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William Blumberg and Brian Cernoch are the No. 2 overall doubles seed.
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NCAA Men's Singles/Doubles Field Includes Four Tar Heels
May 4, 2021 | Men's Tennis
CHAPEL HILL—William Blumberg and Brian Cernoch earned the No. 2 overall doubles seed as four University of North Carolina men's tennis players were part of the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Singles and Doubles Championship field, released on Monday night.
The field includes 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams.
Blumberg also grabbed an at-large singles selection and was joined by sophomore teammate Rinky Hijikata. Senior Benjamin Sigouin was named as a singles alternate.
Blumberg and Cernoch will be the No. 2 national seed in doubles competition behind top seed Timi Sandkaulen and Finn Reynolds of Ole Miss. Tar Heel doubles teams have reached the NCAA quarterfinals in three of the last four NCAA Championships.
Blumberg is the only UNC player in program history to advance to at least the singles quarterfinals of three consecutive NCAA Tournaments.
The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 23-28 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida, after the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 17-22. The University of Central Florida and the Greater Orlando Sports Commission will serve as hosts.
All matches shall be the best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a 7-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) at six-games-all will be used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker will be played in lieu of a third set.
Automatic qualification into the Division I singles championship is 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 applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which student-athlete is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All singles players must have results for a minimum of six matches in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.
Automatic qualification into the Division I doubles championship is 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 applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which doubles team is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All doubles teams must have completed a minimum of four matches in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.
The field includes 64 singles players and 32 doubles teams.
Blumberg also grabbed an at-large singles selection and was joined by sophomore teammate Rinky Hijikata. Senior Benjamin Sigouin was named as a singles alternate.
Blumberg and Cernoch will be the No. 2 national seed in doubles competition behind top seed Timi Sandkaulen and Finn Reynolds of Ole Miss. Tar Heel doubles teams have reached the NCAA quarterfinals in three of the last four NCAA Championships.
Blumberg is the only UNC player in program history to advance to at least the singles quarterfinals of three consecutive NCAA Tournaments.
The singles and doubles competition will be conducted May 23-28 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida, after the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 17-22. The University of Central Florida and the Greater Orlando Sports Commission will serve as hosts.
All matches shall be the best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a 7-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) at six-games-all will be used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker will be played in lieu of a third set.
Automatic qualification into the Division I singles championship is 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 applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which student-athlete is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All singles players must have results for a minimum of six matches in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.
Automatic qualification into the Division I doubles championship is 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 applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which doubles team is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All doubles teams must have completed a minimum of four matches in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.
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