The Penn men's tennis team is traveling to the suburbs of Philadelphia this weekend for the Swarthmore Invitational, a meet which they will use as a warm-up for the season. Because there are many new faces on the team, this event will be used primarily for practice and as a tryout for the team. In addition to Swarthmore, Temple, Yale, Connecticut, Kenyon College and Providence will also compete. This year's Penn team has a "good solid group of freshmen," according to Penn coach Gene Miller. Both Eric Sobotka (Jamaica Estates, N.Y.) and Joseph Zupan (Los Angeles, Calif.) were nationally ranked in the top 80 in the boys' 18-and-under group. Oliver Varban (Willowdale, Ont.) was ranked No. 10 in Canada. Sobotka, Zupan, Varban and the other new Quakers are looking forward to this weekend's competition to secure spots on the team and to start the season with a good place in the tournament.
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