NCAA Men’s Tennis Tournament: Arizona sweeps NAU, will face Clemson in 2nd round
Death, taxes and Arizona men’s tennis making it past the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The 8th-seeded Wildcats beat NAU 4-0 on Friday at the LaNelle Robson Tennis Center, winning their opening NCAA match for the sixth consecutive seasons. The UA (22-4) will take on Clemson, a 4-3 winner over Ole Miss, in the […]
Death, taxes and Arizona men’s tennis making it past the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The 8th-seeded Wildcats beat NAU 4-0 on Friday at the LaNelle Robson Tennis Center, winning their opening NCAA match for the sixth consecutive seasons. The UA (22-4) will take on Clemson, a 4-3 winner over Ole Miss, in the second round Saturday at 1 p.
m. PT. “Getting to the second round of the NCAA Tournament is no slouch,” UA coach Clancy Shields said.
“But to get a one seed, to play the four seed in the regional is huge. I’m happy we got through today. We’re gonna have a war with Clemson tomorrow, and they looked awesome today.
” Clemson (17-12) needed 3-set victories from its No. 1 and No. 5 singles players to outlast Ole Miss in a match that lasted nearly three hours.