CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.

The Emory University men’s tennis team won the first four completed singles matches to rally past Bowdoin, 5-2, in the semifinals of the NCAA Division III Championship on Tuesday evening.

The loss ended Bowdoin’s (21-5) hopes of a repeat national championship.

Emory advances to play Claremont Mudd Scripps in the NCAA title match today.

The teams split the first two completed doubles matches with Bowdoin earning a win at No. 2 from Kyle Wolfe and Jerry Jiang (8-5) while Emory claimed the No. 1 position thanks to Scott Rubinstein and James Spaulding, 8-5.

The No. 3 doubles match went to a tiebreak where the Polar Bear duo of Gil Roddy and Justin Patel earned a 9-8 (7-4) win to give Bowdoin a 2- 1 edge heading to singles.

The Eagles came out firing in singles play, getting straight-set wins at No. 1 from Aman Manji, No. 6 Rubenstein and No. 3 Adrian Bouchet to take a 4-2 advantage.

With the three remaining matches in third sets, Jonathan Jemison earned a late break against Grant Urken at No. 2 singles and held serve to claim the match-clinching 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 win.

The victory is a measure of revenge for the Eagles, who lost to the Polar Bears in the NCAA semifinals a year ago, 5-4.

Bowdoin’s doubles pairing of Luke Tercek and Urken will compete in the NCAA Individual championship that begins on Thursday. Pairings will be announced today.