COLUMBIA, Ky. – The Lindsey Wilson men's and women's tennis teams head to Rome, Georgia, to compete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Cup beginning on Thursday at the Rome Tennis Center.
 
Dating back to 1986, the ITA Cup is one of the most storied tournaments across the Division II, Division III, NAIA, and JUCO levels of play, with participants earning their spots in the draws through the ITA Regional Small College Championships, in which over 8,000 student-athletes competed across 60 Regional Championships across the country.
 
Lev Sholosh is competing in the singles draw. Sholosh opens play on Thursday morning against Southeastern's (Fla.) Piero Fernandez. He captured the ITA NAIA Southeast Regional Singles Championship on September 28, defeating Cumberlands' (Ky.) Jacopo Cianfarini 6-1, 6-1. Sholosh teams up with Mateo Larrea in doubles and faces Tennessee Wesleyan's David Leon and Mario Monclus Martin at 12:30 p.m. CT Thursday.
 
On the women's side, Javiera Verdugo competes in singles and faces Tennessee Wesleyan's Ivet Prat in the first round at 10 a.m. CT Thursday. Verdugo won the singles championship at ITA Regionals, defeating Martina Cortal 6-4, 7-6 (7-3). The Blue Raider women have two doubles teams competing. Cortal and Mayra Gisone square off against Bethel's (Ind.) Szilvia Ferenczy and Paola Lameda Morin at 2 p.m. CT. Heyka Rodriguez and Mariangeles Mateu take on Prat and Honoka Tsuji at 2 p.m. CT.
 
The ITA Cup gets underway on Thursday morning at the Rome Tennis Center.