NCAA Bracket

EWING, N.J. – The TCNJ men's tennis team is headed to Beantown for its long-awaited return to the NCAA Tournament.
 
The Lions (15-5) will travel to a regional pod hosted by Tufts this weekend and are set to face St. John Fisher in the first round on Friday. A win would send TCNJ into the second round and a matchup with No. 16 Trinity (Texas), with the host Jumbos lurking on the other side of the pod.
 
TCNJ is back in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2019 after capturing their first WIAC championship in program history with a watershed 4-2 win at Wisconsin-Whitewater last weekend. The Lions are seeking their first NCAA victory since sweeping Cabrini, 5-0, in the first round in 2017 at Middlebury.
 
The Lions are led by an experienced core featuring seniors Alberto Thomas and Harrison Maitland-Carter, with juniors Nathan Chan (No. 3) and Aidan Twamley (No. 5) joining senior Brett Schuster (No. 6) in the singles lineup.
 
Rookie Faris Shehata, who plays No. 4 singles, is on an 11-match winning streak.
 
Maitland-Carter and Asa Wong went 17-3 at number one doubles this spring, while Chan and Thomas were a robust 14-3 at number two.
 
Shehata and partner Sidd Arudi have lost just once in six matches together.
 
St. John Fisher (12-3) is making its NCAA Tournament debut after edging past Alfred, 4-3, to win its first-ever Empire 8 championship.
 
Trinity went 13-8 overall against a loaded slate, falling 4-3 to No. 15 Sewanee in the SAA championship match. An NCAA Tournament mainstay, the Tigers advanced to the third round in 2025 before falling to eventual national runner-up Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.