Indianapolis, Ind. – (5/8/2019) – Selected as the #4 seed for the upcoming National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) East Regional Championship, Chestnut Hill College will face #5 Bentley University this Saturday, May 11, in a noon (12:00 p.m.) quarterfinal match at Concordia College (NY). Last night's
Division II (DII) Men's Tennis Selection Show on NCAA.com revealed the Clippers and Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) as the respective #1 and #2 seeds for the East Region, they will receive byes for the first round of play and compete on Sunday, May 12, versus the quarterfinal winners at their respective sites. In addition to the #4 Chestnut Hill College/#5 Bentley University quarterfinal, #3 Queens College will face #6 Merrimack College during Saturday's competition, for the right to play #2 SNHU.
Chestnut Hill College is currently 17-6 overall and finished 6-2 in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) prior to making their seventh straight appearance in the CACC Championship with a 4-0 semifinal victory over #3 Post University on April 23. The Griffins placed freshman
Tom Pitchley (London, England) (1
st Team), freshman
Kai Adler (Leer, Germany) (2
nd Team) and sophomore
Jesus Darias (Bolivar, Venezuela) (2
nd Team) on the All-CACC Men's Tennis Team and enjoyed a #50 national ranking in the Oracle/Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) DII Poll on April 17 thanks to quality a regional win over Le Moyne College (W, 5-2 on March 23) and conference wins against Jefferson (W, 7-0 on April 1/W, 7-0 on April 13), USciences (W, 6-1 on March 20/W, 7-0 on April 3), and Post University (W, 4-3 on April 6/W, 5-2 on April 14). The number one doubles team of junior
Erik Jorsal (Mudgeeraba, Australia) and Pitchley were briefly ranked as the #49 pairing in DII by Oracle/ITA on March 21; both also appeared on the CACC All-Tournament Team, while the latter was the second player in program history to be named the CACC Rookie and Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks (4/8/2019, 4/15/2019).
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