Billed as a “dream game” before the two teams even advanced to play each other, a UK-Louisville showdown — the first since 2005 — came true Saturday. It was to see not only “who dominates the state of Kentucky,” as Louisville’s Viktor Maksimcuk told the Courier-Journal, but to see who advanced to the Round of 16.

It was UK, and it came down to the last match.

Here’s the rundown of outcomes that led to UK advancing:

• UK’s No. 1 doubles team of Eric Quigley and Brad Cox — a combination ranked No. 19 nationally — rolled 8-3 for the first segment.
• UofL’s Austen Childs/Adam Donaldson pairing won 8-4 shortly after, meaning the doubles point — which is awarded to the team that captures 2 out of the 3 doubles matches — came down to the third court.
• UK’s Alex Musialek/Anthony Rossi team won 8-6 to clinch the double point, giving UK a one-point headstart on the race to 4 points.
• After this match concluded, singles play began on six courts, with each court representing one possible point.
• UK got its second point at the No. 4 position, as UK’s Alberto Gonzalez beat Robert Hall in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4.
• Louisville’s Simon Childs won at the No. 3 courts, 7-6 (4), 6-3, over UK’s Brad Cox. Overall, UK was up 2-1.
• At the No. 5 court, UK’s Anthony Rossi won 7-5, 6-2, meaning UK only needed one more victory on any of the other three courts to advance.
• Louisville’s Andrew Carter, playing at the No. 6 spot, kept Louisville alive with a straight-set 7-5, 6-4 victory.
• At Center Court, Louisville pulled a comeback upset, as No. 16 Austin Childs rallied back from dropping the first set in a tiebreak to beat No. 6 Eric Quigley6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-4.
• That tied the score overall at 3-3, with the No. 2 court the location of the decisive action. By the time Quigley had lost, this match was into the third set — a set UK’s No. 53 Alex Musialek was rolling through — but it still had to be finished off. Musialek did, defeating No. 93 Viktor Maksimcuk 5-7, 7-5, 6-0. Musialiek talked to 247Sports.com about the experience of .

The win gave UK back-to-back Round of 16 trips for the first time since 1991-92. UK will play in Stanford, Cali., on Thursday against either Miami or Florida.

Last season, UK lost in the Round of 16 to eventual champion Southern California.