Friday is the date of the NCAA Tournament Men’s Tennis First Round matchup Alabama.
13-seed The first and second rounds of the quadrant will be hosted by Duke (18-9), which takes on Big South champion UNC Asheville (16-7) in the first round.
“I enjoy this quadrant.” Head coach Kyle Bailey of Charlotte said, “To be honest, I think the first thing is that we are going to a place we have been before.” “We’ve been to Duke before; we attend the [ITA] Regional there each year. I like that we will be in the same environment, with the same temperature and time frame.”
On April 21, the Niners, who had tied a program record with 19 wins overall, won four games in a row to win the 2024 American Athletic Conference Championship and earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
“[Being eligible for the NCAA Tournament] initially required
A SHORT LOOK AT THE TIDE
After placing No. 21 in the most recent ITA Rankings with a 17-12 overall record and a 6-6 record in SEC play, the Crimson Tide was awarded an at-large bid. First team All-SEC pick Filip Planinsek (ranked #32 in singles and #39 in doubles) and second team All-Conference pick Matias Ponce De Leon (leading the Crimson Tide with 27 singles victories) are the main players for Alabama.
Coach Bailey said, “I like where we are at r
ight now as a team and we’re looking forward to the challenge. They’ve had a really good season, I know they’ve done really well.”
Make a note of your calendars.
May 3–4 is when the first and second rounds of competition take place. Four teams compete in a single-elimination format. The victor
FORMAT
The games will be dual regulation games. Six singles matches, each worth one team point and played best of three sets, will follow the three doubles matches, each of which will last for six game sets. A seven-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) will be played at six games all with no-ad scoring. In the championship bracket, the team with four or more team points advances.
Following the determination of the doubles point during the championships, all matches will end. After a team winner (four points won) is established, all remaining individual matches will be terminated. Only completed matches will be reflected in the score.
ENTIRE VIEW OF THE AMERICAN
Also, three other AAC schools were awarded a
