MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Santiago Navarro took a three-set win at No. 3 singles to clinch Rice’s 4-2 win against Memphis Sunday morning in the championship final of the American Athletic Conference Men’s Tennis Championship at the Leftwich Tennis Center.
The win gives Rice (16-9) an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship as the Owls won their first American title.
Kabeer Kapasi, who won all three of his singles matches in the conference tournament, was chosen as the event’s Most Outstanding Player. Kapasi was a winner in both singles and doubles in Sunday’s championship final.