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Big Ten CommunicationsPublished: 11/24/2024, Last updated: 11/24/2024
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Big Ten Players Reach NCAA Men's Tennis Finals in Singles and Doubles

Michigan State going for singles title, Michigan for doubles crown

Ozan Baris, MSU / Benjamin Kittay, Gavin Young, MICH
Photos courtesy of Michigan State Athletics / Jocelyn Rafidi, Michigan Athletics

ROSEMONT, Ill. — Michigan State junior Ozan Baris and the Michigan pair of senior Gavin Young and junior Benjamin Kittay will play for national championships at the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Individual Championships Sunday in Waco, Texas.

Unseeded Baris will meet No. 2 seed Michael Zheng of Columbia in the NCAA Singles Championship Final at 12 p.m. ET. Young and Kittay take on No. 5-8 seed Pedro Vives and Lui Maxted of TCU in the NCAA Doubles Championship Final at 2:30 p.m. ET. Both matches from the Hurd Tennis Center at Baylor will be broadcast on ESPN+.

Baris becomes the first Spartan to reach the NCAA Singles Final while Young and Kittay are the first Wolverines to appear in an NCAA Doubles Final.