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Men's Tennis Earns No. 1 Seed at A-10 Championship
March 31, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC - George Washington (12-9, 7-1 A-10) has been awarded the No. 1 seed in the 2008 Atlantic 10 Men's Tennis Championship, set to begin Friday, April 4, at the Club 4 Life in Monroeville, PA. With the top-seeding comes a first-round by.
GW will open the tournament at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 4, and will face off against the winner of the No. 9 Dayton/No. 8 Rhode Island match, which is set to take place at 8:00 a.m. that day. In their regular season meeting, GW cruised past the Flyers, 7-0, on Feb. 16. The Colonials did not play Rhode Island this year.
The championship game is set for Sunday, April 6, at 11:00 a.m. In last year's A-10 Championship, GW went 2-1, defeating St. Bonaventure to earn 3rd place in the tournament.
The Men's Tennis Committee selected the tournament's seeding early Monday afternoon, taking into consideration head-to-head competition and significant wins, among other qualifiers.
Complete List of Teams and Seeding:
12. Fordham
11. La Salle
10. Saint Louis
9. Dayton
8. Rhode Island
7. Saint Joseph's
6. Richmond
5. St. Bonaventure
4. Duquesne
3. Charlotte
2. Xavier
1. George Washington
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