Helping young athletes attend the colleges of their choice, on full tennis scholarships whenever possible, is a primary goal of SPORTIME and of the John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA). With dozens of JMTA students currently competing at top colleges across the country, the Academy announced the 2020 John McEnroe Tennis Academy College Recruiting Combine,…
St. John’s junior Ignacio Garcia will play for Puerto Rico at this year’s Davis Cup, marking the fifth time that he will represent his country in the world’s premier team tennis event. The qualifying rounds for the 2020 Davis Cup begins this Friday, March 6 and will run through Saturday, March 7. With just…
Beginning this year, Queens College will begin offering a new course designed to increase the quality and quantity of professionals in the tennis industry. The course is the product of a partnership between the USTA-U and CUNY (City University of New York), who are teaming up to provide an invaluable resource not just for…
On Sunday, coaches, parents and players from gathered at the Saw Mill Club in Mount Kisco, N.Y. for the USTA Eastern College Showcase, the 33rd year of the one-of-a-kind event. “College Showcase Day was huge this year! We had increased attendance from both players and coaches over 2018,” said Julie Bliss-Beal, USTA Eastern’s Senior…
The annual USTA Eastern College Showcase Day returns next Sunday as the 33rd installment of the event will be held on November 10 at the Saw Mill Club in Mount Kisco, N.Y. Click Here to read a recap of the 2018 event. The College Showcase Day provides high school sophomores, juniors and seniors with the…
The 2019 Oracle ITA Masters got underway from the campus of Pepperdine University and the Malibu Racquet Club in Malibu, Calif. on Thursday featuring some of the best college players in the country. A number of players from local colleges headed out west to compete, including St. John’s Jessica Livianu, Jack Lin of Columbia…
The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) released its preseason men’s singles and men’s doubles rankings for the fall season on Tuesday with Columbia’s Jack Lin ranked inside the top 10 to start the season. Lin was listed as No. 9 in the rankings, one spot behind University of Southern California’s Daniel Cukierman. As a sophomore,…
Quite often, I ask my junior tennis students and high school players if they will play tennis in college. The response is most often, “I’m not good enough.” This statement, however, is absolutely false. The reality is it depends on where that student attends school. I played tennis for a Division I program in…
More than 100 top high school players from the area came out to SPORTIME Randall’s Island to take part in the fourth annual John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA) College Recruiting Combine. The players displayed their talents in front of about 60 coaches from all levels of college tennis as they pursue the dream of…
For just the fourth time in 30 years, the George Myers Church Cup trophy is coming back to the Eastern section. Team Eastern traveled to the Merion Cricket Club in Haverford, Penn., to compete against teams from other USTA sections for the Church Cup this past weekend. The Eastern team, captained by Hofstra head…