Nov. 4, 2004

Ana Arbor, Mich. - Pepperdine's Pedro Rico will compete in the National Intercollegiate Indoor Championship beginning Thursday on the campus of the University of Michigan. Rico joins the nation's elite collegiate players in the culminating event of the fall tennis season.

The 2004 ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships, the nation's premier collegiate indoor tennis tournament, is the second of three national championship events for college tennis this season. The ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships feature a 32-player singles field and 16-team doubles field for men and women, including qualifiers from the Wilson/ITA Regional Championships held across the country, the ITA National Small College championships, top performers from the ITA All-American Championships and at-large card selections made by the ITA National Tournament Committee.

The bracket for this weekend's events released Wednesday sees Rico occupying the four seed and matching up against Dante Cipulli (Southwest Baptist) in Thursday's first round play.

For complete bracket visit www.itatennis.com.