Both the men’s and women’s tennis teams had their first practice Thursday afternoon.

Coach Ben Lamanna is in charge of both squads and has been at Brandeis for the past five seasons. Alexis Accomando will serve as assistant coach for the men’s and women’s team this year. The teams are, “already hard at work” according to Coach Lamanna.

The men will be lead by Steven Nieman ’11 and Seth Rogers ’10. Their first home match of the season will take place September 16 at 3 PM against Bentley.

Ariana Sanai and Emily Weisberger, both ’10, will captain the women’s squad. They will face Bowdoin at home September 12 at 2:30pm.