05-05-2025
Tennessee tennis advances to NCAA Tournament Super Regional
Tennessee tennis advances to NCAA Tournament Super Regional
No. 14 seed Tennessee (22-8) completed a, 4-3, comeback win against Duke (19-9) on Sunday at Barksdale Stadium. Tennessee advances to a NCAA Tournament Super Regional for a sixth consecutive year.
The Vols trailed Duke, 3-0, after the Blue Devils claimed a doubles point. Tennessee's Jose Garcia and Lance Nisbet's doubles match went unfinished.
Alex Kotzen, Shunsuke Mitsui, Jan Kobierski and Ian Cruz recorded singles wins for Tennessee.
The Vols will next face No. 3 seed Texas on Saturday. First serve between the two SEC schools is slated for 2 p.m. EDT in Austin, Texas.
Tennessee-Duke tennis results
Singles
#23 Alex Kotzen (TENN) def. #25 Pedro Rodenas (DU) 7-5, 6-7 (3-7), 7-5 #29 Shunsuke Mitsui (TENN) def. #47 Cooper Williams (DU) 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 Andreja Petrovic (DU) def. Alejandro Moreno (TENN) 6-4, 7-5 Remy Dugardin (DU) def. Jose Garcia (TENN) 6-0, 6-1 Jan Kobierski (TENN) def. Connor Krug (DU) 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (7-3) Ian Cruz (TENN) def. Saahith Jayaraman (DU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Order of finish: 4,3,2,6,5,1
Doubles
#7 Cooper Williams/Theo Winegar (DU) def. #9 Alex Kotzen/Alejandro Moreno (TENN) 6-3 #62 Pedro Rodenas/Andreja Petrovic (DU) def. Shunsuke Mitsui/Alan Jesudason (TENN) 6-2 Jose Garcia/Lance Nisbet (TENN) vs. #90 Remy Dugardin/G Planelles Ripoll (DU) 4-4, unfinished
Order of finish: 2,1
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