MEN’S TENNIS SET FOR NCAA TOURNAMENT MATCH WITH KENTUCKY

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Radford will make its fifth NCAA Tournament appearance Friday afternoon when the Highlanders take on No. 6 Kentucky (26-5) in the opening round of the Lexington Regional at 3 p.m.

The winner of the Highlanders' first-round matchup will advance to the round of 32 (May 12) to face the victor of the dual between second-seeded Indiana and third-seeded Louisville.

Radford enters the NCAA Tournament 20-5 after defeating seventh-seeded Presbyterian, 4-0, in the 2012 Big South Championship on April 21.

HIGHLANDER NOTES
• Won five of the last six Big South Tournament Championships

• Captured six of the last seven Big South Regular Season Titles

• Finished undefeated in Big South play four of the last seven seasons

• Hit the 20-win plateau for the fifth time in school history

• The Highlanders cracked the ITA Top-75 for the fifth consecutive season

• Since 2006, the Highlanders have won 58 of their last 64 against league competition, which includes a 17-3 mark in tournament matches.

• Four of the Highlanders' five losses came against nationally-ranked programs

• In addition to Nicholas Sayer being named Big South Player of the Year, five other Highlanders earned all-conference honors.

• Sayer, who leads the team with a 29-10 record, was selected to participate in the 2012 NCAA Singles Championships later this month.

• Thomas Dehaen and Stijn Meulemans also hit the 20-win plateau for the second straight season.

• As a team, the Highlanders are 105-32 (.766) in singles matches this spring.

• Radford is 16-0 when winning the doubles point

MEN’S TENNIS SET FOR NCAA TOURNAMENT MATCH WITH KENTUCKY

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