NCAA -- Three programs from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) have earned bids into the 2017 NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Tournament. Ferris State, Grand Valley State and Northwood all punched tickets to the national championships.

Top-seeded Ferris State University will host one half of this week's NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Midwest Regional Tournament on Saturday and Sunday, April 29-30.

Fourth-seeded Grand Valley State and fifth-seeded Rockhurst (Mo.) will open the Midwest Regional bracket on Saturday (April 29) at the Ferris State University Racquet and Fitness Center starting at 11 a.m. (ET) with the winner advancing to face the Bulldogs in the regional final.

The FSU men's squad drew the number one seed in the Midwest Region and earned a first-round bye. FSU will face GVSU or Rockhurst in one of two Midwest Regional finals in Big Rapids this Sunday (April 30) starting at 11 a.m. (ET) at the FSU Racquet and Fitness Center in Big Rapids.

Northwood (10-10) is the No. 6 seed in the Midwest.  The Timberwolves will open up the tournament with a match against No. 3 seed Drury (18-3). The winner of that match will face either No. 2 Indianapolis (15-4) or No. 7 Southern Indiana (16-10) in the second round. Those matches will take Saturday- Sunday (April 29-30).

MIDWEST REGIONAL #1 DRAW
at Ferris State University Racquet and Fitness Center

Saturday, April 29
#4 Grand Valley State vs #5 Rockhurst (Mo.), 11 a.m.

Sunday, April 30
#1 Ferris State vs GVSU/Rockhurst winner, 11 a.m. 

MEN'S MIDWEST REGION #2 DRAW

#2 Indianapolis (15-43) vs. #7 Southern Indiana (16-10)

#3 Drury (18-3) vs. #6 Northwood (10-10)