TULSA – The Georgia Tech men’s tennis team began play at the ITA Men’s All-American Championships on Saturday morning.
Gianluca Carlini made his debut at the ITA All-American Championships in the prequalifying round of singles play. Carlini dropped a tight first set 7-5 before San Diego State’s Aleksi Lofman sealed the match with a 6-4 second frame.
Carlini will play in a consolation match tomorrow before beginning doubles play with Christophe Clement in the qualifying round on Monday.
ITA All-American Championships: Singles – Pre-Qualifying
Aleksi Lofman (SDSU) def. Gianluca Carlini (GT) 7-5, 6-4
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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