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WACO, Texas - The stage is officially set. The NCAA Tennis Championships finals matchups were finalized following the conclusion of Sunday's semifinals. The 12-day tournament will wrap up with a thrilling finals round on Monday at the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco.
The men's final will be a rematch from the ACC Tournament finals, with Wake Forest's Noah Rubin facing off with Virginia's Ryan Shane. Rubin punched his ticket to the title match with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Virginia's Thai-Son Kwiatkowski. The No. 7 seed preserves his hopes of being the program's first-ever national champion.
"Obviously, it's a great opportunity tomorrow," Rubin said of the title match. "I am not really thinking about it too much. I might be thinking about it after the tournament. Hopefully, I win tomorrow. I am just going to keep my body in check, keep stretching and resting."
No. 8 seed Ryan Shane grabbed his spot in the finals by downing 9th-ranked Quentin Monaghan of Notre Dame, 6-4, 6-1. Shane is the sixth Cavalier to advance to the final round, and the first since 2008.
"I've played all the way since the team championships, so it's been around 14 days now," Shane said of his run at the NCAA Championships. "After each match, I've gone back to the hotel and got as many fluids in me as I could. I also ate as healthy as I could. I tried to relax each day as best as I could and not think about tennis as much when I wasn't on the court."
The pair will square off for the second time this season, dating back to the final round of the ACC Tournament when Rubin topped Shane with a 7-6(5), 6-3 victory.
In the women's bracket, No. 2 seed Carol Zhao of Stanford overcame a first set deficit to defeat 11th-ranked Josie Kuhlman of Florida, 2-6, 6-4, 6-0.
"It means a lot," Zhao said of competing for the championship. "This whole tournament, I've just been taking it match by match, just focusing on myself and what I need to do."
From North Carolina, Jamie Loeb secured her spot in the final opposite Zhao, also overcoming a dropped first set, with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory.
"I just want to keep playing my game, keep competing really hard," Loeb said of the title match. "I think I've been doing a great job just competing in general. So, I guess that's what I'm planning on doing, which is keep it up when I'm ahead in the score or ahead in games."
The doubles finals for both men and women are also set, with another final round featuring conference opponents on the men's side. It will be an all-Big 12 showdown, featuring the Texas duo of Søren Hess-Olesen and Lloyd Glasspool facing off with Texas Tech's Hugo Dojas and Felipe Soares.
"It's amazing," Soares said of advancing to the national championship. "We have been waiting for this tournament since the beginning of the season. We prepared well for this, as well. Now, we've been having an awesome week."
The two duos will face off for the third time this season, with the Texas pairing taking the lone decision, 6-2.
"We played them earlier this season, and it was one of the best matches that we competed in," Hess-Olesen said of Texas Tech. "Texas Tech is a very good team and awesome guys who've played well all season. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow because I think it's going to be a lot of fun."
For the women's draw, the top-seeded and defending champion duo from Alabama, Maya Jansen and Erin Routliffe, will meet California's 5th-ranked doubles pairing of Klara Fabikova and Zsofi Susanyi.
"Everyone in this tournament is really, really good," Routliffe said of returning to the final. "Every match we have is going to be a tough one, so we are just happy to be in the finals again, and get another opportunity to play for that national championship again."
"I'm just excited to play and put in a fight, Fabikova said of facing off with the defending champs. "I know it's going to be a good match for us. I think we just need to take it point by point and try to not look too far ahead during the match."
Finals play begins at noon on Monday.
