Arizona men's tennis team learns it will host NCAAs again in 2024, and who Wildcats will face
Arizona's men's tennis team learns on Monday, April 29, 2024, that it's the ninth overall seed in the upcoming NCAA Men's Tennis Tournament. For the second year in a row the Wildcats will host a regional on the UA campus at LaNelle Robson Tennis Center, and also for the second straight year face Boise State. Boise State is coached by Luke Shields, brother of Arizona coach Clancy Shields. (Brett Fera/Arizona Daily Star)
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Fresh its first-ever Pac-12 Tournament Championship,coach Clancy Shields' UA men's tennis program is hosting the early rounds of the NCAA tourney for the second straight season, while coach Ryan Stotland's Arizona women's team is in the tournament for the first time in a decade.
While Arizona men's tennis has bigger goals heading into the NCAA TournamentΒ β the ninth-seeded Wildcats open NCAA play at home Friday at 1 p.m. against Boise State β coach Clancy Shields and captain Nick Lagaev shared this week what winning the program's first-ever Pac-12 Tournament championship means.
The Pac-12 honored Arizona'sΒ ClancyΒ ShieldsΒ as its men's tennis Coach of the Year Thursday. Additionally, six Wildcats (Colton Smith, Jay Friend, Gustaf Strom, Nick Lagaev, Herman Hoeyeraal and Casper Christensen) earned a combination of All-Pac-12 first-team, second-team or honorable mention nods.
