Kobelt Leads Charge at ITA Midwest Regionals; ITA Regional Look

Ohio State's Peter Kobelt will lead the charge at the ITA Midwest Regional in the singles as the number 1 seed. Held at Ohio State, Kobelt is the defending singles champion as well. Coming into the season as the number 3 ranked singles player in the nation, Kobelt had a short, disappointing main draw run at the ITA All-American. USC Qualifier Jonny Wang took out the 2-seeded Ohio State senior 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 in the first round.

As the 1 seed, Peter Kobelt will take on a qualifier in the first round. He will be looking for the automatic bid to the ITA Indoor Intercollegiate Championship that is guaranteed to the winner of this tournament (as well as the other ITA Regional tournaments). Illinois sophomore Jared Hiltzik will not be participating in this weekend as he already clinched a spot into the ITA Indoor Intercollegiate Championship with a quarterfinal showing at the ITA All-American. Hiltzik was the only player last year to defeat last years NCAA Champion from Ohio State, Blaz Rola.

The top 16 seeds to the singles are as follows:
1. Peter Kobelt, Ohio State
2. Greg Andrews, Notre Dame
3. Tim Kopinski, Illinois
4. Chris Diaz, Ohio State
5. Quentin Monaghan, Notre Dame
6. Vlad Stefan, Michigan
7. Aaron Pfister, Michigan State
8. Drew Lied, Michigan State
9. Hunter Callahan, Ohio State
10. Farris Gosea, Illinois
11. Alex Petrone, Michigan
12. Nadin Indre, Western Michigan
13. Petr Satral, Wisconsin
14. Ross Guignon, Illinois
15. Sam Shropshire, Northwestern
16. Dan Mamalat, Marquette

In the doubles, Kobelt won the title his freshman and sophomore years (with Matt Allare and Chase Buchanan respectively). He will be teaming up with redshirt junior Kevin Metka, as they are the 2 seeds behind the Illinois team of Tim Kopinski and Ross Guignon.

The top 8 seeds in the doubles draw are as follows:
1. Kopinski-Guignon, Illinois
2. Metka-Kobelt, Ohio State
3. Dzanko-Vieyra, DePaul
4. Lawson-Andrews, Notre Dame
5. Petrone-Zhu, Michigan
6. Bernstein-Buzzi, Michigan
7. Callahan-Diaz, Ohio State
8.  Jesse-Gosea, Illinois

As other ITA Regionals are going on around the country, here all the automatic qualifiers for the singles Men's ITA Indoor Intercollegiate Championship in Flushing, NY:

ITA All-American Champion: Mitchell Frank, Virginia
ITA All-American Runner-Up: Guillermo Alcorta, Oklahoma
ITA All-American Semifinalist: Julian Lenz, Baylor
ITA All-American Semifinalist: Gonzales Austin, Vanderbilt
ITA All-American Quarterfinalist: George Goldhoff, Texas
ITA All-American Quarterfinalist: Jared Hiltzik, Illinois
ITA All-American Quarterfinalist: Austin Smith, Georgia
ITA All-American Quarterfinalist: Patrick Pradella, Baylor
ITA All-American Consolation Champion: Clay Thompson, UCLA
ITA Ohio Valley Regional Champion: Hunter Reese, Tennessee
ITA Southern Regional Champion: Malte Stropp, Mississippi State
ITA Southeast Regional Champion: Nathan Pasha, Georgia
ITA Small College Super Bowl: Deni Zmak, Embry-Riddle

I will update this list after more champions are crowned this weekend