first conference championship title in 17 years, the No. 24 UCF women/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96558/u2019s tennis automatically secured its postseason berth and learned it will travel to Tallahassee to face the Alabama Crimson Tide in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at 2 p.m. May 3./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96558/nUCF is the only team from the American Athletic Conference to earn a spot among the field of 64./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96558/n
It marks UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96558/u2019s second consecutive NCAA Tournament bid and sixth all time. The Knights, who have already tied the school record for season victories this year, will look to build upon last year/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96558/u2019s postseason performance when they won their first match ever in the NCAA Tournament against FIU in the first round./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96558/n
“It’s great, we’re excited to be in. That’s the goal obviously, to be in the mix and to be with the best competition in the country,” says head coach Bryan Koniecko. “We’re excited to play Alabama again. I’m sure they’re going to be a different team, it will be a completely different match.”/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96558/n
The Knights beat Alabama, 6-1, in February when the Crimson Tide were unranked. The winner of the UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96558//Alabama match will advance to the second round to square off against the either Florida State or South Alabama. That match will take place May 4 at 5 p.m./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96558/nUCF is just one of three teams from the American Athletic Conference to earn its spot among the field of 64. (Photo courtesy of UCF Athletics)/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96558/nMen/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96558/u2019s Matchup/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96558/n The No. 29 UCF men/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96558/u2019s tennis team earned a spot in the tournament via an at-large berth and will face the No. 27 Florida State Seminoles in the first round at 3 p.m. May 3 in Gainesville./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96558/n
UCF is just one of three teams from the American Athletic Conference to earn its spot among the field of 64./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96558/n
The NCAA bid is the second the Knights have earned in the last three seasons under Director of Tennis John Roddick. They’re back in the tournament after just missing it last year as one of the first four teams left out of the bracket./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96558/n
UCF last met the Seminoles in 2017 in Orlando, and the Knights came away with a 4-1 victory. The winner of Friday/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96558/u2019s match will advance to the second round to meet either Florida or Florida Gulf Coast at 2 p.m. May 4./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/96558/n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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