Selection List

ARLINGTON, Texas - Finishing the 2018 dual play season as the Sun Belt Player of the Year, Guanarteme Nuez sees his singles season continue as he was selected to the NCAA Singles Championship, taking place on May 23-28 at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex in Winston-Salem.

Nuez enters the bracket with a 25-6 overall record this season, going 19-3 in dual match play. Nuez finished with multiple wins over nationally ranked opponents and is one of three from the Sun Belt Conference to earn the nod. Nuez earned the league's automatic position.

"I am so happy for Teme and what he has accomplished this season," UTA coach Diego Benitez said. "He is very deserving for this selection and has a good chance to make an impact in the tournament, having already played against top competition this season. He has done a lot for UTA tennis as our top singles player this year and I am looking forward to seeing him take on some of the best players in the NCAA."

Nuez was ranked No. 98 in the final Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Division I singles rankings prior to the Sun Belt tournament and was a first team All-Conference selection in both singles and doubles.

NCAA Release:
All matches shall be the best-of-three sets. No-ad scoring and a 7-point tiebreaker (first to seven points, must win by two points) at six-games-all will be used for all matches. In doubles, a 10-point match tiebreaker will be played in lieu of a third set.

Automatic qualification into the Division I singles championships is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible singles players ranked in the ITA Top 125 for eligible/entered singles players. For conferences with more than one singles player within the ITA Top 125 eligible/entered singles players, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which student-athlete is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All singles players must have a minimum of 13 completed singles matches, with six matches in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.

Automatic qualification into the Division I doubles championship is awarded to any conference with one or more eligible doubles teams ranked in the ITA Top 60 for eligible/entered doubles teams. For conferences with more than one doubles team within the ITA Top 60 eligible/entered doubles teams, the subcommittee applies the NCAA selection criteria to determine which doubles team is the automatic qualifier from those conferences. All doubles teams must have started a minimum of 10 doubles matches, eight must be completed, with four of the eight matches completed in the spring, in order to be selected as an automatic qualifier or an at-large selection.