After three days of competition at the Boar's Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, Virginia, the 2016 ITA Division I National Men's Team Indoor Championship is down to an all-ACC final. The host and top-seeded Cavaliers will be searching for their sixth ITA Indoors title, while the No. 3 Tar Heels of North Carolina are in…
Helping young athletes attend the colleges of their choice, and on full tennis scholarships whenever possible, is a primary goal of the John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA). With dozens of JMTA students currently competing at top colleges across the country, today the Academy announced the inaugural John McEnroe Tennis Academy College Recruiting Combine scheduled for…
Sixteen of the top Division I men's tennis teams will meet up in Charlottesville, Va., to compete for the 2016 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Men's Team Indoor Championship. Defending NCAA National Champion, the University of Virginia, will serve as the event host, with all competition over the four-day event (Feb. 12-15) scheduled to take…
The No. 6 nationally-ranked California women's tennis team made school history on Monday afternoon at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin, as they captured the program's first-ever ITA Division I National Women's Team Indoors Championship title with a thrilling 4-3 victory over No. 5 North Carolina. Cal, the lone Pac-12 team at the tournament,…
The Columbia women’s tennis team captured the 2016 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division I Women’s Indoor Tennis Championship on Sunday, knocking off Harvard 4-2 in the final. The Lions had to pull double-duty on Sunday after a power-outage on Saturday night postponed its semifinal match against Dartmouth until Sunday morning. The match resumed with…
The New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) men’s tennis team earned the top spot in the East Coast Conference (ECC) preseason poll. The three-time defending conference champions were named the favorite by the poll of the conference’s coaches. The Bears earned all six first place votes in the polling, and carry a 14-match winning streak…
The St. John’s women’s tennis team won its second straight match to open up 2016, beating Fairfield 7-0 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Friday afternoon. Playing in its first home match under new head coach Lauren Leo, the Red Storm made quick work of Fairfield. It started by winning all three…
Following its kickoff weekend that saw a number of schools from across the country qualify for the ITA National Team Indoor Championships in February, the Oracle/ITA collegiate rankings have been updated. The Columbia men, having advanced to the nationals, moved up one spot in the rankings from 16th to 15th. Virginia, Oklahoma and TCU continue…
For the second straight year, the Columbia men’s tennis team will play at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division I National Indoor Championships after the Lions came from behind to beat Stanford 4-3 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Monday afternoon. Stanford won two of the three doubles matches to claim the doubles…
The Columbia Men’s tennis team defeated 22nd ranked Minnesota 4-0 on Sunday to advance to the ITA Kickoff Weekend championship match on Monday afternoon. The 16th ranked Lions earned the match’s doubles point by winning two of the three doubles contests. In singles, Victor Pham defeated Felix Corwin 6-3, 6-2 at second singles, Mike Vermeer…