May 4, 2017
AUBURN, Ala. - Auburn's Conner Huertas del Pino and Max Hinnisdaels are among the 32 doubles teams that will compete in the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships.
The singles and doubles competitions will be conducted May 24-29 at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga., after the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 18-23.
Listed at No. 21 nationally in the latest Oracle/ITA doubles rankings, the senior duo of Huertas del Pino, from Lima, Peru, and Hinnisdaels, from Saint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium, went 12-8 this spring at No. 1 doubles, and 16-10 for the year.
"I am excited for Conner and Max's opportunity to play in the NCAA tournament," Auburn coach Bobby Reynolds said. "They have gelled together as a great doubles team this year, posting many highly ranked wins, and I look forward to seeing them compete in the postseason."
All matches at the NCAA Championships shall be the best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a 7-point tiebreaker at six-games-all will be used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker will be played in lieu of a third set.
This will be the 17th time Auburn men's tennis has qualified a doubles team for the NCAA Championships; the last was Lukas Ollert and Marko Krickovic in 2015. Auburn's Mark Kovacs and Andy Columbo won the NCAA doubles title in 2002.