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Broncos Set to Face No. 24 Notre Dame in NCAA First Round

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan men's tennis team will head to Ann Arbor, Mich. to face the 24th-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish for the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, which was announced on Tuesday during the men's tennis selection show. The dual match is set to be played on Saturday, May 12 at Michigan's Varsity Tennis Center with first serve at 10 a.m.

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Western Michigan enters the national tournament with an impressive resume as the Broncos are 22-4 overall and are riding an 11-match winning streak, which is tied for the third longest active winning streak in country. The Broncos went a perfect 7-0 in the MAC regular season, winning their 24th conference title, and then picked up two more wins in the tournament, claiming the program's 12th tournament title as well.

This will be the first time that WMU has ever meet the Irish in the tournament. Notre Dame was one of 33 at-large picks selected to compete in the 64-team tournament with an 18-13 overall record and finished in the top-four of the Atlantic Coast Conference standings.

The Broncos claimed the three seed in the region with top-seed and host Michigan (15th overall) and No 4. seed Cleveland State on the other side of the regional. The winners of the two matches will meet May 13 with a trip to the NCAA quarterfinal on the line, which would be played at Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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