WASHINGTON – VCU will be the top seed in the 2024 Atlantic 10 Conference Men’s Tennis Championship, the league announced Monday afternoon. The championship begins Thursday, April 25 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla.

The Rams, who have won the last six A-10 titles, finished their spring schedule with a 12-9 record and a No. 38 ITA ranking. VCU tallied wins over seven teams ranked in the top 70, including victories over No. 12 Mississippi State and No. 45 Liberty. VCU also topped A-10 foes Richmond and Saint Joseph’s. The Rams’ Mathis Bondaz is 14-3 in the spring this season with a 4-2 record versus ranked foes, and is ranked 62^nd by the ITA in singles. Matisse Bobichon is also ranked 103 by the ITA. In doubles, VCU’s German Samofalov and Oscar Pinto Sansano are ranked 37^th by the ITA with three wins against ranked opponents. VCU garnered a first-round bye and will face the winner of the No. 8 Duquesne / No. 9 Fordham on Friday at 9:00 am.

Richmond (13-7) will be the No. 2 overall seed and a first-round bye, and will take on the winner of No. 7 St. Bonaventure / No. 10 Saint Joseph’s Friday at 9:00 am. The Spiders picked up wins in three of their final four contests, with victories over Saint Josephs, George Mason and Fordham. In all, UR was 6-1 versus A-10 teams this season.

Dayton was selected for the third position with a 17-8 record, and will battle No. 6 Davidson (8-12) on Friday at 11:30 am in the second session of quarterfinal matches. The Flyers closed out their season winning 10 of 12 and were 4-1 versus other A-10 schools. Saint Louis (14-3), the No. 4 seed, and fifth-overall George Mason (9-11) match up against each other Friday at 9:00 am in the opening sequence of quarterfinals.

The championship opens Thursday with No. 8 Duquesne (7-11) squaring off with No. 9 Fordham (7-12) as well as No. 7 St. Bonaventure (10-12) taking on No. 10 Saint Joseph’s (7-16), with both matches slated for 9:00 am. The winner of the former will match up against top-seeded VCU while the latter will take on No. 2 overall Richmond in Friday’s quarterfinals.

The semifinals are scheduled for Friday at 9:00 am with the championship finale slated for Sunday morning at 10:00 am. All rounds will be streamed through the USTA website's Playsight system, which allows viewers to select the court they wish to watch. Admission will be free for the A-10 Championships.

The winner of the 2024 Atlantic 10 Men’s Tennis Championship receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.