Mississippi State is back in the NCAA quarterfinals, and at this point it feels less like a surprise and more like the standard.

The Bulldogs have played their way into the final eight for the second straight season , and now they get another shot at Virginia, the same team that handed them a 4-1 loss back in February at ITA Indoors.

That match wasn’t as lopsided as the score suggests. Mississippi State actually grabbed the doubles point that day, with Petar Jovanovic and Benito Sanchez Martinez winning on court one and Mario Martinez Serrano and Michal Novansky taking court two. The problem was what came next.…