Armstrong Atlantic captured its second straight NCAA Division II Men’s Tennis Championship with a 5-4 victory over Barry on Saturday in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

The Pirates, who concluded the season with a 30-1 mark, became the first team to win back-to-back titles since West Florida in 2004-05.

The title was decided on a back-and-forth match at No. 5 singles between sophomore Rafael Array of Armstrong Atlantic and Roman Werschel of Barry. In the only three-set match of the national title contest, Array took the first set, 6-4, while Werschel earned the second set, 7-5. Array came back to claim the third set, 6-3, and give the Pirates the championship.

Thanks to a strong showing in doubles, Barry held an early lead in the title match. Although Armstrong Atlantic took the win at No. 3 doubles, Barry responded with victories at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions. The Bucs’ No. 1 doubles tandem, Emmanuel Fraitzl and Max Wimmer, edged Paul Bishop and Mikk Irdoja, 8-6, and Ales Svigelj and Andrew Sharnov registered a 9-7 victory at No. 2 doubles against the Pirates’ Array and Tim Johannsen, giving the Bucs a 2-1 advantage entering the singles portion of the contest.

Irdoja tallied a singles point for Armstrong Atlantic with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Sharnov at No. 3, but Barry once again responded. The Bucs’ Wimmer earned the victory at the No. 4 singles position, handing Armstrong Atlantic’s Paul Fitzgerald his first dual match singles loss on the year.

Johannsen defeated Jakub Fefjar at No. 6 singles, 6-4, 6-0, to even the championship match at 3-3. Barry surged into the lead after Fraitzl’s straight sets win over Bishop at No. 2 singles and needed just one more point to claim the title, but Svigelj fell to Armstrong Atlantic’s Eudaldo Bonet, 7-6, 6-0, in No. 1 singles, to knot the score at 4-4 and set up Array’s dramatic singles victory for the title.

Barry finished the season 27-3.

First and second rounds

At Northwood (Mich.) – Northwood (Mich.) 5, Michigan Tech 0; Ferris St. 5, Grand Valley St. 4; Northwood (Mich.) 5, Ferris St. 0. [Northwood (Mich.) advances.]

At St. Cloud St. – Western N.M. 5, Minn. St. Mankato 0; Western N.M. 5, St. Cloud St. 1. (Western N.M. advances.)

At Queens (N.Y.) – Condordia (N.Y.) 5, Phila. Sciences 0; Merrimack 5, Adelphi 4; Concordia (N.Y.) 5, Merrimack 0. [Concordia (N.Y.) advances.]

At Bloomsburg -- West Va. Wesleyan 5, Virginia St. 0; Bloomsburg 5, West Liberty St. 1; Bloomsburg 5, West Va. Wesleyan 3. (Bloomsburg advances.)

At Barry – West Fla. 5, Morehouse 0; Flagler 5, Ala.-Huntsville 0; West Fla. 5, Ouachita Baptist 2; Barry 5, Flagler 0; Barry 5, West Fla. 0. (Barry advances.)

At BYU-Hawaii – BYU-Hawaii 5, Hawaii Hilo 4. (BYU-Hawaii advances.)

At Abilene Christian – Washburn 5, Southwest Baptist 4; Abilene Christian 5, Washburn 0. (Abilene Christian advances.)

At Georgia College – Anderson (S.C.) 5, Wingate 2; Lees-McRae 5, Limestone 3; Columbus St. 5, Anderson (S.C.) 3; Georgia College 5, Lees-McRae 1; Georgia College 5, Columbus St. 0. (Georgia College advances.)

At Kutztown – Kutztown 5, Millersville 0; Shaw 5, Concord 0; Kutztown 5, Shaw 1. (Kutztown advances.)

At Lynn – Rollins 5, West Ala. 0; Fla. Southern 5, Florida Tech 2; Valdosta St. 5, Rollins 0; Lynn 5, Fla. Southern 0; Lynn 5, Valdosta St. 4. (Lynn advances.)

At Armstrong Atlantic – Francis Marion 5, Mars Hill 1; Lander 5, Augusta St. 1; S.C. Aiken 5, Francis Marion 1; Armstrong Atlantic 5, Lander 0; Armstrong Atlantic 5, S.C. Aiken 0. (Armstrong Atlantic advances.)

At Queens (N.Y.) – Queens (N.Y.) 5, Bentley 0; Stonehill 5, Philadelphia U. 0; Queens (N.Y.) 5, Stonehill 2. [Queens (N.Y.) advances]

At Hawaii Pacific – Hawaii Pacific 5, UC San Diego 1. (Hawaii Pacific advances.)

At Cameron – St. Edward’s 5, Northwest Mo. St. 0; St. Edward’s 5, Cameron 4. (St. Edward’s advances.)

At Metro St. – Colorado St.-Pueblo 6, Mesa St. 2; Metro St. 5, Colorado St.-Pueblo 0. (Metro St. advances.)

At Rockhurst – Rockhurst 5, Indianapolis 0; Drury 5, Northern Ky. 3; Drury 5, Rockhurst 4. (Drury advances.)

Round of 16

Northwood (Mich.) 5, Western N.M. 0; Concordia (N.Y.) 5, Bloomsburg 0; Barry 5, BYU-Hawaii 0; Georgia College 5, Abilene Christian 3; Lynn 5, Kutztown 0; Armstrong Atlantic 5, Queens (N.Y.) 0; Hawaii Pacific 5, St. Edward’s 1; Drury 5, Metro St. 3.

Quarterfinals

Concorida (N.Y.) 5, Northwood (Mich.) 3; Barry 5, Georgia College 0; Armstrong Atlantic 5, Lynn 2; Hawaii Pacific 5, Drury 1.

Semifinals

Barry 5, Concordia (N.Y.) 3; Armstrong Atlantic 5, Hawaii Pacific 1.

Championship

Armstrong Atlantic 5, Barry 4.

Singles: No. 1 – Eudaldo Bonet, Armstrong Atlantic, def. Ales Svigelj, Barry, 7-6, 6-0; No. 2 – Emanuel Fraitzl, Barry, def. Paul Bishop, Armstrong Atlantic, 6-3, 6-4; No. 3 – Mikk Irdoja, Armstrong Atlantic, def. Andrew Sharnov, Barry, 6-2, 6-1; No. 4 – Max Wimmer, Barry, def. Paul Fitzgerald, Armstrong Atlantic, 6-2, 6-3; No. 5 – Rafael Array, Armstrong Atlantic, def. Roman Werschel, Barry, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3; No. 6 – Tim Johannsen, Armstrong Atlantic, def. Jakub Fejfar, Barry, 6-4, 6-0.

Doubles: No. 1 – Fraitzl-Wimmer, Barry, def. Bishop-Irdoja, Armstrong Atlantic, 8-6; No. 2 – Svigelj-Sharnov, Barry, def. Array-Johannsen, Armstrong Atlantic, 9-7; No. 3 – Torok-Bonet, Armstrong Atlantic, def. Fejfar-Velez, Barry, 8-4.