first graders Ethan Quinn Georgia and Fangran Tian from UCLA won the singles title in the NCAA tennis tournament on Saturday.
Quinn, the redshirt, rallied to beat Michigan Andrew Styler 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 6-2 to become the third Bulldog and fourth freshman ever to win the men’s singles crown.
Tian became the second Bruin to win the women’s title, winning 6-4, 6-2 Layne Sleethfirst player from Oklahoma to play in a finals game.
Quinn, the first Georgia player since then to win a championship Jan Isner in 2007, he scored four match points in the second set before taking control in the third set, joining two-time Georgia winners Mikael Pernfors (1984, 1985) and Matias Boeker (2001, 2002).
Quinn of Fresno, CA closed the season with 17 straight wins and a 34-10 record.
Tian of Beijing has not dropped a set in six games in Orlando, Florida, finishing the season with a 30-7 record. Keri Phebus of UCLA won the title in 1995.
In men’s doubles, Andrew Lutschaunig and James Trotter Ohio state defeated Cleeve Harper AND Eliot Spizzirri from Texas 6-4, 6-4. It was the Buckeyes’ second doubles championship, the first being in 2012.
The Ohio State duo have defeated Harper and Spizzirri twice this season. Harper won the title last year with Richard Cimarra, defeating the Ohio State team Matej Vocel AND Robert Cash.
The Women’s Doubles Championship was a North Carolina-wide matchup Fiona Crawley AND Carson Tanguilig defeated colleagues Reese Brantmeier and Elizabeth Scott 6-1, 2-6, 11-9. It was the third double crown in the program’s history.
North Carolina won its first women’s team championship last weekend, while Virginia defended its men’s title.
