April 30, 2008

AUBURN - Auburn junior Alexey Tsyrenov will compete at the NCAA Singles Championships, May 21-26 at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center in Tulsa, Okla., the NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Subcommittee announced Wednesday.

Tsyrenov, currently ranked 27th in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, holds a 12-10 overall singles record and an 8-7 record against the ITA Top-125. His best win of the season game on March 8 as he defeated No. 8 Mattias Wellermann of Ole Miss, 6-4, 6-4. He followed that win up a week later with a 6-1, 7-6 victory over 13th-ranked Oleksandr Nedovyesov of Oklahoma State.

For his efforts during the regular season, and his 6-5 record against SEC competition, Tsyrenov was named to the All-SEC first team.

Tsyrenov is making his first appearance at the NCAA Singles Championships, but it marks the eighth time in the past nine years that Auburn has sent someone to the tournament.

The No. 35 Auburn men's tennis team returns to action on Saturday, May 10 with the first round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament. The Tigers are set to take on No. 28 Wake Forest in a 10 a.m. ET match in Athens, Ga.