NCAA Team Championship Pietrowski/Patterson (ND) 9-7; Chicoine/Martin Kirstofferson (M) def. Sachire/Trent Miller (ND) 8-6; Simme/Rothschild (ND) def. Michalowski/Rutilli (M) 8-5.
1996 – Regional Quarterfinals NCAA Midwest Regional Quarterfinals Notre Dame, Ind., May 10 #37 Minnesota 4, #32 Notre Dame 3 Singles: Mike Sprouse (ND) def. Lars Hjarrand (M) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; Jakub Pietrowski (ND) def. Ben Gabler (M) 7-6 (2), 6-4; Erik Donley (M) def. Ryan Simme (ND) 6-1, 6-4; Tom Chicione (M) def. Brian Patterson (ND) 6-4, 75; John Jay O’Brien (ND) def. Adam Selkirk (M) 6-4, 7-5; Martin Kristoffersen (M) def. Jason Pun (ND) 3-6, 6-3, 76 (4). Doubles: Hjarrand/Donley (M) def. Pun/Sprouse (ND) 9-8 (2); Gabler/Selkirk (M) def. Patterson/Pietrowski (ND) 8-6; O'Brien/Simme (ND) def. Chicoine/ Kristoffersen (M) 8-6.
1995 – Regional Final NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinals Notre Dame, Ind., May 6 #19 Notre Dame 4, #19 Minnesota 3 Singles: Ross Loel (M) def. Ryan Simme (ND) 7-6 (4), 6-3; Lars Hjarrand (M) def. Mike Sprouse (ND) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3; Jason Pun (ND) def. Stefan Tzvetkov (M) 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4; John Jay O'Brien (ND) def. Erik Donley (M) 6-4, 6-3; Jakub Pietrowski (ND) def. Ben Gabler (M) 6-1, 6-4; Adam Cohen (M) def. Brian Harris (ND) 1-6, 6-4, 6-1. Doubles: Sprouse/Pun (ND) def. Donley/Hjarrand (M) 8-3; Steve Flanigan/Pietrowski (ND) def. Loel/Gabler (M) 9-7; Simme/O'Brien (ND) vs. Rutilli/Tzvetkov (M), aban. NCAA Midwest Regional Final Notre Dame, Ind., May 7 #8 Mississippi 4, #19 Notre Dame 0 Singles: Mahesh Bhupathi (M) def. Ryan Simme (ND) 6-3, 6-1; Johan Hede (M) vs. Mike Sprouse (ND) aban.; Ali Hamadeh (M) def. Jason Pun (ND) 6-2, 6-4; Johan Landsberg (M) vs. John Jay O'Brien (ND) aban.; Remi Feneon (M) def. Jakub Pietrowski (ND) 7-6 (5), 6-1; Van vanLingen (M) vs. Steve Flanigan (ND) aban. Doubles: Bhupathi/Hamadeh (M) def. Sprouse/Pun (ND) 8-5; Landsberg/Feneon (M) def. Flanigan/Pietrowski (ND) 8-6; vanLingen/Hede (M) vs. Simme/O'Brien (ND) aban.
1994 – Round of 16 NCAA Midwest Regional Semifinals Notre Dame, Ind., May 13 #19 Notre Dame 4, #49 Michigan 0 Singles: Andy Zurcher (ND) def. Dan Brakus (M) 6-1, 62; Ryan Simme (ND) vs. John Costanzo (M) aban.; Mike Sprouse (ND) def. Peter Pusztai (M) 6-4, 7-6 (3); Todd Wilson (ND) vs. Grady Burnett (M) aban.; John Jay O'Brien (ND) def. Adam Wager (M) 6-2, 6-2; Jason Pun (ND) vs. Geoff Prentice (M) aban. Doubles: Wilson/Zurcher (ND) def. Brakus/Constanzo (M) 8-4; Allan Lopez/Pun (ND) def. Burnett/Pusztai (M) 8-3; Simme/Sprouse (ND) vs. Prentice/Chris Wyatt (M) aban. NCAA Midwest Regional Final Notre Dame, Ind., May 14 #19 Notre Dame 4, #25 Minnesota 3 Singles: Andy Zurcher (ND) def. Paul Pridmore (M) 6-0, 6-4; Ryan Simme (ND) def. Lars Hjarrand (M) 1-6, 6-4, 64; Mike Sprouse (ND) def. Adam Krafft (M) 7-6 (8), 6-3; Todd Wilson (ND) def. Ross Loel (M) 6-2, 6-1; Eric Donley (M) def. John Jay O'Brien (ND) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; Ben Gabler (M) def. Jason Pun (ND) 1-6, 6-2, 6-4. Doubles: Krafft /Pridmore (M) def. Wilson/Zurcher (ND) 8-5; Hjarrand/Loel (M) def. Allan Lopez/Pun (ND) 8-3; Donley/Graber (M) vs. Simme/Sprouse (ND) aban. NCAA Round of 16 Notre Dame, Ind., May 21 #4 Georgia 4, #19 Notre Dame 3 Singles: Mike Sell (G) def. Andy Zurcher (ND) 6-7 (1), 7-6 (6), 7-5; Ryan Simme (ND) def. Jamie Laschinger (G) 6-4, 6-2; Bobby Mariencheck (G) def. Mike Sprouse (ND) 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2; Todd Wilson (ND) def. Eddie Jacques (G) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4); Nirav Patel (G) def. John Jay O'Brien (ND) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Kevin Sessions (G) def. Jason Pun (ND) 6-4, 6-2. Doubles: Wilson/Zurcher (ND) def. Laschinger/Albin Polonyi (G) 8-5; Allan Lopez/Pun (ND) def. Mariencheck/Sessions (G) 8-3; Patel/Sell (G) def. Simme/Sprouse (ND) 8-1.
