men’s Individual Championship. The Colonels return six of its seven individual champions, including Courtney Murphy, Adam Lefkandinos, Brian Murray, Andrew Neidig, Braddock Chow and Gabe Velez. Wilkes also returns three of its four doubles champions.
 
Seeding and brackets for this year’s tournament will be posted on the championship central page after the coaches’ pre-championship meeting around 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6.
 
The individual tournament has an additional team competing this year, as DeSales University’s tennis program is back for its first season since being dropped as a varsity sport after the 2009-10 season. A total of 15 institutions, including Albright, Alvernia, Arcadia, Delaware Valley, DeSales, Eastern, FDU-Florham, Hood, King’s Lebanon Valley, Lycoming, Messiah, Misericordia, Stevenson and Wilkes will be competing at this year’s championship.
 
Wilkes leads the conference with 29 all-time singles champions and 18 all-time doubles champions at the conference individual championship. 
 

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