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CHARLOTTESVILLE The No. 1 Virginia men’s tennis team is the No. 1 seed for the 2009 NCAA Tournament and will host first and second round action at the Snyder Tennis Center next week. The Cavaliers will meet Navy in a first round match on Friday, May 8, while South Carolina will play North Carolina in the other first round match in Charlottesville.
It is the second consecutive season that the Cavaliers are the No. 1 seed in the tournament. Last year Virginia became the first ACC team to receive the top seed.
The selection marks the sixth consecutive year that the Cavaliers have received a seed and hosted a regional. Virginia is the only school to be a top eight seed in the NCAA Tournament in each of the past six seasons. In each of the past five years, Virginia won first and second round matches at home to advance as one of 16 regional winners to the NCAA Championships. This year, Texas A&M will host the NCAA Championships.
Virginia enters the tournament with a 29-0 record after completing its second consecutive undefeated regular season. The Cavaliers earned the ACC’s automatic bid to the tournament by winning the ACC Tournament two weeks ago in Cary, N.C. Navy is 18-7 this season and won the Patriot League Tournament. South Carolina (15-10) and North Carolina (16-10) both received at-large selections.
The North Carolina-South Carolina match will begin at 10 a.m. on May 8 with the Virginia-Navy match to follow at 1 p.m. The winners will meet in the second round on Saturday at 1 p.m.
NCAA First Round Friday, May 8
10 a.m. South Carolina (15-10) vs. North Carolina (16-10)
1 p.m. Virginia (29-0) vs. Navy (18-7)
NCAA Second Round Saturday, May 9
1 p.m. First round winners