May 27, 2006
Stanford, Calif. - No. 1 seed Benjamin Kohlloeffel of UCLA is the only top-seeded player to advance to the men's singes final four ... Kohlloeffel beat No. 6 seed Conor Niland Cal 6-4, 6-2 to advance to tomorrow's semifinals ... Erling Tveit of Mississippi knocked off No. 8 seed Travis Helgeson, 7-6 (4), 6-4 and will play Kohlloeffel in one semifinal match ... The other semifinal match will pit Stanford's KC Corkery against Virginia's Somdev Devvarman ... Corkery, a four-time All-American, is attempting to become the 14th NCAA men's singles champion from Stanford ... He beat Clement Reix today 7-5, 6-2 in front of the home crowd ... Devvarman, who was seeded 9-16, advanced after a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Notre Dame's Sheeva Parbhu ... In doubles, No. 2 seed Andre Begemann and Scott Doerner of NCAA Champion Pepperdine advanced to the semis with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-0 come from behind win over Miami's Luigi D'Agord an Daniel Vallverdu ... Third-seeded Kevin Anderson and Ryan Rowe of Illinois will face TCU's Rafael Abreu and Jordan Freitas in the other semifinal match.