1993 – Quarterfinals NCAA Round of 16 Athens, Ga., May 15 #10 Notre Dame 5, #5 Mississippi State 3 Singles: Daniel Courcol (M) def. Will Forsyth (ND) 6-4, 6-4; Chuck Coleman (ND) def. Per Nilsson (M) 6-3, 6-4; Mark Schmidt (ND) def. Remi Barbarin (M) 6-1, 6-3; Laurent Orsini (M) def. Ron Rosas (ND) 6-2, 6-4; Todd Wilson (ND) def. Stephane Plot (M) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5; Sylvain Guichard (M) def. Mike Sprouse (ND) 7-6 (6), 6-4. Doubles: Coleman/Forsyth (ND) def. Courcol/Laurent Miquelard (M) 6-3, 6-4; Kristian Broms/Nilsson (M) vs. Rosas/Schmidt (ND) aban.; Jason Pun/Chris Wojtalik (ND) def. Barbarin/Orsini (M) 6-4, 6-1.
Irish in the NCAA Singles & Doubles Championships Notre Dame has had a number of outstanding results in the individual NCAA tournaments. Prior to 1977, the NCAA Championship consisted of a singles and doubles draw, with players earning points for their teams with victories. Jim Evert, whose daughter Chris went on to be the world’s No. 1 player and win 18 grand-slam singles titles, was the first Irish player to score a point in the NCAA Championship when he reached the singles semifinals in 1943. A year later, Charles Samson advanced to the singles title match before losing to three-time champ Pancho Segura. Also in 1944, a year in which Notre Dame won the national title, Samson and Jerry Evert (brother of Jim) made the doubles semifinals before bowing out. After both served time in the military, the Evert brothers teamed up in 1948 to reach that same round in the NCAAs. The best singles result by an Irish player under the old format after the 1940s was a semifinal finish by Maxwell Brown in 1959, while he and Bill
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Heinbecker posted the all-time best Notre Dame doubles result that same year, advancing to the final before losing to Tulane’s pair of Crawford Henry and Ronald Holmberg. In 1977, the NCAA adopted a separate team tournament and limited the singles and doubles draws to 64 and 32 entrants, respectively. (They had previously been open to an unlimited number of participants.) Under the new format, Notre Dame has qualified 14 singles players and 13 doubles teams to the NCAAs, with all but two singles entrants coming since 1990. The 14 singles players have combined for a total of 24 NCAA Singles Championship appearances. Five times Irish players have advanced to the Round of 16, including on three occasions by David DiLucia. Sheeva Parbhu became the first Notre Dame player to reach the quarterfinals under the current format. In doubles, Andy Zurcher and Todd Wilson posted the best result, reaching the semifinals in front of a home crowd in 1994.
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NCAA Quarterfinals Athens, Ga., May 16 #1 USC 5, #10 Notre Dame 0 Singles: Brian MacPhie (SC) def. Will Forsyth (ND) 6-2, 6-0; Wayne Black (SC) def. Chuck Coleman (ND) 6-2, 62; Jon Leach (SC) def. Mark Schmidt (ND) 6-1, 6-7 (5), 61; Andras Lanyi (SC) vs. Ron Rosas (ND) aban.; Adam Peterson (SC) def. Todd Wilson (ND) 6-1, 6-1; Lukas Hovorka (SC) def. Mike Sprouse (ND) 7-6 (5), 6-4. Doubles: Not played.
