Men's Tennis Set for Regional Showdown

Men's Tennis | 5/9/2016 4:02:00 PM

DURANT, Okla. – No. 19 Southeastern will heads into Central Region play as the No. 2 seed and will take on No. 3 seed Nebraska-Kearney at 3 p.m. on May 10 in Kearney, Neb., with the winner advancing to the NCAA National Finals held in Denver, Colo., as part of the NCAA Division II Spring Festival.
 
As such the region is divided into two host sites, with top-seeded Northwest Missouri State hosting the fourth seed Southwest Baptist, while the NCAA sends the second-seeded Savage Storm on the road to play on the home court of the third-seeded Lopers in a match that will be for a birth in the NCAA Finals.
 
UNK enters the regional tournament ranked No. 20 in the nation.
 
Southeastern posted a 15-2 record on the season with one of its losses coming at the hands of the region's number one seed.
 
The Storm are also coming off their first Great American Conference tournament championship to go with a pair of regular season championships won in 2014 and 2015.
 
Maksim Fil comes in as the No. 8 player in the Central Region ITA rankings, while Netanel Alcabas checks in at No. 14.
 
Fil and Alcabas together are ranked as the region's No. 4 doubles team.
 
UNK is led by Alvaro Arias who comes in ranked No. 6 in the region, while Mohab Elzanaty is ranked No. 12.