Wake Forest Opens NCAA Tournament Against Radford

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The 9th-seeded Wake Forest men's tennis team opens NCAA Tournament play Friday at 4 p.m. (ET) against Radford at the Wake Forest Tennis Center. The Demon Deacons are participating in their ninth-straight NCAA Championship and are hosting for the seventh-straight year.

Prior to the Demon Deacons and Highlanders facing off, No. 41 Texas Tech and No. 24 Auburn compete at 1 p.m. The winners of Friday's matches are scheduled to face off at 4 p.m. Saturday to determine which team advances to the Round of 16 against the winner of the regional, which will occur in Lexington, Kentucky hosted by 8th-seeded Kentucky.

Wake Forest goes into this Friday sporting a 173-23 home record since head coach Tony Bresky took over the helm in 2012. This includes an impressive 103-4 record the past six seasons as the Deacs hold a perfect 24-0 at home this season.

REGIONAL SCHEDULE
Friday, May 6th

1 p.m. - No. 41 Texas Tech vs No. 24 Auburn
4 p.m. - Radford vs No. 8 Wake Forest

Saturday, May 7th

4:00 p.m. - Winner Match 1 vs Winner Match 2

HOW TO FOLLOW
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NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY

This season's selection marks the 21st time in the program's history of making the NCAA Men's Tennis Tournament.
Wake Forest has advanced to the Round of 16 in each of the last five of the last six seasons.
The program has made it to the Finals the past two of three seasons.
In 2018, the Demon Deacons earned their first National Championship by defeating Ohio State 4-2 in the Final at the Wake Forest Tennis Center.
The Demon Deacons are 29-19 in NCAA Men's Tennis Tournament play all-time.

ITA RANKINGS
On Wednesday (May. 4), per updated national rankings released by the International Tennis Association (ITA), Wake Forest as a team was ranked No. 8 and continued to see familiar names placed among the lists of singles and doubles.
Singles Rankings:

No. 48 - Filippo Moroni
No. 61 - Eduardo Nava
No. 89 - Jurabek Karimov

Doubles Rankings:

No. 34 - Siddhant Banthia/Jakob Schnaitter
No. 67 - Siddhant Banthia/Juan Lopez de Azcona

LAST TIME OUT

Hitting the courts for postseason action, No. 2-seeded Wake Forest men's tennis took on its first test of the 2022 ACC Championships, facing the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the quarterfinal round. The Demon Deacons showcased collective effort through the lengthy contest but ultimately fell in a 4-2 decision.

SCOUTING AUBURN

This is Auburn's first NCAA team bid since 2014.
Auburn is 20-10 for the spring season and finished 5-7 in SEC play; this is Auburn's first 20-win season since 2002. After reaching the SEC tournament semifinals, the Tigers are ranked No. 24 in the latest ITA team ratings and No. 22 in the Tennis Channel/USTA Top 25.
First team all-SEC performer Tyler Stice is ranked No. 22 in singles, while 2021 NCAA finalists Tad Maclean and Finn Murgett are No. 10 nationally in doubles.
Tigers in the Rankings:
- Singles Rankings:
  - No. 18 - Tyler Stice
  - No. 118 - Tad McClean
- Doubles Rankings:
  - No. 6 - Finlay Murgett / Tad McClean

SCOUTING RADFORD

The Highlanders (14-7, 6-1 Big South) claimed the 2022 Big South title with a 4-3 win over No.1-seed Campbell. It was their seventh championship overall and second in the last three fully-played seasons.
Radford is led by head coach Rob Bareford and features Aditya Balsekar (17-2), Konstantinos Raptis (14-7) and Andres Silva (15-7).

SCOUTING TEXAS TECH

Making their fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance, the Red Raiders will face the Tigers for the third time in program history. The Red Raiders are 2-0 versus Auburn with both matches played at neutral sites.
Texas Tech finished fourth in the Big 12 this season and defeated five schools in the Field of 64. Tech went 4-4 in neutral site matches this year, and split a pair of matches against SEC foes. The Red Raiders defeated LSU (4-2) and fell to Texas A&M (6-1) in Dallas.
Tech has four players with double-digit singles wins on the year. Junior Dimitrios Azoidis leads the team with 14 total victories while junior Reed Collier has 11 wins, mostly at the No. 2 spot.
Red Raiders in the Rankings:
- Singles Rankings:
  - No. 68 - Isaac Arevalo
- Doubles Rankings:
  - No. 86 - Isaac Arevalo / Piotr Pawlak

NEXT UP

The winners of Friday's matches are scheduled to face off at 4 p.m. Saturday to determine which team advances to the Round of 16 against the winner of the regional, which will occur in Lexington, Kentucky hosted by 8th-seeded Kentucky.

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Players Mentioned

Siddhant Banthia

Jurabek Karimov

Juan Lopez de Azcona

Filippo Moroni

Eduardo Nava

Jakob Schnaitter

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