The Texas A&M men’s and women’s tennis teams were presented with their paths to a NCAA championship Tuesday when the NCAA tournament selection show took place.
The SEC tournament champion men’s team (21-4) will enter the tournament as the No. 6 overall seed and will host the first two rounds of the tournament. A&M’s first opponent is Eastern Kentucky (18-7), who earned an automatic tournament bid when they were named champions of the Ohio Valley conference. EKU and A&M will play their first round match on May 8^th at the Mitchell Tennis Center.
The Aggies could potentially meet No. 11 Ohio State for a rematch in the round of 16. Other notable teams that will be standing in the way of A&M will be No. 3 Virginia, No. 7 USC and No. 2 Baylor.
The Texas A&M women’s team (15-5) is seeded as the No. 10 overall team in the tournament and will face Alcorn State (11-12), who was the automatic qualifier from the SWAC, in the first round of play. The women also will be a host team for the first two rounds of the tournament and will commence play on either the 8^th or 9^th of May.
In order to get out of their region, the Aggies will have to potentially knock off No. 7 UCLA and No. 2 North Carolina.