The reigning champion Stanford Cardinal women's team and Virginia Cavaliers men's team remain atop the ITA Division I Team Rankings, as released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). Stanford clipped Texas A&M 4-3 to win its 17th NCAA title last spring and the team will look to continue its success this season although the Cardinal will need…
School is back in full swing, so I’m sure everyone is in the mindset for the second half of the Mythbusters Quiz. Last issue, we took a factoid from the last five articles. The second half of the quiz will focus on the five previously published articles. This quiz should help give you some insight…
The Queens College Tennis Players Association (QCTPA) held their inaugural charity tournament at the Queens College Indoor Tennis Center on Nov. 13. David Rand and Sara Just-Michael, founders of the QCTPA, organized a round robin doubles tournament, comprised of 20 teams of Queens College students. Not only was the attendance high, but all participants were excited…
The 2013 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship doubles finals were held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Sunday. In men's doubles, it was Ashok Narayana & Max Schnur of Columbia thrilling the local fans by defeating the top seeds and ITA Preseason number one-ranked team of Mikelis Libietis & Hunter Reese of Tennessee. The Lions…
Freshman Jamie Loeb of North Carolina won her second-straight college tennis major, while senior Clay Thompson of UCLA won his 15th straight match to win the men's singles title at the 2013 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, held at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and hosted by Columbia University. Loeb, from Ossining, N.Y., faced Robin Anderson of…
The finals are set at the 2013 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center and hosted by Columbia University. The women's singles final will be a rematch off the Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships final, as Ossining, N.Y.'s Jamie Loeb of North Carolina and Robin Anderson of UCLA both won their…
College tennis' best players convened in Flushing, N.Y. on Thursday at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center for Day One of the 2013 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships. New York is well represented at this year’s event, as Long Island's Julia Elbaba from the University of Virginia won two doubles matches to advance to the quarterfinals….
The selections have been released for the 2013 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, which will be held Nov. 7-11 at the USTA BIllie Jean King National Tennis Center. Among those invited locally are Jamie Loeb and Julia Ebalba in the women's draw and Columbia's Winston Lin in the men's draw. The event showcases elite players from every level of college tennis,…
Pratt Institute won its third straight Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (HVIAC) Women's Tennis Championship, capturing seven of nine flights at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Saturday afternoon. The 2013 HVIAC Champions also placed a league-best three members on the HVIAC All-Conference Team, with three-time player of the week freshman Agata Jakubowska, undefeated junior Gabriella Guerra, and…
The USTA Collegiate Clay Court Invitational–the largest clay court event in college tennis, featuring many of the country’s top college players–will be live-streamed online on ESPN3.com this Sunday, beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET. The event, hosted by Florida State University Thursday-Sunday at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex at DisneyWorld in Orlando, Fla., will…