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2011 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS SINGLES AND DOUBLES SELECTIONS

INDIANAPOLIS--The NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Subcommittee has selected the 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams that will compete in the 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championships.

The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 25-30 at the Taube Tennis Center in

Stanford, California, following the conclusion of the team championship (May 19-24). Stanford University will serve as host.

All matches shall be the best of three sets. Regular scoring and a 12-point tiebreaker at six games all will be used for all matches.

Automatic qualification into the Division I singles championships will be awarded to any conference with one or more eligible singles players ranked in the ITA Top 125 for eligible/entered singles players. For conferences with more than one singles player within the ITA Top 125 eligible/entered singles players, the subcommittee will apply the NCAA selection criteria to determine which student-athlete is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All singles players must have a record of a minimum of 13 completed singles matches in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.

Automatic qualification into the Division I doubles championships will be awarded to any conference with one or more eligible doubles teams ranked in the ITA Top 60 for eligible/entered doubles teams. For conferences with more than one doubles team within the ITA Top 60 eligible/entered doubles teams, the subcommittee will apply the NCAA selection criteria to determine which doubles team is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All doubles teams must have a record of a minimum of 10 completed doubles matches in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.

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SINGLES

Automatic qualifications (16), listed alphabetically by conference:

America East Sven Vloedgraven Binghamton University Atlantic Coast Alex Domijan Virginia Atlantic Sun Davy Sum Campbell Big East Austen Childs Louisville Big Sky Kiryl Harbatsiuk Sacramento State Big South Ivan Salec Radford Big Ten Blaz Rola Ohio State Big 12 A&M Big West Chris Kearney UC Irvine Conference USA Marcelo Arevalo Tulsa Mountain West Mehdi Bouras UNLV Pacific-10 Southern California SEC Tennessee Sun Belt Enej Bonin Denver West Coast Sebastian Fanselow Pepperdine WAC Arthur Surreaux New Mexico State

At-large selections (48), listed alphabetically by last name:

Matt Allare Ohio State Jr. Artem Baradach SMU Ionut Beleleu Oklahoma Ohio State Reid Carleton Duke Raony Carvalho Texas Tech Ed Corrie Texas Virginia Henrique Cunha Duke Texas A&M Kellen Damico Texas Sadio Doumbia Georgia Texas Tech Javier Garrapiz Georgia Guillermo Gomez Georgia Tech Jose Hernandez North Carolina Dean Jackson San Diego Virginia Jason Jung Michigan Michigan Stanford Daniel Kosakowski UCLA Alexandre Lacroix Florida Ryan Lipman Vanderbilt Kyle McMorrow Washington NCAA NEWS RELEASE Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Page No. 3 ______

Marek Michalicka Wisconsin Florida State Alex Musialek Dennis Nevolo Illinois Southern California Costin Paval Oklahoma Baylor Jaak Poldma Southern California Tim Puetz Auburn Kentucky Tennessee Ray Sarmiento Southern California Virginia Virginia John-Patrick Smith Tennessee Luka Somen Virginia Tech Will Spencer Georgia Pepperdine Ryan Thacher Stanford Marcel Thiemann Ole Miss Tucker Vorster Ole Miss Pedro Zerbini California

ALTERNATES:

1. Amit Inbar UCLA 2. Artem Ilyushin Mississippi State 3. George Coupland Mississippi State 4. Japie De Klerk Tulsa 5. Casey Watt Notre Dame 6. Carlos Cueto California 7. Devin McCarthy Ohio State 8. Washington

Seeds 1-8:

1. Steve Johnson Southern California 2. Alex Domijan Virginia 3. Michael Shabaz Virginia 4. Rhyne Williams Tennessee 5. Blaz Rola Ohio State 6. Alexandre Lacroix Florida 7. Eric Quigley Kentucky 8. Henrique Cunha Duke

Seeds 9-16, listed alphabetically by last name:

Chase Buchanan Ohio State Reid Carleton Duke NCAA NEWS RELEASE Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Page No. 4 ______

Austen Childs Louisville Guillermo Gomez Georgia Tech Bradley Klahn Stanford Dennis Nevolo Illinois Tim Puetz Auburn John-Patrick Smith Tennessee

DOUBLES

Automatic qualifications (13), listed alphabetically by conference:

Atlantic Coast Drew Courtney Michael Shabaz Virginia Big East Austen Childs Viktor Maksimcuk Louisville Big Ten Chase Buchanan Blaz Rola Ohio State Big 12 Jeff Dadamo Austin Krajicek Texas A&M Big West Andre Dome Alexander Sonesson Cal Poly Colonial Jamie Whiteford Sebastien Vidal William and Mary Conference USA Clifford Marsland Ashley Watling Tulsa Mountain West Mehdi Bouras Bernard Schoeman UNLV Pacific-10 Bradley Klahn Ryan Thacher Stanford SEC Boris Conkic John-Patrick Smith Tennessee Sun Belt Lucas Viel Romain Bocaert South Alabama West Coast Dean Jackson Patrick Pohlmann San Diego WAC Rikus de Villiers Remi Boutillier Fresno State

At-large selections (19), listed alphabetically by institution:

Tim Puetz Daniel Cochrane Auburn John Peers Baylor Christoffer Konigsfeldt Nick Andrews California Henrique Cunha Reid Carleton Duke Alexandre Lacroix Sekou Bangoura Jr. Florida Connor Smith Vahid Mirzadeh Florida State Hernus Pieters Javier Garrapiz Georgia Juan Spir Georgia Tech Brad Cox Eric Quigley Kentucky Sebastian Carlsson LSU Jason Jung Evan King Michigan Christoph Thiemann Marcel Thiemann Ole Miss Matt Allare Peter Kobelt Ohio State Jaak Poldma JT Sundling Southern California Ray Sarmiento Steve Johnson Southern California Ed Corrie Texas Raony Carvalho Rafael Garcia Texas Tech Jarmere Jenkins Alex Domijan Virginia Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Kyle McMorrow Washington

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ALTERNATES:

1. Nassim Slilam Alexandre Lacroix * Florida 2. Nick Meister Amit Inbar UCLA 3. Aleksey Bessonov Rifat Biktyakov Oklahoma State 4. Adrien Puget Alex Brigham UCLA 5. Brennan Boyajian Jose Hernandez North Carolina 6. Iain Atkinson David Hopkins Wake Forest

*If a student-athlete would have been selected to the championship with two different partners, that student- athlete has the ability to be an alternate in the draw with the other partner. This only comes into play if the student-athlete not listed on both teams is unable to participate.

Seeds 1-4:

1. Boris Conkic John-Patrick Smith Tennessee 2. Drew Courtney Michael Shabaz Virginia 3. Jeff Dadamo Austin Krajicek Texas A&M 4. Hernus Pieters Javier Garrapiz Georgia

Seeds 5-8, listed alphabetically by institution:

John Peers Roberto Maytin Baylor Henrique Cunha Reid Carleton Duke Sebastian Carlsson Neal Skupski LSU Bradley Klahn Ryan Thacher Stanford

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