Favorites USC and UCLA Starting With Byes in NCAA Men’s Tennis
USC is seeded first and UCLA second in the 107th NCAA Men’s Tennis Championships, which begin today at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga.
The Trojans (26-2), Bruins (26-3) and Pepperdine (20-2) have first-round byes and will open play Saturday. USC will face the winner of today’s Notre Dame-Kansas match, UCLA the New Mexico-Mississippi State winner. Pepperdine will meet California.
USC has won 12 championships, second only to UCLA’s 15, but none since the dual-match format was adopted in 1977. The Trojans have reached the semifinals eight times in the past 14 years but have never advanced to the finals during that span.
Defending champion Stanford shares the third seeding with Louisiana State.
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