NCAA 1st Round Previews: Texas & Georgia Regionals

Texas Regional
Caswell Tennis Center - Austin, TX 

[9] Texas (19-6) vs. [49-64] Navy (20-10) - Friday 2pm - Navy got the automatic bid with a 4-1 win over Army in the Patriot League Championship while Texas got an at-large after losing a 4-3 nail-biter to #1 Oklahoma in the Big 12 semifinals. Navy faced 4 ranked opponents during the regular season going 0-4 (Fresno St 0-5, San Francisco 2-5, UNC Wilmington 0-7, Old Dominion 1-6)

Doubles Records:  Texas 11-13, Navy 18-12

UTR Starting 6 Power Rating:  Texas 84, Navy 72

Winthrop Is Dancing & A Look Ahead Towards The Weekend

Winthrop won the Big South Championship for the 2nd year in a row with each of those Championship matches coming against Campbell and both finishing with a 4-2 final score.  All 3 doubles courts went to a tiebreak with Winthrop pulling through at 1 and 2.  5 of 6 singles courts went 3 sets with Winthrop's #1 Tremayne Mitchell and #2 Dylan Comerford pulling away late and it was freshman Ruben Franzanti providing the clincher at #5 by winning a 3rd set tiebreak 7-1 over Jonathan O'Neal.  Campbell got a straight set win from Marthinus Visser at #6 and a 3-set win from Nicolas Rakitin at #3 in a losing effort.

BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPS! Men's Tennis captures second straight conference crown. #ProtectTheNest pic.twitter.com/o3ZHGPuOAe
— Winthrop Athletics (@WUEagles) April 21, 2015