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Men's Regional Tournament Central
Women's Regional Tournament Central
| NCAA Regionals Information | ||
| Men's Regional Tournament Central | ||
| Friday, May 13 | 11:00am | Indiana vs. LSU |
| Friday, May 13 | 2:00pm | TAMU vs. Alcorn St. |
| Saturday, May 14 | 3:00pm | TBA vs. TBA |
| Women's Regional Tournament Central | ||
| Saturday, May 14 | 9:00am | FSU vs. Southern |
| Saturday, May 14 | 12:00pm | TAMU vs. SMU |
| Sunday, May 15 | 1:00pm | TBA vs. TBA |
| Ticket Information* - Click to Purchase | ||
| All-Session Reserved | $12 | |
| Single Day Reserved | $7 | |
| Single Day General Admission | $5 | |
| Single Day Students/Youth | $3 | |
| Children Under Two | Free | |
| *One ticket is good all day. All-Session Stadium Club is good for all three days | ||
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana - The Texas A&M men's tennis team earned a No. 9 overall seed in the 2011 NCAA Men's Tennis Championships which will begin with 16 campus sites hosting first and second round matchups. The Aggies will serve as a host to Alcorn State in the first round while the other match will feature LSU against Indiana, the NCAA announced on Tuesday.
Texas A&M, earned the automatic bid for the Big 12 Conference by virtue of the Big 12 Championship title from last weekend in Waco, will face Southwestern Athletic Conference champion Alcorn State at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 13 at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center in College Station. The other first round match is between at-large teams LSU from the SEC and Indiana from the Big 10 at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 13. The winners of the two first round matches will face each other at 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 14 for the right to advance to the Round of 16 at the NCAA Championships hosted by Stanford in Palo Alto, California, beginning May 19.
"We're excited about hosting, and especially so with the women's team also hosting, it should be a great weekend of collegiate tennis," Aggie men's head coach Steve Denton said. "The guys have worked hard and hopefully we are peaking at the right time. Seniors help win championships and they know you can't take anyone lightly. If you don't play well, you're out."
The Aggies had three seniors in the lineup - Austin Krajicek, Jeff Dadamo and Alexey Grigorov, last weekend as A&M won its first Big 12 Championships title since 2001. A&M swept Oklahoma State, Texas and Oklahoma without dropping a point on its way to the championship crown. Along the way, the Aggies won the doubles point in each match and followed by winning every first set of every match with the exception of one set.
The NCAA appearance is the 19th overall for Texas A&M men's tennis and is the 18th consecutive invitation dating back to 1994. The previous NCAA appearance came in 1985. In 1999, the NCAA went to the current 64-team format. A&M has been seeded as high as No. 7 in both 2000 and 2001. This marks the third straight year for A&M to host the men's first and second rounds.
The 2011 Aggie squad has tied the school record for wins in a season with a 27-5 record. That matches the record established by the 2001 A&M team that hosted first and second round matches in College Station and then advanced to the Elite Eight at the NCAA Championships hosted by Georgia.
The 2011 A&M team has continued a 34-match home winning streak at the Mitchell Tennis Center dating back to Jan. 30, 2010.
Tickets for the 2011 NCAA Men's Tennis Championships can be purchased online at AggieAthletics.com or 12thManFoundation.com and click on tickets. Orders may also be placed by calling the toll-free number, 1-888-99-AGGIE (888-992-4443) or locally at 1-979-845-2311. All session reserved seats in the stadium club are $12 each. The single day general admission tickets are $5 each. Students and youth are $3 for general admission and children under the age of two are admitted free of charge.
TEXAS A&M MEN'S TENNIS NCAA HISTORY: 19 times (18 straight)
2011 (9th seed)--Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Host 1st and 2nd rounds: Alcorn State, LSU & Indiana
2010 (10th seed)--Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Host 1st and 2nd rounds:Â Beat Prairie View A&M (4-0); beat Ole Miss (4-2)
Lost in Round of 16 to #7 Baylor (4-1) (Georgia)
2009 (15th seed)--Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Host 1st and 2nd rounds: Beat Binghamton (4-0); beat Arizona (4-0)
               Lost in Round of 16 to #2 Ole Miss (4-1) (College Station)
2008--Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Beat SMU (4-1); lost to host #9 Baylor (4-2)
2007--Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Beat Rice (4-2); lost to host #3 Baylor (4-0)
2006 - (16th seed)--Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Host 1st and 2nd rounds: Beat UTA (4-0); lost to Notre Dame (4-2)
2005 - (16th seed)--Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Beat Montana State (4-0); beat Boise State (4-0) (Boise, ID)
               Lost in Round of 16 to #1 Baylor (4-0) (College Station)
2004--Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Beat Alabama (4-0); beat host Virginia Commonwealth (4-0) (Richmond, VA)
               Lost in Round of 16 to #3 UCLA (4-1) (Tulsa)
2003 - (10th seed)--Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Host 1st and 2nd rounds: Beat Maryland-BC (4-0); beat South Florida (4-1)
               Lost in Round of 16 to #6 Vanderbilt (4-1) (Georgia)
2002 - (16th seed)--Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Host 1st and 2nd rounds: Beat Southern (4-0); beat LSU (4-0)
               Lost in Round of 16 to #1 Georgia (4-1) (College Station)
2001 - (7th seed)--Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Host 1st and 2nd rounds: Beat St. Bonaventure (4-0); Beat Vanderbilt (4-0)
               Won in Round of 16 against #15 LSU (4-1) (Georgia)
               Lost in Elite Eight to #4 TCU (4-0) (Georgia)
2000 - (7th seed)--Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Host 1st and 2nd rounds: Beat Army (4-0); Beat Louisiana-Lafayette (4-0)
               Lost in Round of 16 against #9 Tennessee (4-3) (Georgia)
1999--Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Beat Texas Tech (4-3); lost to host #4 Texas (4-1)
**NCAA expanded to current 64-team team in 1999**
1998--Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â At Austin: Beat Arkansas-Little Rock (4-0); beat Arkansas (4-3)
               Lost to SMU (4-3) in regional championship
1997--Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â At Fort Worth: Lost to Texas (5-0)
1996--Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â At Austin: Beat Texas Tech (4-3); lost to host Texas (4-3)
1995--Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Hosted: Beat Arkansas (4-1); lost to Texas (4-3)
1994--Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â At Houston: Beat Texas Tech (4-0); beat Arkansas (4-3)
               Advanced to Round of 16 and lost to Duke (4-1) (Notre Dame)
1985--Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lost in Round of 16 to Pepperdine (5-3)