Army West Point Athletics
Thursday, October 1
Boise, Idaho
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Boise State Invite
Men's Tennis Ready for Western Expedition
September 30, 2015 | Men's Tennis
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's tennis team will open its first of two competitions on the weekend Thursday. Six of the team's top seven players will be competing in the Boise State Invite from Oct. 1-4.
The 11-team field consists of Montana, Lewis Clark State College, Utah State, service-academy rival Air Force, Idaho State, Abilene Christian, Seattle University, Portland State and Weber State. Host Boise State is the only one out of the group that finished the 2014 season nationally-ranked, coming in at No. 29.
"It's going to be an exciting weekend, especially going against Boise State," said head coach Jim Poling. "That team has won the (Mountain West) conference title four years in a row. It's going to be a great tournament against some western teams that we really don't get to see very often."
Juniors Sam Lampman and Grant Riechmann highlight the group with their exceptional doubles play thus far. The pair has gone 3-1 together in 2nd flight matches. Riechmann carries a 5-1 overall record in doubles while Lampman's record stands at 4-1.
"Our goal is to be playing better at the end of the tournament than when we started. We've got some specific things we've been working on, and we're just trying to improve in those areas. We're trying to prepare our guys for the ITA Regionals in three weeks right now."
The four-day tournament is set to begin on Thursday, Oct. 1 and will run all day.
For up-to-date information bout Army men's tennis, please follow @ArmyWP_MTennis on Twitter.
The 11-team field consists of Montana, Lewis Clark State College, Utah State, service-academy rival Air Force, Idaho State, Abilene Christian, Seattle University, Portland State and Weber State. Host Boise State is the only one out of the group that finished the 2014 season nationally-ranked, coming in at No. 29.
"It's going to be an exciting weekend, especially going against Boise State," said head coach Jim Poling. "That team has won the (Mountain West) conference title four years in a row. It's going to be a great tournament against some western teams that we really don't get to see very often."
Juniors Sam Lampman and Grant Riechmann highlight the group with their exceptional doubles play thus far. The pair has gone 3-1 together in 2nd flight matches. Riechmann carries a 5-1 overall record in doubles while Lampman's record stands at 4-1.
"Our goal is to be playing better at the end of the tournament than when we started. We've got some specific things we've been working on, and we're just trying to improve in those areas. We're trying to prepare our guys for the ITA Regionals in three weeks right now."
The four-day tournament is set to begin on Thursday, Oct. 1 and will run all day.
For up-to-date information bout Army men's tennis, please follow @ArmyWP_MTennis on Twitter.
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