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Styslinger closed out their 8-5 win at No. 2. In singles, the Sooners first drew even in the match, 1-1, when Ritschard lost at No. 5. Virginia retook the lead, 2-1, when Altamirano closed out a 6-3, 6-3 victory at No. 3. A short time later, Kwiatkowski made the score 3-1 with his 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 4. And just like that, for the second time in three years, Frank had a chance to clinch an NCAA championship. "I was actually pretty relaxed, given that I was in that situation — a more intense situation — a couple of years ago," Frank would say afterward. "It forces you to zone in. But I felt pretty calm out there. I didn't feel up and down emotionally. I had great confidence in how I was playing him and knew I would get my chances." Frank won the first set over Harris at No. 2 singles and the second set was on serve at 5-5. Leading 6-5, Frank had three match points but couldn't convert. Finally, on his fourth chance, Frank closed Harris out for a 7-5, 7-5 win. "It's very special," Frank said. "Last year was a little disappointing — losing in the semis. "This year, I knew that our team was closer than it had ever been. I think that was the biggest difference this year from last year. We had a re- ally cohesive unit — nobody really cared about who got the credit. Everyone was there for each other." The championship, which came on the heels of men's soccer winning one in December, was the 22nd in school history. Virginia joined USC, Stanford, UCLA, Geor- gia and William & Mary as the only schools to have won multiple titles in the 70-year history of the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship. "There's nothing more special than to see a group of young men work hard, come together, do it the right way and then watch them celebrate in the end," Boland said. "For me, it's all about the players." ◆ RYAN SHANE CAPTURES THE NCAA MEN'S SINGLES TITLE Having just completed a comeback victory against one of the top play- ers in college tennis to win an NCAA championship, Virginia third-year Ryan Shane was still trying to let it soak in. "When Ryan finished, he said to me, 'This is the first time I've actually won anything big,'" said UVa head coach Brian Boland. "I said, 'Ryan, you chose a good tournament to win something big.'" No doubt about that. With a 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1 victory over Wake Forest's Noah Rubin in Waco, Texas, on May 25, the eighth-seeded Shane became just the second Virginia player to win an NCAA singles championship, joining Somdev Devvarman (who did it twice). Shane's unexpected triumph capped a storybook season for UVa, which won the team title just six days earlier. Shane became the 14th player in the modern era (since 1977) to win the NCAA Singles Championship after helping his school win the team title. Shane became the 14th player in the modern era (since 1977) to win the NCAA Singles Cham- pionship after helping his school capture the team title. PHOTO COURTESY UVA