After losing two out of three matches before the NCAA tournament, not many people were giving the Georgia men’s tennis team a chance to repeat as champions.

But somehow and someway, the Bulldogs put together a magical run and became the first team in 11 years to win consecutive national championships.

Georgia, seeded fourth, defeated Texas 4-2 in the championship match. Fittingly, senior Travis Helgeson, who started his career at Texas, clinched the title for Georgia with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over Dimitar Kurtovsky.

“It’s pretty sweet,” Helgeson said after the match. “Last year was unbelievable. This year we had to fight through a lot of battles. To come in seeded fourth or fifth and to win the tournament is something special.”

Though the Texas match was for all the marbles, it wasn’t the most impressive victory in Georgia’s post-season run. In the semifinals, Georgia went up against undefeated and No. 1 Virginia, which was the favorite to win the title led by No. 1 player Somdev Devvarman.

While Devvarman upended Helgeson in his match, Georgia did just enough to pull off the upset.

With the match coming down to the wire and tied at 3-3, Jamie Hunt earned the match clincher over Sanam Singh 4-6, 6-3, 6-0.

After losing to Ohio State 4-1 in the National Team Indoors Championship finals, the Bulldogs reeled off 14 straight wins despite battling through injuries.

Georgia lost Flores for many matches and lost Helgeson for a portion of the season.

Georgia’s win streak was snapped when it lost its regular season finale to Tennessee, and also lost to Florida in the SEC Tournament semifinals.

However, the Bulldogs regrouped when it mattered most. After beating Radford and Auburn in the Athens regional, the Bulldogs trekked to Tulsa, Okla., for the final 16 portion of the NCAA Tournament. Georgia defeated Pepperdine and Ole Miss before upsetting Virginia.

Georgia became the first team since Stanford in 1997-1998 to win back-to-back national championships after beating Texas in the finals.