1. Coach: Many players are recruited for a period of time and decide on going to a particular university based on the coach. The coach has spent time calling them, watching them play at tournaments, meeting their parents, as well as ultimately making them an offer to come and play for their team. But most…
The Queens College Tennis Outing & Social event will be held Saturday, Aug. 17 from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at the Queens College Tennis Courts. There is an early registration fee of $60 on and before Aug. 12th and $75 after Aug. 12. All proceeds will benefit the Queens College Men’s & Women’s Tennis programs. Tennis participants can come…
The USTA has announced that Virginia’s Julia Elbaba of Oyster Bay, N.Y., the 2013 ITA Rookie of the Year, will join two-time defending NCAA women’s singles champion Nicole Gibbs of Stanford and NCAA men’s singles finalist Jarmere Jenkins of Virginia as the crop of American men’s and women’s college tennis players invited to the 2013 USTA…
1. The game is played at a level that most people can relate For many tennis fans who watch professional tennis, the hope of one day hitting that great forehand that they watched Novak Djokovic hit in the finals of the U.S. Open is only a dream. But for aspiring young players, playing college tennis…
On May 21, the Virginia Cavaliers took home the 2013 NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship, while the Stanford Cardinals seized the NCAA Women’s title. The Cavaliers (30-0) defeated the UCLA Bruins 4-3, finally taking the next step after falling short as the runner-up the past two years. The Cardinals (22-4) knocked off the Texas A&M Aggies,…
Simply put … Dick Gould is college tennis and a living legend. He was the Stanford men’s tennis head coach for 38-years before becoming the John L. Hinds Director of Tennis at Stanford for the last nine years. Coach Gould’s career credentials are legendary. His teams won 17 NCAA team championships and he was the…
1. Location, location, location As with everything, the location of the university where you want to play college tennis is important. Playing college tennis in the south is a lot different than playing in the north where the entire winter you are playing indoor tennis. Other aspects of location are whether you want a school…
Columbia is hosting Cornell in a big Ivy League Tennis match this Saturday, March 30 at 2:00 p.m. at the Dick Savitt Tennis Center on 218th Street and Broadway. Both teams are ranked in the top 35 in the country and it will be a battle. Come out and see great college tennis as two…
1. Junior players should write long e-mails to college coaches From the player’s perspective, he/she wants to introduce themselves to their prospective coach, and nowadays, it seems that e-mail is the easiest way to communicate with coaches. Long e-mails are considered more than three paragraphs. The reality is that coaches are extremely busy, therefore, a…
The USTA announced that University of Virginia senior Jarmere Jenkins (College Park, Ga.) and University of Florida senior Lauren Embree (Marco Island, Fla.) are among the top American collegians selected to represent the United States in the seventh annual Master’U BNP Paribas, an international collegiate team competition held Dec. 5-9 at Aix-en-Provence, France. Jenkins, who…