Ferris State Men's & Women's Tennis Teams Both Receive NCAA Tourney Bids!

Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's and women's tennis teams are both headed to the NCAA Division II National Tournament as the two Bulldog squads received official bids via a live selection announcement on Tuesday (April 28) evening.

The NCAA Division II National Men's & Women's selection committees released the respective fields for the national tournaments via NCAA.com with the Bulldogs holding a live selection show watch gathering at the Wheeler Pavilion on the FSU campus.

The Bulldog women's team received its 20th all-time national tournament bid and its first since 2011 while the men's team earned its first berth in two years and will make its 19th all-time NCAA Tourney appearance. Both teams are guided by third-year head coach Chad Berryhill.

On the women's side, Ferris State is seeded seventh in the Midwest Region and will square off against second-seeded Indianapolis in first-round action on Saturday (May 2). UIndy was chosen to host one of the two Midwest Region brackets with the winner of the opening round matchup squaring off against either third-seeded Drury (Mo.) or sixth-seeded Tiffin on Sunday (May 3) for the right to move on to the round of 16 set for May 13-16 in Surprise, Ariz.

Meanwhile, the FSU men's squad drew the fourth-seed in the Midwest Region and will face fifth-seeded Southern Indiana in first-round action on Saturday in Springfield, Mo. On the other side of the Midwest Region bracket in Springfield, host and top-seeded Drury will face eighth-seeded Lewis (Ill.) and the winners will then meet in the bracket final Sunday. The winner of the four-team event on the men's side will also move on to the NCAA-II round of 16 in Arizona.

The Bulldog men's team won this year's GLIAC Regular-Season Championship and finished as the runner-up in the league postseason tournament. This year's regular-season title marked FSU's first outright crown since 1994 and first regular-season championship since sharing the title in 1999. The Bulldog men are 17-6 overall and were a perfect 9-0 in regular-season action.

The FSU women's team presently owns a 19-8 overall record this season and has won each of its last four contests and six of its final seven regular-season outings overall. The Bulldogs are 8-3 overall in spring competition on the heels of a 11-5 mark recorded in the fall.

Official match times and additional information on the NCAA Tournament will be announced soon. Stay tuned to FerrisStateBulldogs.com for more info.