SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Sebastian Dominko and Jean-Marc Malkowski have earned their way into the NCAA Tennis Championships hosted by Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma May 16-25. This will be Dominko’s second-consecutive season heading to the individual tournament as a singles player, and his second as a doubles tandem, pairing with Malkowski this season. It will be Malkowski’s first NCAA Tournament appearance.
The doubles pairing earned a top eight seed in the doubles tournament coming up. With the top eight ranking, they have earned All-America honors. It’s the first All-America award for Malkowski, and the second for Dominko. Dominko was an individual All-American as a freshman in singles after entering the tournament as a seed in 2023. Dominko is the 21st All-American in program history, and Malkowski the 22nd.
Dominko concluded the spring season with a 14-6 singles record, earning a 6-4 mark against Atlantic Coast Conference competition, playing at the top spot of the lineup. He is 16-7 overall including the fall season, and played 19 ranked singles opponents. He won eight of those matches with five going unfinished. For his efforts, Dominko earned All-ACC First Team honors.
Malkowski and Dominko formed one of the top doubles tandems in the country this season, going 13-7 with nine ranked wins at the top of the doubles lineup and earning a ranking as high as 8th in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. The duo earned wins over a top-20 ranked pairing from Boston College, and the fourth-ranked team in the country from Kentucky. The tandem also earned ACC wins over pairings from Miami, Florida State, Clemson, North Carolina and Virginia Tech.