The Texas Longhorns defeated the defending-national-champion Wake Forest Demon Deacons Sunday 4-1 to win the program's first NCAA men's national championship in Tennis.
Texas does it!
— NCAA Tennis (@NCAATennis) May 19, 2019
A historic win as @TexasMTN defeats Wake Forest 4-1 to win its first #NCAATennis national title!
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The season for Texas was a tumultuous one, as former Texas coach Michael Center was fired in March in connection with the collegiate admissions scandal that helped students get into top schools around the country. Center, the Texas coach since 2000, was accused of taking a bribe of $100,000 to help a student get into Texas as a tennis recruit, even though the student did not play tennis. Center later plead guilty to the charge.
Interim coach Bruce Berque took over the reigns from Center, and led Texas to the title.
Wake Forest earned a point winning a doubles match, which meant Texas had to win four of the six single matches to win the championship.
In the final match, Texas' Yuya Ito defeated Wake Forest's Petros Chrysochos, the defending singles national champion, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to secure the win for the Longhorns.
The title marked the 55th title in Texas athletics history.