CANTON, Ga. - The Trinity Tigers are headed back to the NCAA tournament after capturing the leagues automatic qualifier.
The teams will play a single-elimination tournament with the first-, second- and third-rounds played at regional sites, Friday-Sunday, May 8-10, or Thursday-Saturday, May 7-9. The University of the South in Chattanooga, Tennessee will host the team championships finals, which will be held May 18-22 at the Champions Tennis Club, in Chattanooga, Tennessee Student-athletes selected to the individual championships will be announced Wednesday, May 6.
The championship provides for a 49-team tournament. Automatic qualification (AQ) is granted to 37 conference champions. The remaining twelve teams will be selected from true independents, schools from conferences that do not have an automatic bid for their champions, and teams in conferences with an automatic bid that did not win their conferences AQ (At-Large). The teams are geographically paired, whenever possible.
Trinity takes a first round bye and will compete against Washington & Lee (20-2) in the second round hosted at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. The match is set for Saturday, May 9 at 2:00 PM ET. The Generals and Tigers last matched up in February of 2025 in a closely contested match where W&L took the win at 4-3.
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