any advice to a newbie to usta tourneys?

i'm about 3.5, i'm the 3rd best on my high school team, but ive never had the chance to play in a usta tournament.

i plan on joining a satellite 16 tournament soon, so any advice on my first usta tourney? should i be afraid?

[103xStateChamp]

Good idea to start in satalite best of luck play hard and dont be intimitated because the best person there is only ranked 101 in the section =)

[mrmo1115]

in my section we usually tell players to start with L2's which are lower events almost like challengers if i were to make an analogy. then comes L1's which are a little bigger and then the sectionals which are like the master series or the tier I tournamentts