TULSA, Okla. - Maryland's Boris Fetbroyt and Andrew Orban had their trip to the NCAA Men's Tennis Championships cut short, losing in the second round of doubles play Friday afternoon to Tulsa's Andy Connelly and Ross Cunningham.

Connelly and Cunningham, playing before a home crowd at the Case Tennis Center, upset Maryland's ranked duo 7-6 (12-4), 7-5.

Fetbroyt and Orban were No. 8 nationally in the final regular-season Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings and had received a No. 5-8 seed in the NCAAs.

Connelly and Cunningham were unseeded in the draw, but had finished the year No. 27 in the ITA rankings. They upended NC State's Nick Cavaday and Jay Weinacker in Thursday's first round.

The Terrapin pair ends the season with a 16-4 overall record. Fetbroyt, a native of Cherry Hill, N.J., and Orban, who hails from Fayetteville, N.C., already earned All-America status by virtue of their seeding among the top eight doubles teams at the NCAAs. They made the first appearance in the NCAA singles or doubles draw by Maryland men's players since 1986.

Connelly and Cunningham move into the quarterfinals and will face the winner of the Boise State-USC match Saturday.

Play at the NCAA Championships continues through Monday.

 

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