2018 WAC Men's Tennis Tournament Bracket | Official Release
DENVER- The Western Athletic Conference has announced the bracket for the 2018 WAC Men's Tennis Tournament on April 27-29 at the Mesa Tennis Center in Mesa, Ariz.
Kansas City looks to defend last year's tournament title as the top seed as they finished the season with a perfect 5-0 record in WAC play. They will have an extra day of rest since they have earned a first round bye before they take on the winner between the No. 4 and No. 5 seed in the semifinals.
NM State will join Kansas City with a ticket straight to the semifinals as the No. 2 seed going into the tournament. NM State finished conference play with a 4-1 record. They will have to wait until the quarterfinal match up between seeds No. 3 and No. 6 finishes before they know who they will be playing.
As the host institution, Grand Canyon enters the tournament as the third see with a conference record of 3-2 and will be competing April 27th in the quarterfinals.
Taking the fourth seed position is Seattle U with a conference record of 2-3 and will take on the fifth seeded UT Rio Grande Valley (1-4) in the first match in the quarterfinals on the opening day of the tournament.
Rounding out the seeding is Chicago State who went 0-5 in the two conference clusters and will take on Grand Canyon in the second match of the quarterfinals.
The tournament begins Friday, April 27th with both of the first round matches beginning at 1 p.m. local time. Admission and parking is free for this event.
2018 WAC Men's Tennis Tournament
Mesa Tennis Center | Mesa, Ariz
Friday, April 27
Match One: No. 4 Seattle U vs. No. 5 UT Rio Grande Valley, 1 p.m.
Match Two: No. 3 Grand Canyon vs. No. 6 Chicago State, 1 p.m.
Saturday, April 28
Match Three: No. 1 Kansas City vs. Winner Match One, 1 p.m.
Match Four: No. 2 NM State vs. Winner Match Two, 1 p.m.
Sunday, April 29
Match Five: Winner Match Three vs. Winner Match Four, 1 p.m.