NCAA Tournament Second Round:
Date: Saturday, May 13
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Opponent: UW-Whitewater
Location: St. Peter, Minn. | Swanson Tennis Center
Live Coverage: Live Scoring
ST. PETER, Minn. – The No. 21-ranked Gustavus men’s tennis team is set to host a National Collegiate Athletic Association second round matchup on Saturday at Swanson Tennis Center. Earning a first round bye, the Gusties will face the winner of a first round match between the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and Concordia University Wisconsin.
UW-Whitewater and Concordia Wisconsin will face each other in a first round matchup on Friday, while the other half of the regional bracket features a first round matchup between Coe College and Grinnell College. The University of Chicago receives a first round bye and will face the winner of Coe and Grinnell on Saturday. The second round winners will then meet for the regional final on Sunday.
About the Gusties:
- The Gusties finished the regular season with a 22-8 overall record and went 9-0 during conference play to clinch their 51st Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season championship in program history.
- Last weekend, Gustavus defeated Bethel and St. Thomas to claim its seventh-straight MIAC Playoff Championship, clinching an automatic bid to make its seventh consecutive NCAA Tournament and 30th all-time appearance.
- The Gusties own an all-time NCAA Tournament record of 49-34 and have compiled two national championships in 1980 and ’82, three runner-up finishes, three third place finishes, and five fourth place finishes.
- Mohanad Alhouni (Jr., Tripoli, Libya) leads Gustavus with a 32-5 singles record at the No. 1 position while also owning a 20-7 record with Patrick Whaling (So., Manikob Sabot, Va.) in the No. 1 doubles spot.
- Alhouni is ranked as the No. 1 player in the ITA Division III Central Region. Alhouni/Whaling rank No. 5 in the region for doubles.
- Alhouni and Whaling were recently selected to represent Gustavus at the NCAA Individual Championships, May 25-27. Alhouni will compete in the 32-individual singles draw, while the duo of Alhouni and Whaling will pair up in the 16-team doubles draw.
- Yassine Derbani (Fy., Casablanca, Morocco) has won eight-straight singles matches.
- Chase Johnson (So., Golden Valley, Minn.) swept his opponents during singles competition during the MIAC Playoffs with 6-0, 6-0 wins against Bethel and St. Thomas at the No. 5 position.
- The Gusties last loss came against No. 5-ranked University of Chicago, losing 6-3.
- Gustavus also defeated NCAA Regional opponents Coe (8-1), Grinnell (9-0), and UW-Whitewater (8-1) during the regular season.
About UW-Whitewater:
- The Warhawks earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, closing out the regular season with a 6-3 win over No. 35-ranked Coe and finishing with a 14-11 overall record.
- UW-Whitewater will be making its 11th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance.
- Gustavus defeated UW-Whitewater 8-1 on March 4 in St. Peter, Minn.
UW-WHITEWATER MEN’S TENNIS PAGE
About Concordia Wisconsin:
- The Falcons earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament after being crowned Northern Athletic Collegiate Conference tournament champion on Sunday.
- Concordia Wisconsin set a school record for wins this season, owning a 20-6 overall record.
CONCORDIA WISCONSIN MEN’S TENNIS PAGE
About Coe:
- The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference champions earn an automatic bid and will be making their 13th NCAA Tournament appearance.
- The No. 35-ranked Kohawks own a 25-5 overall record and finished unbeaten during conference play, going 8-0.
- Brady Anderson is the No. 3-ranked player in the central region, leading the Kohawks with a 26-4 record at the No. 1 singles position.
- Gustavus defeated Coe 8-1 in St. Peter on March 17.
- Coe is 6-12 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. Last season, the Gusties took down the Kohawks 5-2 in the second round.
About Grinnell:
- The Pioneers most recently won their 14th-straight Midwest Conference title, earning an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.
- Grinnell owns an 18-9 overall record, while going unbeaten at 8-0 during conference play.
- The Gusties took down Grinnell 9-0 in St. Peter on Feb. 25.
- Last season, the Pioneers fell in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
About Chicago:
- The No. 6-ranked Maroons took down the Gusties by a score of 6-3 on April 9 in West Bend, Wis.
- Chicago is making its fifth all-time and third-straight NCAA Tournament appearance, reaching the national semifinals in the last two seasons.
- Nicholas Chua holds down the No. 1 singles spot for the Maroons and is the No. 4-ranked player in the central region.
- Erik Kerrigan and Ninan Kumar are the No. 2-ranked doubles team in the central region.
- The Maroons own a 17-4 overall record and finished third at the University Athletic Association Championships.