The team of Robert Cash and JJ Tracy gave Ohio State its second straight men's doubles championship. Aysegul Mert and Dasha Vidmanova gave Georgia its first for the women. The Buckeyes won the third set 10-6 while the Bulldogs prevailed 11-9 in the third set.
Planinsek rallied to defeat Columbia’s Michael Zheng 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2. He is the fifth consecutive champion from the SEC and the first from Alabama, which had never won an NCAA men's title in tennis.
Noel, the eighth seed, defeated Anastasiia Lopata of Georgia 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 to become the Hurricanes' third individual champion. Noel, who beat top seed Mary Stoiana of Texas A&M in straight sets in the semifinal, trailed 3-1 in the second set before coming back.
Cash and Tracy beat Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc and Joshua Dous Karpenschif of Florida State 5-7, 6-0, 10-6. Andrew Lutschaunig and James Trotter gave the Buckeyes a title last year, while Cash lost in the finals with Matej Vocel in 2022.
Mert and Vidmanova defeated top-seeded Savannah Broadus and Janice Tjen of Pepperdine 7-6, 2-6, 11-9. Broadus and Tien are the first Waves' duo to reach the championship match.
For the first time in school history, the Georgia women had a finalist in team, singles and doubles competition, although only the doubles team won. The Bulldogs lost to Texas A&M for the team title on Sunday.
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