The Fordham women’s tennis team captured its first ever Atlantic 10 title this spring, as the Rams knocked off VCU 4-1 in the Atlantic 10 Conference Championship at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Fla. The title is the program’s first since it won the Patriot League title in 1990, and snapped VCU’s streak…
Following the completion of a successful regular season, the No. 13 Columbia men’s tennis team was selected as a host for the first two rounds of the 2023 NCAA Tournament. Columbia will host four teams for the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament at the USTA’s Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in…
For the seventh time, the St. John’s men’s tennis team is the champions of the BIG East. The Red Storm won the conference title last weekend as it defeated Butler 4-0 in the championship and earned an automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Men’s Tennis Championships. “I’m very proud of the team,” said head…
The John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA) held a special event to honor and recognize nine of the program’s top players, all of whom earned scholarships to play collegiate tennis starting this coming fall. The players come from all parts of the greater metropolitan area, including Long Island, New York City and New Jersey, but…
Helping young athletes attend the colleges of their choice, on full tennis scholarships when possible, is a foundational goal of SPORTIME and JMTA. With dozens of JMTA students currently competing at top colleges across the country, today the Academy announced the Seventh Annual, 2023, John McEnroe Tennis Academy College Recruiting Combine, scheduled for the…
For high school-aged tennis players, looking towards the future and where they will embark on the next chapter of their lives in college can be a daunting endeavor, and it can be difficult to know where to even begin when searching for the right fit. Similarly, for college coaches, searching for the right players…
David Slater, the current tennis director for the Tamarack Country Club, was named head men’s tennis coach at Fordham it was announced today by Fordham director of tennis Michael Sowter. This is Slater’s second collegiate head coaching position as he served as head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Manhattanville College from 2010-2012 where he…
Top high school players and college coaches from across the country gathered at Sportime Randall’s Island for the sixth annual John McEnroe Tennis Academy College Recruiting Combine. Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors, the Combine gives high school players the opportunity to compete in front of and talk with college tennis coaches. The sixth…
Last year, at Verdi’s Restaurant in Whitestone, Queens, the Professional Tennis Management (PTM) students from Queens College toasted their seven brethren, dubbed the “Original 7”, who were about to complete their third and final PTM semester. They had started back in January of 2020, and after six in-person, Monday evening classes (that last for…
Helping young athletes attend the colleges of their choice, on full tennis scholarships when possible, is a foundational goal of SPORTIME and of JMTA. With dozens of JMTA students currently competing at top colleges across the country, today the Academy announced the Sixth Annual, 2022, John McEnroe Tennis Academy College Recruiting Combine, scheduled for…