The 2023 ITA Division I National Men’s Team Indoor Championship All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player, and Team Sportsmanship Award were announced on Thursday, as voted on by the participating head coaches.
No. 1 Singles: Eliot Spizzirri, Texas (2-0)
- DNF Melios Efstathiou (Wake Forest) 6-4, 5-2
- def Justin Boulais (Ohio State) 6-4, 2-6, 6-0
- def Andrew Fenty (Michigan) 1-6, 7-5, 6-3
- DNF Jake Fearnley (TCU) 1-6, 7-6(5)
No. 2 Singles: Luc Fomba, TCU (2-0)
- def Marko Miladinovic (Baylor) 6-2, 7-6(3)
- DNF Philip Henning (Georgia) 6-4, 4-6, 4-3
- def Alafia Ayeni (Kentucky) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- DNF Pierre-Yves Bailly (Texas) 6-4, 3-4
Tied No. 3 Singles: Joshua Lapadat, Kentucky (3-0)
- def Jonah Braswell (Florida) 6-4, 6-1
- def Wojciech Marek (USC) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
- def Jack Pinnington Jones (TCU) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
Tied No. 3 Singles: Ondrej Styler, Michigan (3-0)
- def Samir Banerjee (Stanford) 7-5, 6-3
- def Jeffrey Von Der Schulenburg (Virginia) 6-3, 6-4
- def Micah Braswell (Texas) 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 Singles: Sander Jong, TCU (3-0)
- def Zsombor Velcz (Baylor) 6-4, 6-2
- def Blake Croyder (Georgia) 6-4, 6-3
- DNF Taha Baadi (Kentucky) 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), 1-1
- def Siem Woldeab (Texas) 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 Singles: Sebastian Gorzny, TCU (3-0)
- DNF Luc Koenig (Baylor) 6-4, 3-6, 4-2
- def Teodor Giusca (Georgia) 7-6 (5), 6-4
- def Jaden Weekes (Kentucky) 6-2, 6-3
- def Cleeve Harper (Texas) 6-4, 6-1
No. 6 Singles: Will Cooksey, Michigan (3-0)
- def Filip Kolasinski (Stanford) 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
- def Mans Dahlberg (Virginia) 6-4, 6-3
- def Nevin Arimilli (Texas) 7-6 (3), 6-1
No. 1 Doubles: Andrew Lutschaunig & James Trotter, Ohio State (3-0)
- def Oliver Okonkwo/Mathis Debru (Illinois) 6-2
- def Eliot Spizzirri/Cleeve Harper (Texas) 6-4
- def Chris Rodesch/Ryan Goetz (Virginia) 7-6 (3)
No. 2 Doubles: Joshua Lapadat/JJ Mercer, Kentucky (2-0)
- def Tanapatt Nirundorn/Togan Tokac (Florida) 6-4
- DNF Wojtek Marek/Lodewijk Weststrate (USC) 4-4
- def Sander Jong/Jack Pinnington Jones (TCU) 6-2
No. 3 Doubles: Sebastian Gorzny/Pedro Vives, TCU (3-0)
- def Luc Koenig/Ethan Muza (Baylor) 6-3
- def Blake Croyder/Britton Johnston (Georgia) 7-5
- def Liam Draxl/Jaden Weekes (Kentucky) 6-3
- DNF Chih Chi Huang/Micah Braswell (Texas) 6-5
Most Outstanding Player: Eliot Spizzirri (Texas)
As a junior for the Longhorns, Eliot Spizzirri showed time and time again this past weekend why he was the No. 1 ranked singles player in the nation. Playing from the No. 1 singles position, Spizzirri finished 2-0 on the weekend, with both of his other two unfinished matches trending in his direction down the stretch. Spizzirri’s biggest win of the weekend came against Michigan’s Andrew Fenty when he clinched the match for the Longhorn to earn their spot into the Finals.
This is the 14th annual ITA Division I National Men’s Team Indoor All-Tournament Team. Past winners of the Most Outstanding Player award are Virginia’s Somdev Devvarman (2008); Virginia’s Sanam Singh (2009); Virginia’s Michael Shabaz (2010); Virginia’s Alex Domijan (2011); USC’s Steve Johnson (2012); Virginia’s Alex Domijan (2013); Ohio State’s Peter Kobelt (2014); Oklahoma’s Alex Ghilea (2015), North Carolina’s Ronnie Schneider (2016), Ohio State’s Mikael Torpegaard (2017), Wake Forest’s Petros Chrysochos (2018), Ohio State’s JJ Wolf (2019), USC’s Daniel Cukierman (2020), and North Carolina’s Brian Cernoch (2021), Sander Jong (2022).
Team Sportsmanship Award: TCU
TCU has been awarded the 2023 Division I Men’s Team Sportsmanship Award after their great display of sportsmanship at the 2023 ITA Division I National Men’s Team Indoor Championship.
2023 marks the beginning of the Team Sportsmanship award for Division I National Team Indoors, joining Divison II & III for this annual award. The ITA is committed to highlighting exemplary sportsmanship for all of College Tennis.
