College Tennis

The 2015 American Collegiate Invitational at the U.S. Open didn't start on time and ultimately saw two of the eight scheduled matches unable to come to a conclusion. What transpired in the middle was some high-quality tennis, though. All four men's quarterfinal matches were completed, as were two...Read more

Julia Elbaba may be a native New Yorker, but the University of Virginia senior identifies just as much with the thousands of tourists as she does the locals she's known for years. "In my opinion, there's no place like New York," said Elbaba, who returns to New York Thursday to compete in the second...Read more

The women's tennis coaches in the East Coast Conference (ECC) have selected the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) Bears as an unanimous favorite to win the ECC Women's Tennis Championship in 2015. NYIT's Alessia Rossetti (Minusio, Switzerland) has also been named the Preseason Player of the...Read more

The USTA has announced that 2015 NCAA champions Jamie Loeb of the University of North Carolina of Ossining, N.Y., and Ryan Shane of the University of Virginia, will lead the group of top American collegiate players selected to play in the second annual American Collegiate Invitational at the 2015 U...Read more

Stony Brook Women Win America East Title and Qualify for the NCAA Tourney The Stony Brook’s Women’s Tennis team has been on a rollercoaster ride all season long, from earning their first national ranking in program history, to heading up to Vestal, N.Y. where they won their fourth straight America...Read more

From Tampa to Baltimore, Smithtown native Joseph Caracappa continues to prove you can take the player out of Long Island, but you cannot take the Long Island out of the player. Currently playing number two singles and number one doubles for Goucher College, with a record of 15-3 in doubles and 11-4...Read more

The USTA has announced that 2015 NCAA singles champions Jamie Loeb, of the University of North Carolina, and Ryan Shane, of the University of Virginia, headline the top American collegians named to the 2015 USTA Collegiate National Team, the high-level training program designed to help America’s...Read more

In the last issue of Long Island Tennis Magazine , I tackled both sides of some issues in holding a junior tournament. I have been around tournaments for 30-plus years, as a player/coach, and bring my kids to tournaments, I think I’m a pretty good judge of what is acceptable and what is not...Read more

Ivy League tennis is hot, and only getting hotter as the League's level of play and recruits continue to rise to new heights. As one men's Ivy League coach explained, "We no longer recruit four star players. Personally, I'm looking for the player who might otherwise choose Stanford or Duke." As...Read more

Freshman tennis player Kristina Vozniak had stepped on many planes in her life before she boarded a flight out of the Ukraine at the end of last summer. But this time, the flight would change her life. “It was my first trip alone because I used to go everywhere with my parents,” Vozniak, who plays...Read more