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BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Virginia Tech men’s tennis team will serve as hosts this weekend for the Virginia Tech Challenge. The Hokies will be joined in the event by players from Arkansas, Clemson and Mississippi State and will be played indoors at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center on the Virginia Tech campus. Admission is free.

The event gets underway Friday, Nov. 6 at 10 a.m., with Saturday and Sunday start times at 9 a.m. each day. Virginia Tech players are slated to take the court Friday at 4 p.m. The Hokies will also be in action Saturday at 3 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m. The format will include eight singles flights and four doubles flights with round-robin competition in all flights. There will be no team scoring in the event and winners in each flight will be determined by the following method: 1) won-loss record, 2) head to head, 3) total sets won and 4) total games won.

The Virginia Tech Challenge is the final event of the fall schedule. Tech will return to action Jan. 22-24, hosting the Hokie Challenge.

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