Young, Bickersteth to Compete in NCAA Individual Championships

Monday, May 20

Stillwater, Okla.

3:30 PM CT

Michigan

NCAA Individual Championships

Jacob Bickersteth, left, and Gavin Young (Big Ten Conference photo)

Young, Bickersteth to Compete in NCAA Individual Championships

5/19/2024 7:47:00 PM | Men's Tennis

NCAA Singles Bracket NCAA Doubles Bracket

By: Kristy McNeil

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Gavin Young and Jacob Bickersteth of the University of Michigan men's tennis team will compete at the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships scheduled for Monday through Saturday (May 20-25) at the Greenwood Tennis Center in Stillwater, Okla.

Notes

• Young will compete against Auburn's Finn Murgett on Monday (May 20) at 4:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. CT. A native of the United Kingdom, Murgett went 19-3 this season for the Tigers, playing primarily at No. 2. He has won his last four matches. Murgett is 2-0 against Big Ten opponents he played this season, Matthew Fullerton (Wisconsin) and Sebastien Collard (Michigan State).

• This is Young's second consecutive bid to the NCAA Singles Championship. He reached the second round in 2023 after originally being selected as an alternate.

• Young is 18-13 in singles this season, including a 12-9 dual record -- all at No. 1 singles. He went 5-1 in the Big Ten and had 12 wins over ranked opponents during the season. Young put together an eight-match win streak during the season during a run to the ITA All-America semifinals and qualified for the ITA Fall Nationals. He was named first team All-Big Ten last month and was ranked as high as No. 9 this season by the ITA.

• The NCAA Doubles Championship gets underway on Tuesday (May 21) for Young and partner Bickersteth. The duo takes on Gianluca Brunkow and Pablo Masjuan of UC Santa Barabara, wih match time to be determined. The pair are 10-5 on the season, including wins over Big Ten pairs Aristotelis Thanos/Taym Alazmeh (Michigan State) and Anton Shepp/Nic Wiedenhorn (Nebraska).

• This is Young's third time being selected to the Doubles Championship, with his third different partner. He qualified in 2022 with Ondrej Styler and in 2023 with Andrew Fenty. All-Americans in doubles last season, Young and Fenty reached the quarterfinals and finished ranked No. 5 -- the highest in school history for a doubles pair. This is Bickersteth's first time qualifying in doubles.

• Bickersteth and Young are 10-7 in dual matches this season. They have three wins over ranked opponents and put together a six-match win streak this season. The pair reached as high as No. 17 in the ITA rankings this season.