The ITA has announced the 2015 national award winners for Junior and Community Colleges women's tennis. Among the winners, ASA College's Megane Bianco was named ITA's Player to Watch and Macarena Olivares was named ITA Rookie of the Year. Megane Bianco, the 2015 ITA Player to Watch, has been a top ten player in both the ITA Junior/Community Colleges National Singles and…
Having just recently graduated from University of Wisconsin-Madison, I am filled with a sense of pride and accomplishment. I competed for their Division I tennis team, played first singles, and was the team captain my senior year. It was easily one of the most fulfilling and best experiences of my life, but it was not…
The North Carolina women remain ranked number one for the second straight week, while the Oklahoma men are the top-ranked team for the eighth consecutive week in the ITA Division I National Team Rankings. The 26-0 Tar Heels clinched their fourth regular season ACC title in the last six years when they beat archrival Duke 4-1…
ASA College has retained the top ranking in the Junior/Community Colleges Men's National Team Rankings for the third straight edition of the 2014-15 rankings and the sixth straight edition overall, dating back to March of 2014. Top-ranked ASA College is well-represented in the national singles and doubles rankings, with two singles players ranked in the…
The undefeated North Carolina Tar Heels have regained the top spot women's ranking for the first time in a month, while the Oklahoma Sooners extended their number one ranking streak to seven weeks on the men's side in the ITA Division I National Team Rankings. North Carolina is back on top this week after being…
The USTA has announced that it has partnered with four NCAA Division I athletic conferences—the American Athletic Conference, Big 12, Mountain West and SEC—to help deliver their conference championship title matches across multiple television and digital viewing platforms. The partnerships are the latest in the USTA’s efforts to spotlight college tennis through television and digital viewing…
Stony Brook sophomore Nadia Smergut was named the America East Player of the Week on Wednesday afternoon. Smergut, a New York City native, put together a dominant week for the Seawolves. She won all four of the matches she played to lead Stony Brook to wins over Binghamton and Fordham. Smergut and partner Louise Badoche…
I’m going to take off my college consultant baseball cap and put on my ski cap for this issue. The ski cap says “Tournament Parent” on one side and “Tournament Director” on the other. With experience playing tournaments (30-plus years), coaching juniors who play tournaments (15-plus years) and being a parent of a child who…
The women’s tennis team at Stony Brook continued its winning ways on Monday afternoon, knocking off the Fordham Rams 7-0 to win its fourth consecutive match and move to 10-1 on the season. The win came a day after the Seawolves knocked off Binghamton 5-2 on Sunday afternoon. On Monday, Stony Brook was led by…
The Stony Brook women’s tennis team continued its winning ways over the weekend, going on the road to defeat the New Jersey Institute of Technology 7-0 to win its fourth straight match. Stony Brook did not lose a single match in the nine contests, winning all the singles contests in straight sets and losing just six…