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The best college tennis teams all season were the last teams standing in the very end.

The top-seeded Wake Forest men and top-seeded Georgia women captured the NCAA Division I Championship team titles on Sunday night at Baylor’s Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas. In capturing the crowns, Wake and UGA denied repeat chances by their second-seeded opponents in their home state.

Wake Forest defeated TCU 4-2 to win the second NCAA title in program history. The Demon Deacons (40-1) finished the season with an ACC record-tying 40 wins, including 25 against ranked opponents.

No. 1 Georgia (29-3) defeated fellow SEC member Texas A&M 4-0 to win its third NCAA team championship and avenge the loss to the Aggies in last year’s NCAA final. The Bulldogs won seven of their nine postseason matches via sweep.

Both NCAA finals were rematches of the ITA National Team Indoor Championship finals in February, when Georgia beat A&M 4-1 and Wake Forest beat TCU 4-3.

"We're thrilled to get this done. What a tournament, what a season. Just incredibly happy for our players, our entire program, our fans, our families, our administrators and our support staff. So many people to thank. We're just thrilled,” Wake Forest head coach Tony Bresky said. “It was an unbelievable match. Like I said earlier, credit to TCU. They had a great year. It was a lot of fun competing with them tonight and I feel very fortunate that we came out on top."

Dawgs triumph

There were no secrets between Georgia and A&M.

It was the fourth meeting this season between the conference opponents. The Dawgs beat A&M 4-1 at the ITA Indoors and 4-2 in the SEC Tournament. A&M won the regular-season SEC match 4-3.

After Georgia won the doubles point, Georgia senior Dasha Vidmanova, ranked No. 2, doubled the lead by beating No. 1 Mary Stoiana of A&M 6-4, 6-4. Anastasia Lopata recovered from losing the first set 6-0 to beat Nicole Khirin 0-6, 6-4, 6-2 and put UGA one match away from the win.

Sofia Rojas clinched Georgia’s title with a 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 win over Lexington Reed at No. 6 singles.

"This team, this group of seniors that have put so much time into the last four years here at Georgia have steadily gotten better,” Georgia head coach Drake Bernstein said. “They went from a Round of 16 loss to a semifinal loss to a final loss and then the last match they ever play in red and black is the national championship. They get to call themselves national champions at the University of Georgia for the rest of their life. Something that I'm really proud of them for doing.”

Vidmanova became the third women’s college tennis player to win an NCAA team, singles and doubles title.

"I was surprised. I thought I was the first one. I'm just kidding,” Vidmanova said. “It's obviously very special to do that. To do that for Georgia. And I'm just very happy that we won."

In the semifinals, Georgia beat No. 5 North Carolina 4-0 to snap a six-match losing streak to the Tar Heels, and A&M beat No. 3 Michigan, which was making its first Final Four appearance, 4-1.

Wake caps historic season

Wake Forest won the doubles point for the 38th time in 41 matches to claim the early lead over the Horned Frogs. Stefan Dostanic beat Jack Pinnington 6-3, 6-1 for a 2-0 lead. TCU won at court five to cut the deficit in half, but Wake’s Luca Pow beat Duncan Chan 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 on court six to inch Wake closer to the title.

DK Suresh Ekambaram clinched the title for the Deacs with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 win over Pedro Vives on court two.

In the semifinals, TCU beat No. 3 Texas 4-2 and Wake Forest beat No. 4 Stanford 4-2 in a match that was moved indoors due to weather.

Wake Forest’s only loss this season came in the ACC Tournament to Virginia, 4-3. The Deacs are the first ACC program to finish an entire regular season undefeated since Virginia in 2013.

All-Tournament Teams

Men

No. 1 singles: Stefan Dostanic, Wake Forest (Most Outstanding Player)

No. 2 singles: DK Suresh Ekambaram, Wake Forest

No. 3 singles: Lui Maxted, TCU

No. 4 singles: Henry von der Schulenburg, Stanford

No. 5 singles: Sebastian Eriksson, Texas

No. 6 singles: Luca Pow, Wake Forest

No. 1 doubles: Lui Maxted/Pedro Vives, TCU

No. 2 doubles: Dostanic/Charlie Robertson, Wake Forest

No. 3 doubles: Pow/Luciano Tacchi, Wake Forest

Women

No. 1 singles: Dasha Vidmanova, UGA (Most Outstanding Player)

No. 2 singles: Anastasiia Lopata, UGA

No. 3 singles: Mia Kupres, Texas A&M

No. 4 singles: Ayesegul Mert, UGA

No. 5 singles: Guillermina Grant, UGA

No. 6 singles: Sofia Rojas, UGA

No. 1 doubles: Vidmanova/Mell Reasco, UGA

No. 2 doubles: Lopata/Grant, UGA

No. 3 doubles: Mert/Hayden Mulberry, UGA

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