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Harris Returns To The Court At National Indoors 11/6/2003
Harris Returns To The Court At National Indoors Ann Arbor, Mich. — Senior Chad Harris of the Vanderbilt men’s tennis team returned to action this past weekend, playing in the ITA National Indoor Championships at the University of Michigan Varsity Tennis Complex. Harris missed the majority of the 2003 fall season while he was recooperating from off-season surgery. The Aurora, Colo., native finished the 2003 spring season as the No. 10 player in the country for the national runner-up Commodores. Over the summer, Harris had surgery to correct a degenerative back disorder, and was kept off the court through the middle of October. The senior worked extremely hard to make it back in time for the National Indoors, one of three national championship tournament in collegiate tennis each year. His first round opponent was Jeremy Wurtzman of Ohio State, who entered the fall ranked No. 20 and was given the fifth seed in the tournament. Wurtzman defeated Harris by a tally of 6-4, 6-2, and went on to win the tournament’s championship. In consolation play, Harris faced No. 71 Adrians Zguns of Arkansas, the 2003 Central Region champion. Harris took the first set, 7-5, but could not hold on and dropped the next two frames, 7-6 (7-3 in the tiebreaker), 6-3. The National Indoor Championship concludes fall play for the Vanderbilt men’s tennis team. The squad will return to action in the middle of January to take part in the SEC Indoor Championships, which then-Vanderbilt junior Bobby Reynolds won a year ago. — VU — |
