Sports Shorts: NCAA tennis bids announced

Junior Matija Pecotic and women’s doubles team of senior Hilary Bartlett and freshman Lindsay Graff officially received automatic bids to the NCAA Championships when the list of qualifiers was announced Wednesday afternoon.

Pecotic made the field for being ranked in the ITA Top 125 and being the Ivy League’s highest-rated player. The junior did not lose a single set in conference play, going 7-0 in the Ancient Eight for the second straight season, and he posted an overall record of 19-2 this spring. He will be making his first appearance at NCAAs.

Bartlett and Graff were automatically included for being ranked as one of the top 60 doubles teams and being the Ivy League’s highest-rated duo. Bartlett will be competing in the national doubles bracket for the third time, after playing with Taylor Marable ’11 in 2009 and 2010, while Graff will be making her debut.

Individual and doubles competition will take place in Athens, Ga., on May 23-28, after the national team champion has been decided. Specific matchups will be released later this month.