2008 NCAA Men's Singles Bracket
2008 NCAA Men's Doubles Bracket
DENVER ? Boise State’s Luke and Clancy Shields will begin competition in the 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Singles and Doubles Championships on Wednesday, May 21, at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Okla. Luke and Clancy Shields will take part in the men’s doubles championship as a pair, while Clancy Shields will also take part in the men’s singles championship.
Boise State junior Clancy Shields received the WAC’s automatic qualifier for the men’s singles championship and will also compete in the men’s doubles championship with teammate and brother Luke Shields, as the WAC’s automatic qualifier for doubles. Clancy Shields is currently ranked No. 83 in ITA singles after compiling a record of 15-9 as the Broncos’ No. 2 singles player. His wins this year include those over players from then-No. 10. Alabama, No. 25 Texas A&M, No. 30. Notre Dame, No. 37. Stanford, No. 43. Pepperdine, No. 46. Oklahoma, No. 61. San Diego, No. 65. UC Santa Barbara, No. 67. Minnesota, No. 70. UNLV and No. 73. Brown.
Shields will begin singles action against Oklahoma’s No. 30-ranked Andrei Daescu at 11:30 a.m. (CT) on Wednesday, May 21. Daescu compiled a 28-11 singles record while holding down the No. 1 position for the Sooners, and was also a unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 singles team. Daescu was one of the 47 at-large selections for the NCAA Men’s Tennis Singles Championships.
Shields and teammate Luke Shields are currently ranked No. 29 in ITA doubles after notching a record of 15-3 as the Broncos’ No. 1 doubles tandem. This is the fourth-straight year that Luke Shields has participated in the NCAA men’s doubles championships, earning All-American status in 2005 in both singles and doubles by reaching the Round of 16 in each bracket.
Shields and Shields will open up doubles action against Georgia’s No. 17-ranked Jamie Hunt and Nate Schnugg on Thursday, May 22. Hunt and Schnugg put together a 28-12 record at the No. 1 doubles position for the Bulldogs.
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