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Will Jansen Advances to NCAA Singles Championships Round of 16, Named All-American

Senior Will Jansen defeated Ohio State’s No. 4 (3-seed) Aidan Kim in the NCAA Singles Championships round of 32 at the USTA National Campus on Wednesday afternoon. By advancing to the round of 16, Jansen earns Singles All-American status.

FAST FACTS

• No. 103 Will Jansen defeats No. 4 Aidan Kim, 7-5, 6-2. Kim was the tournament’s No. 3 overall seed.
• The win marks the highest-ranked singles win of Jansen’s collegiate career. His previous highest-ranked singles win came in his NCAA qualifying quarterfinal playoff win over No. 21 Aleksa Krivokapic at the ITA South Sectional.
• Jansen won in straight sets. In the second set, he broke serve to go up 3-1 and won three of the final four games to take the match.
• With the result, Jansen becomes the program’s 56^th All-American, a year following former Bulldog Thomas Paulsell’s placement in the round of 16 to earn All-American status.
• The All-American honor is Jansen’s second All-American nod of his career and his first in singles.

KEY QUOTE

“I am very happy for Will,” said head coach Jamie Hunt. “Becoming an All-American was one of his goals this fall and to see how much it meant to him to achieve that was awesome and rewarding as a coach. He competed great today and handled some big moments with poise and confidence.”
UP NEXT
No. 103 Will Jansen is set for a round of 16 date against Princeton’s No. 18 (9-16 seed) Paul Inchauspe tomorrow. Times and court designations are to be determined.

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