MEDFORD, MA (October 14, 2026) – Three Tufts University men's tennis players will begin national competition at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Cup which begins on Thursday at the Rome Tennis Center in Rome, Georgia.
Tufts senior
Garv Bahl will play in the ITA Cup singles competition, while the Jumbo doubles pair of juniors
Nico Tremblay and
Stavros Mastrogamvrakis will also be in action. These Jumbos earned a spot at the ITA Cup, which is a fall national championship event for NCAA Division II and III, NAIA and JUCO players, by winning titles at the ITA New England Championships in late September.
Bahl is seeded fourth in the 16-man singles tournament and will open with a match against Jared Perry from Trinity University (Texas) on Thursday at 1:00 PM. Perry is the ITA Southwest singles champion. The winner of the match will advance to the ITA Cup Quarterfinals on Friday at 12:30 PM.
In the 16-team doubles tournament, the Jumbo pair of Tremblay and Mastrogamvrakis are the #2 seed. They will play Kristian Sharma and Henry Wilson from Claremont-Mudd-Scipps on Thursday at 6:00 PM. The CMS duo were the ITA West champions. Thursday's winner will advance to the quarterfinals on Friday at 5:30 PM.
This is the second trip to the ITA Cup for Mastrogamvrakis, who also played in the doubles tournament in 2024 and advanced to the quarterfinals with teammate
Javier Gonzalez. This is the first time at the ITA Cup for Bahl and Tremblay.
Links to video streaming and live results can be accessed at the ITA Cup Website
HERE.
Tufts has a strong history at the ITA Cup. Boris Sorkin winning two straight ITA Cup singles titles in 2018 and 2019, and
Alex Ganchev and
Sacha Maes winning the doubles fall national championship in 2024.
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