1992 – Runners-Up NCAA Round of 16 Athens, Ga., May 15 #10 Notre Dame 5, #7 Mississippi State 3 Singles: David DiLucia (ND) def. Daniel Courcol (M) 46, 6-3, 6-4; Christophe Damiens (M) def. Andy Zurcher (ND) 6-2, 6-4; Jean Francois Lagloire (M) def. Chuck Coleman (ND) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; Will Forsyth (ND) def. Per Nilsson (M) 7-6 (5), 6-3; Sylvain Guichard (M) def. Mark Schmidt (ND) 6-3, 1-6, 6-4; Ron Rosas (ND) def. Laurent Miquelard (M) 6-2, 6-1. Doubles: Coleman/DiLucia (ND) vs. Damiens/Lagloire (M) aban.; Forsyth/Zurcher (ND) def. Courcol/Miquelard (M) 6-2, 6-4; Schmidt/Chris Wojtalik (ND) def. Guichard/Nilsson (M) 7-5, 6-4. NCAA Quarterfinals Athens, Ga., May 17 #10 Notre Dame 5, #3 Georgia 4 Singles: David DiLucia (ND) def. Wade McGuire (G) 75, 6-3; Bobby Mariencheck (G) def. Andy Zurcher (ND) 64, 0-6, 6-1; Mike Sell (G) def. Chuck Coleman (ND) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2; Will Forsyth (ND) def. Hector Nevares (ND) 57, 6-1, 6-2; Mark Schmidt (ND) def. Nirav Patel (G) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2; Ron Rosas (ND) def. Jack Frierson (G) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2. Doubles: McGuire/Mariencheck (G) def. DiLucia/Tom North (ND) 7-6 (4), 6-4; Forsyth/Zurcher (ND) def. Nevares/Patel (G) 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5); Frierson/Sell (G) def. Schmidt/Rosas (ND) 6-2, 6-4. NCAA Semifinals Athens, Ga., May 18 #10 Notre Dame 5, #1 USC 1 Singles: David DiLucia (ND) def. Brian MacPhie (SC) 75, 4-6, 6-3; Andy Zurcher (ND) def. David Ekerot (SC) 62, 6-2; Chuck Coleman (ND) def. Jon Leach (SC) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Will Forsyth (ND) def. Wayne Black (SC) 4-6, 6-1, 64; Kent Seton (SC) def. Mark Schmidt (ND) 6-2, 6-4; Ron Rosas (ND) def. Phil Whitesell (SC) 6-1, 6-1. Doubles: Forsyth/Zurcher (ND) vs. Ekerot/Andras Lanyi (SC) aban.; Rosas/Wojtalik (ND) vs. Black/Seton (SC) aban. NCAA Final Athens, Ga., May 19 #2 Stanford 5, #10 Notre Dame 0 Singles: Alex O'Brien (S) def. David DiLucia (ND) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Michael Flanagan (S) def. Andy Zurcher (ND) 62, 6-2; Cris Cocotos (S) def. Chuck Coleman (ND) 7-5, 57, 6-1; Robert Devens (S) vs. Will Forsyth (ND) abandoned; Vimal Patel (S) def. Mark Schmidt (ND) 6-0, 6-4; Jason Yee (S) def. Ron Rosas (ND) 6-0, 6-3. Doubles: Not played.
1991 – Round of 16 NCAA First Round Athens, Ga., May 17 #19 Notre Dame 5, #22 Kansas 2 Singles: David DiLucia (ND) def. Craig Wildey (K) 6-4, 6-4; Chuck Coleman (ND) def. Jeff Gross (K) 6-0, 6-0; Chris Walker (K) def. Will Forsyth (ND) 7-5, 6-1; Rafael Rangel (K) def. Mark Schmidt (ND) 1-6, 7-5, 6-3; Andy Zurcher (ND) def. Paul Garvin (K) 6-2, 6-2; Ron Rosas (ND) def. Pat Han (K) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4. Doubles: Coleman/ DiLucia (ND) def. Walker/Wildey (K) 7-6 (2), 6-2; Forsyth/Zurcher (ND) vs. Garvin/Rangel (K) abandoned; Schmidt/Ryan Wenger (ND) vs. Rhain Buth/Han (M) abandoned. NCAA Round of 16, May 18 #1 USC 6, #19 Notre Dame 0 Singles: Brian MacPhie (SC) def. David DiLucia (ND) 63, 6-4; Byron Black (SC) def. Chuck Coleman (ND) 6-4, 6-4; Donnie Isakk (SC) def. Will Forsyth (ND) 6-2, 6-4; Jon Leach (SC) def. Mark Schmidt (ND) 7-5, 6-1; David Eckerot (SC) def. Andy Zurcher (ND) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; Andras Lanyi (SC) def. Ron Rosas (ND) 6-4, 6-0. Doubles: Not played.