CHAMPAIGN, ILL. –For the men, Middle Tennessee’s Francisco Rocha and Oskar Brostrom Poulson opened doubles’ play on Tuesday afternoon against University of California's Carl Emil Overbeck and Yuta Kikuchi. The Blue Raiders’ pair ended up falling short (6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 0-1 (7-10)) and ending the season with a 14-9 record. This season, Middle Tennessee won their third consecutive Conference USA Championship, had the longest win streak in program history and their first doubles appearance since 2009.  
 
For the women, Rice’s duo of Diae El Jardi and Maria Budin fell to Cameron Morra and Carson Tanguilig of North Carolina in a tough match (1-6, 7-5, 0-1) and ended the season with a 14-6 record. Old Dominion’s Tatsiana Sasnouskaya and Yuliia Starodubtseva will advance to the round of 16 after defeating Ana Paula Melilo and Kit Giluhur of North Florida (6-3, 7-5). The pair improve to 33-6 on the season and will take on 37th ranked Anna Ross and Holly Staff of Vanderbilt on Wednesday, May 25 at 5 p.m. CT.

The NCAA Singles and Doubles Tournaments are being hosted by University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex and will conclude with the championship match being held on Sunday, May 28.