NCAA Men's Tennis Singles Winners Both Demon Deacons

Last weekend's NCAA Men's Singles Championship in Winston-Salem featured a pair of Demon Deacons. It was just the fourth time in history that players from the same school faced off in the finals.

Tennis powerhouses Stanford University and Georgia achieved the milestone back in the 1980s. But this year, it was the Wake Forest University tennis program, seeded number 1, that dominated all-comers at the NCAAs, defeating Ohio State on Tuesday to win the national team title for the first time in program history.

Leading the charge were Wake's top singles players Borna Gojo from Croatia, and Petros Chrysochos from Cyprus, so it was only fitting that both made it through the field of 64 of the country's top collegiate players to reach the finals of the singles championship as well. The two players are friends off the court. On Sunday, immediately after securing his place in the final, Gojo sought out Chrysochos for a tearful embrace.

Their storybook runs ended quickly on Monday, though. Early in the match it was clear that Gojo's court movement was hampered by the hip injury he aggravated during his semi-final match, and Chrysochos won easily, 6-3, 6-3.

In his post-match press conference, Chrysochos said he didn't care who was going to win.

“You saw at the end, I didn't celebrate at all,” said Chrysochos. “I didn't need to. My biggest accomplishment was walking on the court with my friend, my teammate.”

Last week, Wake Forest coach Tony Bresky was chosen as the International Tennis Association National Coach of the Year. On Wednesday, he and the team will make a trip to Washington to visit the White House.