CLINTON, S.C. – Presbyterian Blue Hose men's tennis players Dusan Milanovic and Max Benson have earned bids to the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships which runs May 22-27 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida. Milanovic earned an automatic bid to the 64-players singles field. While the doubles tandem of Benson and Milanovic earned an automatic bid to the 32-team doubles championship.
 
This season, the duo played a major role in helping the Blue Hose win the Big South Tournament Championship, a share of the Big South regular-season title, and earn the program's third bid to the NCAA Tournament.
 
Milanovic is the first Presbyterian player to earn a bid to the NCAA Division I Singles Championship. The doubles team of Benson and Milanovic is also the first doubles team in school history to earn a spot in the NCAA Division I Doubles Championship.
 
Presbyterian joins Radford (2009) as the only men's tennis programs in Big South history to have the team, a singles player, and a doubles team compete in the NCAA Championships in the same season.
 
DUSAN MILANOVIC
Milanovic was voted Big South Player of the Year by the league's head coaches. Milanovic was a First Team All-Big South Singles selection and he teamed with Benson to form a First Team All-Big South Doubles team. The Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina native is now a two-time First Team All-Conference Singles and Doubles selection.

Milanovic is currently ranked No. 62 in the ITA Singles rankings. Benson and Milanovic are ranked No. 60 in the ITA Doubles Rankings.

This season in singles play, Milanovic, who has won 12 straight matches, has a 19-2 record at number one singles. The doubles tandem Benson and Milanovic lead the team with 13 wins all at number one doubles.

MAX BENSON
Benson was a First Team All-Big South Singles selection and he teamed with Milanovic to form a First Team All-Big South Doubles team. Benson and Milanovic are ranked No. 60 in the ITA Doubles Rankings. The Albany, New York native is a three-time First Team Doubles and a four-time All-Big South Singles honoree.

Benson has tallied 12 singles wins this spring. The doubles duo of Benson and Milanovic lead the team with 13 wins.
 
UP NEXT
Presbyterian plays at No. 4 Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA Tournament this Friday, May 5 at 1 p.m.