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FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- After earning the #2 seed in the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference Championships, the nationally-ranked Christopher Newport men's tennis team will open postseason play in the semifinal round on Saturday, May 4 at 10:00 a.m. against #3 seed UC Santa Cruz (10-9). The Captains (12-6) earned the team's highest seed in the C2C Championship since 2018. 

The semifinal matchup against the Banana Slugs will be the second time the two teams have faced off in the C2C Tournament after pairing off in the 2022 version of the postseason event. The Captains won that outing, 5-4, and advanced to the 2022 conference championship. Since, CNU and UC Santa Cruz have met twice more and split the matchups as Christopher Newport took a 2-1 advantage in the all-time series. First, CNU earned a 5-4 win on a neutral court against the Banana Slugs last Spring and then, this year, UC Santa Cruz repaid the win by the same score, 5-4, on CNU's annual trip to California. 

In the other semifinal matchup, top-seeded Mary Washington will face off against either #4 Salisbury or #5 Pratt, who will play in the quarterfinals on Friday. The two winning teams will then advance to the 2024 C2C Championship at 10:00 am on Sunday, May 5. 

All matches will be held at the Battleground Outdoor Complex in Fredericksburg, Va., hosted by the University of Mary Washington. Live video and live stats will be available at match time and links can be found on the men's tennis schedule at CNUsports.com. 

This season, CNU is 12-6 overall and have won three matches in a row heading into the postseason. Sophomore Vincent Truong leads the way and was named the C2C Player of the Year earlier this week. The second-year star is 12-3 overall while playing on the top two lines in singles play while also piling up 16 wins in doubles action with partner Nesh Kumaresan. Truong earned first team All-C2C honors in both singles and doubles this season, headlining a group of four All-Conference honorees for CNU. In addition to Truong, senior Edvard Porsmyr Hansen was named a first team All-C2C selection in singles and a second team pick in doubles with partner Ashton Legum. Rounding out the All-League picks were Legum and Kumaresan as second team picks in singles. 

UC Santa Cruz features a first team doubles tandem in Ben Wang and Ryan Lam while rookie Hari Raghavan also collected second team All-C2C singles honors. The aforementioend duo are 12-3 this season to lead the way for the Banana Slugs.