WACO, Texas – San Diego Men's Tennis' Oliver Tarvet and Stian Klaassen were bounced from the NCAA Championships for Singles and Doubles, falling in the second round of doubles play Thursday while Tarvet was knocked out in the singles first round on Tuesday.
 
Despite coming a win short of the Elite Eight and automatic All-American status, the pair are already ITA All-Americans, the nation's first at that, having swept the ITA All-American Championships in late September.
 
The top-overall seeded pair defeated Cornell's Eric Verdes and Rushil Kholsa in straight sets in the opening round of 32 on Wednesday, 6-4, 7-5 prior to being knocked off by Michigan's Gavin Young and Benjamin Kittay 6-4, 6-1 on Thursday.
 
The first break of Wednesday's match wouldn't come until the sixth 10^th game, when the Wolverines took a deuce to flip a potential 5-5 first set into a 6-4 advantage and carried that momentum into the second set, winning the first five games of the second. Tarvet and Klaassen fall to 20-2 together all-time.
 
In Tuesday's singles opener for Tarvet, the No. 7 seed in the tournament, the Saint Albans, England native fell to ITA No. 6-ranked Radu Papoe of Cornell, 6-2, 4-6, 3-6.
 
NCAA DI Tennis Championships for Singles and Doubles Results
Tues.-Sun., Nov. 19-24, 2024 | Waco, Texas
 
Tuesday, Nov. 19 – Singles R64
 
Radu Papoe (Cornell) def. Oliver Tarvet (USD), 2-6, 6-4-, 6-3
 
Wednesday, Nov. 20 – Doubles R32
 
Oliver Tarvet/Stian Klaassen (USD) def. Eric Verdes/Rushil Kholsa (Cornell), 6-4, 7-5
 
Thursday, Nov. 21 – Doubles R16
 
Gavin Young/Benjamin Kittay (Michigan) def. Oliver Tarvet/Stian Klaassen (USD), 6-4, 6-1