Both the men’s and women’s tennis teams finished the Summit League Tournament in the same way that they closed out regular season league play—as champions.

In a particularly dominant outing, both squads hardly surrendered a point on the way to victory. The two teams each entered the tournament as the No. 1 seeds.

Beginning on April 25 at the Dr. Rudy and Rhonda Kachmann Tennis Center in Indiana, both teams cruised to victories to ensure spots in the championship match.

The men’s squad swept Oral Roberts University while the women beat the University of South Dakota 4-0.

A day later, the men’s team produced another 4-0 shutout against tournament host and third-seeded Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.

In the No. 1 singles spot, Craig defeated Fort Wayne’s Gerard Guell in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.

The men’s team began its domination by claiming the doubles point. In the No. 2 spot, sophomore duo Yannik James (St. Georges, Grenada) and Diogo Rocha (Lisbon, Portugal) won 8-4, while junior David Fox (Chipstead, Surrey, U.K.) and freshman Jesse Ruder-Fox (Denver, Colorado) solidified the doubles point with an 8-3 win.

Rocha, Fox and James all went undefeated on the day in both doubles and singles play.

Craig posted an impressive undefeated record against Summit League opponents this season.

The women’s tennis squad won in similar fashion, posting a 4-0 win over South Dakota State University in the final round.

Sophomore No. 1 singles player Maureen Slattery (Newport News, Virginia) defeated South Dakota State’s Iasmin Rosa in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3.

Denver claimed the doubles point thanks to an 8-1 effort by sophomores Morgan Barnhill (Austin, Texas) and Sonja Radosevic (Miami, Florida) along with a win at the No. 3 doubles spot by upperclassmen Charlotte Derbyshire (Stockton, England) and Michell Garpenlov (Tyreso, Sweden).

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) has the men’s team pegged at No. 51 in the nation going into the weekend. Two of the team’s players are ranked in the top 125 players in the nation. Rocha is No. 109 while Craig is ranked no. 113. The women’s team was unranked as of April 21.

Both teams advance to the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year. NCAA pairings were determined this past Tuesday.

Last year, the men’s team lost 4-0 to No. 15 University of Kentucky in the first round of the tournament. The women’s team also lost in the first round by a 4-0 margin, but instead at the hands of Rice University.

Baylor University will host the NCAA Tournament Championship in Waco, Texas May 14-25.