For the Binghamton University men’s tennis team, there are three different stories playing out this weekend at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Regional in Princeton, N.J. There is the story of the senior captain who is playing his heart out in his final season. There is the story of the heavily recruited transfer eager to impress on the big stage. And there is the story of the sophomore who is finally 100 percent healthy and itching to show what he is truly capable of.

The senior, Faisal Mohamed, will be making his second consecutive appearance at the regionals in the main draw. He lost in the opening round last season, but this season the veteran has a ton of momentum on his side. Mohamed is coming off a weekend where he went 3-0 to capture the Flight No. 2 title at the Army Invitational. Overall, he is 5-2 as a singles player thus far this pre-season and has looked sharp out on the court.

The second story unfolding this weekend will be the one of Sebastian Dietz, head coach Adam Cohen’s star recruit from Germany. The newcomer has played by far the most of any Bearcat this fall, ringing up an 8-5 record in his 13 matches. He came within mere points of a ninth victory and his first singles title at the Army Invite. Dietz has played at a very high level all season, but consistency and fatigue issues have hampered him from truly breaking out thus far. However, his eighteenth seed in the main draw is one of the highest seeds ever awarded to a Binghamton player at the regionals.

Yet another story that will be unfolding at regionals is the one of Moshe Levy, the immensely talented sophomore from Israel. Levy has played in the least number of matches of the three Bearcats representing the school this weekend, only appearing in five singles matches. He is 3-2 thus far, and, like Dietz, came within mere points of a championship in his flight at last weekend’s Army Invite. A stress fracture in his right hand cost Levy nearly 10 dual matches last season and the first half of this pre-season. The lack of court time may have also hurt Levy’s chances at a regional title this weekend, as he will have to win two matches in a qualifying draw to even earn a seed in his second consecutive regionals main draw.

‘Had he [Levy] played a full season and then been able to play in more tournaments he probably would be in the main draw,’ Cohen said.

Mohamed and Dietz also earned a seed in the doubles main draw. The duo has a record of 4-4, with two of those wins coming at the Army Invite, where they were one point away from a doubles title. Mohamed won a doubles match at the regionals last season with recent graduate Pierre Clavel.

‘The goal is to have at least the same amount of guys get into the event [as last season when three did] and on top of that, do better than they did a year ago,’ Cohen said.

After the ITA Regional, the Bearcats will be playing in the Penn Classic the weekend of Oct. 26.