Rilla proves himself at ITA Championships

Rilla received a first-round bye, which enabled him to play his first match in the second round against Jon Bram from Tufts University. After defeating Bram, he went on to the quarterfinals, where he beat Williams College’s Jeff Kivitz. It took Rilla no more than two sets in both matches to defeat his opponents (6-4, 6-1, and 6-3, 6-1, respectively). He lost his third match in the semifinals to Middlebury College’s Nathan Edmunds in three sets: 6-2, 2-6 and 6-3. Rilla and freshman Jeff Lawrence