Tennis Champions Learn NCAA Draws - AmericaEast.com

Tennis Champions Learn NCAA Draws - AmericaEast.com

The Boston University women and Binghamton University men learned their draws for the upcoming NCAA championships. Both America East champions travel to the Golden State to take on a pair of Pac 10 teams. The Terriers will face University of California at Berkeley in their first-round matchup while the Bearcats will face UCLA. The brackets were revealed via webcast live on NCAA.com Tuesday evening.

The Boston University women will head to the West Coast to take on the Golden Bears of University of California at Berkeley. California is the No. 9 seed in the tournament and will host for the first two rounds of the tournament. In the other first-round matchup in Berkeley, Calif., University of Southern California will take on St. Mary's College (Calif.).

Boston U. earned an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament after winning the America East Championship Sunday. The Terriers, the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament, pulled out a 4-3 victory over No. 1 Binghamton to earn their 18th consecutive America East title.

Binghamton heads to Los Angeles to play the UCLA Bruins. The Bruins are making their 35th consecutive NCAA tournament and will host the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament. University of Mississippi will play University of California-Irvine in the other pairing at UCLA.

Binghamton sealed its fourth straight trip to the NCAA tournament when it beat No. 2 UMBC in the America East Championship Sunday. The Bearcats were the top seed in the tournament and beat UMBC, 4-1, to take the conference title for the fourth straight year and seventh time in nine years.

The NCAA tennis championships begin May 13-15 at host sites.