The ASA College Men's and Women's Tennis teams start the 2014-2015 season at the top of the Preseason ITA Junior/Community Colleges National Rankings. The Avenger squads won both the men's and women's 2014 NJCAA National Championships, the first two national titles in ASA College history for any sport. Right behind the Avengers in the ITA Junior/Community…
Five of eight men's singles seeds fell on Day One of the 2014 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, while third-seeded Hayley Carter of North Carolina was the only female singles seed to lose at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Seven of the eight women's singles seeds advanced safely into today's second round. Reigning champion and top-seeded…
Reigning NCAA champion Danielle Collins (University of Virginia), top-ranked Jamie Loeb (University of North Carolina), of nearby Ossining, N.Y., and Long Island-native Julia Elbaba (University of Virginia) are among the top college players set to compete in the 2014 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships, set for Nov. 6-9 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. Loeb, the Intercollegiate…
The Pratt Institute women's tennis team won its fourth consecutive Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (HVIAC) Championship Saturday afternoon, winning all nine flights of the tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Top singles player Agata Jakubowska from Dallas, Texas was named HVIAC Player of the Year, and fellow sophomore Megan Basaldua…
Denise Starr and Robert Levine, two elite players who reside in the New York City area, spent this past summer training at Gotham Tennis Academy/Stadium Tennis Center. While their opinions are unique, their perspectives are universal. Recently, they fielded questions from campers, as well as from parents of aspiring young players. Denise Starr is a…
Inspired by seeing her hero Roger Federer earlier in the morning eating breakfast, North Carolina’s Jamie Loeb of Ossining, N.Y. beat fellow New Yorker, Oyster Bay's Julia Elbaba, 7-5, 6-1 of Virginia to capture the first American Collegiate Invitational women’s singles title played at the U.S. Open. With the win, Loeb receives at least a qualifying wild card…
A little bit of rain wasn’t going to stop UCLA’s Marcos Giron from winning the inaugural American Collegiate Invitational played at the U.S. Open Saturday afternoon. The top-seeded Giron of Thousand Oaks, Calif., downed Ohio State’s Peter Kobelt, 6-1, 6-3, to win the men’s title in the eight-player event played at the USTA Billie Jean King…
So the U.S. Open is wrapping up in Flushing Meadows, and if you are reading this, it is a safe bet that you love tennis and you are conflicted as to whether you are going out tonight or staying in and watching the matches on TV. Do you have tickets? Then off to Flushing Meadows…
The USTA has announced that New York’s Jamie Loeb of the University of North Carolina and Mitchell Frank of the University of Virginia, will join NCAA champions Marcos Giron of UCLA and Danielle Collins of the University of Virginia, as competitors in the inaugural American Collegiate Invitational at the 2014 U.S. Open. The winners of the American Collegiate Invitational will receive main draw wild card entries into…
The USTA has announced that 2014 NCAA singles champions Marcos Giron of UCLA (21, Thousand Oaks, Calif.) and Danielle Collins of the University of Virginia (20, St. Petersburg, Fla.) will headline the American collegians competing in the inaugural American Collegiate Invitational Sept. 4-6 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., with possible 2015 U.S. Open main…