The 2012 College Tennis Showcase will be held Sunday, Nov. 11 at the Saw Mill Club, located 77 Kensico Drive in Mt. Kisco, N.Y. The College Tennis Showcase is an event to help players learn more about the college tennis process and connect better with college coaches including the USTA Eastern Tournament for high school seniors…
It’s late in the summer and you want to play college tennis and use your tennis game to help your college prospects, but you haven’t done anything yet to prepare for your college search. This is what you should do first … If you graduated high school in 2012 … Know what you want to…
A new championship format has been proposed by the Division I Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee. The proposals, which would take effect the 2014 season, recommends that the number of days spent at the finals site is decreased from 12 to just eight. Also, the number of teams at the finals site would be reduced…
For the second consecutive year, Lauren Embree was involved in the decision in the NCAA Women’s Tennis Championships final and the Gator All-American delivered in the end. Embree defeated McCall Jones, 6-4, 6-0, and Florida defeated top-seeded UCLA, 4-0, at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. The 2012 national title match wasn’t as drama-filled as Florida’s 2011 championship when…
"Back in the day,” people were never home-schooled to play tennis. Back a “half-day ago,” it was done by a select few who had a slightly reasonable chance to make a living as a professional tennis player. It was considered putting all of your eggs in one basket. But what about today? Home schooling is…
After inclement weather not only moved Sunday’s Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Championship match out of Cary, N.C., and indoors to Wake Forest’s indoor tennis complex, Duke rallied back from a lost doubles point to win four singles matches, defeat rival North Carolina, 4-2, and claim its 17th ACC title in program history. "Even after we…
The USTA has announced that co-ed intramural and sport club tennis teams representing 64 colleges and universities across the country have qualified for the 2012 USTA Tennis On Campus National Championship to be played in Cary, N.C., April 12-14. Six schools will be making their debut at the National Championship and the field also includes defending…
The Syracuse University tennis team is ranked 52nd this week in the latest ITA national poll, while the senior duo of Emily Harman & Alessondra Parra have cracked the doubles rankings for the first time this season, checking in at 53rd. Harman & Parra, a relatively new tandem, have played to a record of 5-0…
The Fordham Men’s Tennis team caught the attention of Atlantic 10 conference foes during the fall semester by storming to a 6-0 record backed by strong performances in all matches, winning all but one by 7-0 shutouts. Through six early spring semester matches, the Rams’ record now stands at 10-2. Fordham’s ten wins include a…
Syracuse University Women’s Tennis team has defeated the Yale Bulldogs to advance to 39th in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings. The Orange has defeated the highest-ranked opponent in the program history, 4-3, against the Bulldogs, and has jumped up to the school’s highest ranking to date. Sophomore Aleah Marrow clinched the win against Yale for…