Georgia Men’s Tennis Releases Schedule for Coach Manny Diaz’s Twenty-Eighth Season

Georgia Men’s Tennis Head Coach Manny Diaz enters his twenty-eight season at the helm of the University of Georgia’s most successful sports program.

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The Georgia men’s tennis team, the three-time defending SEC champion, plays no less than 12 of last year’s NCAA Tournament teams in 2015-2016.

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Home matches against Ohio State, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, and Florida are assured.

The annual Southern Intercollegiate Championships opens the fall schedule September 11-14 at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. The first dual match is slated for January 23 at home against UC Santa-Barbara.

“We’re excited about the schedule we have for the upcoming year,” said Manuel Diaz to Georgiadogs.com. “I think it sets up well for us to be playing at the top of our game when it matters most at the end of the season. We’ll have several strong non-conference opponents again this year, and we’ll face the usual tough challenge of the SEC schedule. Our guys are looking forward to it.”

Diaz is entering his 28th season as Georgia’s head coach. Diaz succeeded Dan Magill in 1989 after Magill served for 34 years. With Athens area native Bo Hodge returning to Georgia as Associate Head Tennis Coach, is the countdown to a tennis head coaching transition underway?

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Georgia will play eight tournaments in the fall, including the Southern Intercollegiate Championships.

For the eighth consecutive year, the University of Georgia will serve as host for the January’s ITA Kickoff Weekend January 23-24, 2016. Joining the Dawgs in Athens at the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Facility are Louisville, Memphis and UC Santa Barbara will join the Dawgs.

Georgia will travel to Los Angeles along with Florida and meet UCLA and USC for the Pac-12/SEC Showdown.

This season Georgia will also face East Tennessee State and either Louisville or Memphis.

Georgia will play six SEC home matches and travel to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships will be held in Charlottesville, Va., Feb. 12-15.

South Carolina hosts the SEC Tournament April 20-24, the NCAA First and Second Rounds will again be held on campus sites, and the NCAA Championships will be held in Tulsa, Okla., for the first time since 2008, which is also the last time Georgia won the NCAA title. The NCAA Championships return to Athens for the 32nd time in May 2017.

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2015-16 Georgia Men’s Tennis Schedule
Sept. 11-14 Southern Intercollegiate Championships (Athens)
Sept. 18-20 at Oracle/ITA Masters (Malibu, Calif.)
Sept. 24-27 at Cajun Tennis Classic (Baton Rouge, La.)
Oct. 3-11 at All-American Championships (Tulsa, Okla.)
Oct. 16-19 at ITA Southeast Regional Championships (Gainesville, Fla.)
Oct. 23-26 at SEC Fall Classic (Auburn, Ala.)
Nov. 12-15 at USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships (New York)
Nov. 12-15 Bulldog Scramble (Athens)
Jan. 16-18 at MLK Georgia Tech Invitational (Atlanta)
Jan. 23 ITA Kickoff – Louisville vs. Memphis (Athens) 9 a.m.
Jan. 23 ITA Kickoff vs. UC-Santa Barbara (Athens) 1 p.m.
Jan. 24 ITA Kickoff vs. Louisville or Memphis (Athens) 9 a.m. or 5 p.m.
Jan. 30 at Pac-12/SEC Showdown vs. USC (Los Angeles – at UCLA)
Jan. 31 at Pac-12/SEC Showdown at UCLA (Los Angeles)
Feb. 6 vs. Georgia Tech (Athens)
Feb. 12-15 at ITA National Team Indoor Championships (Charlottesville, Va.)
Feb. 28 vs. East Tennessee State (Athens)
March 4 vs. Mississippi State (Athens)
March 6 vs. Alabama (Athens)
March 13 at Vanderbilt (Nashville, Tenn.)
March 18 at South Carolina (Columbia, S.C.)
March 20 vs. Ohio State (Athens)
March 25 vs. Tennessee (Athens)
March 27 vs. Kentucky (Athens)
April 1 at Texas A&M (College Station, Texas)
April 3 at LSU (Baton Rouge, La.)
April 8 vs. Florida (Athens)
April 10 vs. Auburn (Athens)
April 15 at Arkansas (Fayetteville, Ark.)
April 17 at Ole Miss (Oxford, Miss.)
April 20-24 at SEC Tournament (Columbia, S.C.)
May 13-15 NCAA First/Second Rounds (Campus Sites TBD)
May 19-30 at NCAA Championships (Tulsa, Okla.)