INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The Fairmont State University men's tennis team earned the No. 2 seed out of the Atlantic Region when the NCAA Men's Tennis Committee unveiled the National Championship bracket Monday night.
 
As the No. 2 seed in the regional, Fairmont State will host the four-team portion of the bracket. This is the first time in program history that Fairmont State will host part of the regional tournament.
 
Play will start on Monday, May 11 as the Falcons will battle Bloomsburg University at 10:00 a.m. The two squads met earlier this year with the Falcons winning the match, 4-0. The other match on day one will be between No. 3 seed Jefferson and No. 6 seed West Virginia State. 

The winners from day one will then face on Tuesday, May 12 at 12:00 p.m.
 
Comprised of 48 teams - 20 automatic berths and 28 at-large selections - spanning eight regions, the NCAA Tournament is a single-elimination bracket at 16 preliminary round regional sites this week with the champions from each regional location advancing to the Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex in Surprise, Arizona May 19-24 to determine the 2026 national champion.
 
The NCAA Tournament will run in a dual-match format with three doubles contests followed by six singles matches. The doubles matches will be played as three, six-game pro sets with a seven-point tiebreaker at six-all. Singles matches will be run as six best-of-three sets matches. Teams that win two of the three doubles matches earn a point. Each singles match earns a team one point. Teams must win four points to clinch a match.