Bruins Selected to Host NCAA Regionals

INDIANAPOLIS – The second-ranked UCLA men's tennis team has been selected to host first- and second-round play for the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship.  NCAA Regionals take place May 13-14 at UCLA's Sunset Recreation Tennis Courts. 

The Pac-12 regular season and tournament champion Bruins (22-2) earned the No. 3 seed in the NCAA field and take on Weber State (14-7) in the first round on Friday, May 13, at 1 pm PDT.  The other first-round match on Friday features San Diego (23-7) and Vanderbilt (17-13).  The two winners will meet in the second round on Saturday, May 14, at 1 pm PDT. 

Teams that advance through NCAA Regional play will earn a spot in the NCAA Round of 16 in Tulsa, Okla., where teams will compete for the national championship May 20-24.  The event will be hosted by the University of Tulsa. 

The matches shall be regulation dual matches. Three doubles matches consisting of six-game sets will be played for one team point, followed by six singles matches, each valued at one team point; played the best of three sets. No-ad scoring will be used and a seven-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) will be played at six-games-all. The team winning four or more team points advances in the championship bracket.   

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