Tyler Stice, Tad Maclean and Finn Murgett will represent Auburn as qualifiers for the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships.
Stice is one of 64 singles players selected for the championship bracket. Maclean and Murgett are among the 32 doubles teams in the field.
The singles and doubles competitions will be conducted May 23-28 at the USTA National Campus at Lake Nona in Orlando, Fla., after the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 17-22.
"Tyler has worked his way to be one of the top singles players in the SEC and in the nation in his first full year of college tennis," Auburn head coach Bobby Reynolds said. "He is a student-athlete who deserves every accolade due to his dedication and hard work in his sport. Opponents are now aware of the mental/physical battle it will take to succeed against Tyler, and with three weeks of training prior to NCAAs, I expect some great results out of him.
"Finn and Tad have become a great partnership on the court. They have shown throughout this season that they can compete and succeed against the top doubles teams in the country," Reynolds added. "It's a huge accomplishment for them to be part of the NCAA doubles tournament. Tad, who will be returning to the doubles field, will guide the way. I'm excited to see what they can achieve in Lake Nona."
Stice, a sophomore from Atlanta, Ga., and a first team all-SEC honoree, is ranked No. 27 nationally. Playing at No. 1 singles, he posted a 16-13 overall record and went 12-9 in the spring, facing 13 ranked opponents.
Listed at No. 26 nationally in the latest Oracle/ITA doubles rankings, the duo of Maclean, a junior from Cornwall, England, and Murgett, a sophomore from Holmfirth, England, went 11-10 this spring at No. 1 doubles, facing 11 ranked teams, and 16-13 for the year.
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 19th time Auburn men's tennis has qualified a doubles team for the NCAA Championships; the last was Maclean paired with Brandon Laubser in 2019. Auburn's Mark Kovacs and Andy Columbo won the NCAA doubles title in 2002.
Stice is the 26th Auburn player to play in the NCAA singles championship; the last was Lukas Ollert in 2015.
