The Florida men’s tennis team will stay in the Sunshine State, heading south to Orlando for a weekend of play in the Bedford Cup.

The tournament is hosted by the University of Central Florida at the USTA National Campus and features many top teams from across the state.

Florida is one of eight schools competing at the tournament, alongside Stetson, Florida Gulf Coast, FSU, FAU, USF, UNF and UCF.

Multiple Gators will be representing Florida in both the Men’s Open Singles and Open Doubles competition, including Roman Sancilio, Alaa Trifi, Andreas Timini, and Ty Host.

Sancilio will join Trifi in Orlando as doubles partners. Sancilio looks to redeem himself by playing in back-to-back tournaments. At the Farnsworth Invitational last weekend, he fell to Denny Bao of Dartmouth in a close singles contest, losing 7-5, 6-4.

Making his second appearance in the orange and blue, Trifi is back on the court after opening the fall season at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Timini and Host also opened the season in Tulsa but will join as a new doubles pair for the Bedford Cup.

Timini lost his season debut match, but picked up his first win of the season in the consolation bracket against Princeton’s Milan Markovits, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. Host, as well, secured his first Gator win in the consolation bracket against Miami’s Jakub Kroslak, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

The quad enters its first Bedford Cup with versatility and a chance to build momentum early in the season. With singles experience behind them and two new doubles pairings taking the court, the Gators look to turn their recent matches into confidence as they face a competitive field in Orlando.

Action begins Friday, Oct. 2, and concludes Sunday, Oct. 4.