PROVIDENCE, R.I. – UCF’s women’s team and Memphis’ men’s team have earned the top seeds at the American Athletic Conference Tennis Championships, which begin this week on the campus of SMU in Dallas.
 
The women’s championship begins Wednesday, April 18, and continues through the April 21 final. The men’s championship runs from Thursday, April 19, through Sunday, April 22. The winners of the women’s and men’s championships will earn The American’s automatic bids to the NCAA Division I Tennis Championships.
 
Seeds for the championships are determined by the Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings.
 
UCF earned the No. 1 seed on the women’s side after the Knights went 18-3 in the regular season. The Knights won 12 of their last 13 matches and have six wins against nationally ranked opponents.
 
Memphis, the No. 1 seed in the men’s championship, brings a 17-4 dual match record into the postseason. The Tigers have won their last 12 matches, including their last six contests against nationally ranked opponents.
 
Competition in the American Athletic Conference Tennis Championships will take place at Turpin Stadium and the Crum Tennis Courts, both on the SMU campus. Each match in the championship will consist of three doubles matches, each consisting of one set to 6, followed by six singles matches, which will be played in a best-of-three-sets format.
 
Complete coverage of The American Tennis Championships, including live scoring of each match, can be found on the conference’s Championship Central site. Live coverage of the women's and men's finals will be availabe on the American Digital Network.
 
 
Championship Notes
USF enters the American Athletic Conference Championships as the defending champion in both the men’s and women’s events. USF’s men’s team, which has won four straight titles, has a 12-0 all-time record in The American’s men’s championship. The Bulls’ women’s team won last year’s championship as the No. 7 seed.
 
The American has three women’s teams and three men’s teams in the most recent Oracle/ITA national rankings. The UCF women’s team is ranked No. 19, while Tulsa is No. 29 and Wichita State is No. 34. On the men’s side, Memphis is No. 17 followed by No. 26 Tulane and No. 38 UCF.
 
Tulane senior Constantin Schmitz enters the postseason as The American’s highest-ranked men’s player in singles. Schmitz is ranked No. 14 in the April 10 Oracle/ITA rankings, leading a group of seven players from the conference among the national rankings. Schmitz has registered 11 singles wins against nationally ranked individuals in 2018 and has won his last nine singles matches.
 
UCF’s No. 1 doubles tandem of Korey Lovett/Eero Vasa is ranked No. 3 nationally. The duo has gone 14-2 this season, including five wins against nationally ranked tandems.
 
Wichita State will play in its first American Athletic Conference Championships. The Shocker women’s team won nine consecutive Missouri Valley Conference titles (and 11 of the last 12) before joining The American this season. Wichita State’s men’s team won 24 MVC titles, most recently in 2016.
 
 

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WOMEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
April 18-21 | Dallas Texas
 

First Round | Wednesday, April 18
Match 1: No. 11 UConn (10-10) vs. No. 6 Houston (19-3)	9 a.m.
Match 2: No. 10 Cincinnati (11-9) vs. No. 7 Memphis (15-7)	9 a.m.
Match 3: No. 9 Tulane (12-10) vs. No. 8 ECU (17-8)	Noon
Match 4: No. 12 Temple (10-7) vs. No. 5 SMU (12-8)	Noon
Quarterfinals | Thursday, April 19
Match 5: Tulane/ECU winner vs. No. 1 UCF (18-3)	Noon
Match 6: Temple/SMU winner vs. No. 4 USF (11-10)	Noon
Match 7: UConn/Houston winner vs. No. 3 Wichita State (16-7)	3 p.m.
Match 8: Cincinnati/Memphis winner vs. No. 2 Tulsa (18-5)	3 p.m.
Semifinals | Friday, April 20
Match 9: Match 5 winner vs. Match 6 winner	3 p.m.
Match 10: Match 7 winner vs. Match 8 winner	3 p.m.
Final | Saturday, April 21 | American Digital Network
Match 11: Semifinal winners	3 p.m.

 
 
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
April 19-22 | Dallas Texas
 

First Round | Thursday, April 19
Match 1: No. 9 SMU (9-17) vs. No. 8 Temple (12-9)	9 a.m.
Match 2: No. 10 UConn (4-15) vs. No. 7 ECU (21-4)	9 a.m.
Quarterfinals | Friday, April 20
Match 3: SMU/Temple winner vs. No. 1 Memphis (17-4)	9 a.m.
Match 4: No. 5 USF (8-15) vs. No. 4 Wichita State (14-9)	9 a.m.
Match 5: UConn/USF winner vs. No. 2 Tulane (15-6)	Noon
Match 6: No. 6 Tulsa (11-16) vs. No. 3 UCF (10-9)	Noon
Semifinals | Saturday, April 21
Match 7: Match 3 winner vs. Match 4 winner	Noon
Match 8: Match 5 winner vs. Match 6 winner	Noon
Final | Sunday, April 22 | American Digital Network
Match 9: Semifinal winners	Noon

 
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