Get ready Chattanooga for some outstanding national caliber college tennis.
The best NCAA D-III teams and players will compete for team and individual national championships May 22-27 at the Champions Club.
From sea to shining sea, the teams will soon arrive from Maine to California and various states in between.
Back to Defend Titles: On the men’s side, Bowdoin is back to defend its title and beat Middlebury in the 2016 finals .. Emory is the defending women’s champion and beat Williams in the 2016 finals
Hosts: Sewanee: The Univ. of the South and the Chattanooga Sports Commision are co-hosts
Team matches and singles and doubles competition will all be played at The Champions Club
* Tournament Web Site: cms.sewanee.edu/athletics/tennis-tournament/
Men’s NCAA D-III Quarterfinals – May 22
Teams (8) Bowdoin, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Emory, Gustavus Adolphus, Middlebury, Washington U., Wesleyan, Williams,
Site: All matches played at The Champions Club
Emory (Atlanta) (19-4) vs. Williams (Mass.) (15-7) … Emory has defeated Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Washington U., lost to Middlebury ….. Williams has lost to Middlebury (2), Wesleyan, Bowdoin, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps …
Wesleyan (Conn.) (15-3) vs. Claremont Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) (30-3) … CMS defeated Wesleyan, 6-3, March 14 in Claremont, Calif . … also beat Wash.U, Williams and Bowdoin and lost to Emory and Middlebury … Wesleyan has defeated Middlebury, Williams, split with Bowdoin, lost to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps,
Bowdoin (Maine) (20-4) vs. Washington U. (St. Louis) (18-4) … Defending NCAA champion Bowdoin has split with Wesleyan, spilt with Middlebury and lost to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps … WashU. has lost to Claremeont-Mudd-Scripps
Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) (26-8) vs. Middlebury (Conn.) (20-3) … Middlebury has defeated Gustavus Adolphus, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Emory, Williams (2) … split with Bowdoin and lost to Wesleyan … Gustavus Adolphus lost to Middlebury
Tuesday - NCAA Semifinals
Wednesday - Championship Finals and Third Place
Women’s NCAA D-III Quarterfinals – May 22
Teams (8): Bowdoin, Chicago, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Emory, Johns Hopkins, Middlebury, Washington U., Williams
Site: All matches played at The Champions Club
Emory (Atlanta) (15-6) vs. Bowdoin (Maine.) (15-7) … Monday May 22 at 11:30 a.m. at Champions Club … defending NCAA champion Emory has defeated Chicago, Williams and Wash.U … The Bowdoin Polar Bears defeated Wash.U and lost to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Williams and Middlebury (2) … Polar Bears lost to Williams in 2016 NCAA semis …Emory has won it all 7 times most recently in 2014 and 2016.
Chicago (18-4) vs. Williams (Mass.) (17-4) … Monday May 22 at 8:30 a.m. at Champions … The Chicago Maroons defeated WashU. (3) and have lost to Emory and Williams ... The Williams Ephs defeated Chicago and split matches with Middlebury … also lost to Emory and Claremont-Mudd Scripps … lost to Emory in 2016 NCAA finals and runner-up to Wiliams in 2012 ... Williams has won its all 9 times … won it in 2013 … Emory won in 2014 … Williams won it in 2015 and Emory in 2016
Johns Hopkins (Mass.) (19-5) vs. Middlebury (Conn.) (16-4) ... Monday May 22 at 8:30 a.m. at Champions ... The Johns Hopkins Blue Jays did not play any of the other seven NCAA participants this season … Fourth trip to the NCAA tournament … Middlebury Panthers beat Bowdoin (2) and split with Williams ... lost to Claremenot-Mudd-Scripps … Panthers making its third straight trip to national final eight and fourth in last five years ... In 2016, beat Amherst in the quarters and lost to eventual champion Emory in the semis.
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Claremont, Calif.) (28-0) vs. Washington U. (St. Louis) (14-10) ... 11:30 a.m. Monday May 22 at Champions Club …The CMS Athenas come to Chattanooga undefeated … has wins against Bowdoin, Middlebury and Williams … In 2016, CMS lost to Bowdoin in NCAA quarters … The WashU. Bears lost to Chicago (3), Bowdoin, Emory, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.
D-III News and Notes
Seven of the eight men’ teams have won at least one NCAA D-III national championship … Wesleyan (Conn.) is making its first trip to the national tournament …
All in a Name ... on the men’s side you have the Purple Ephs (Williams, a purple cow is the mascot), and the Golden Gusties (Gustavus Adolphus; the mascot is a Lion) and Polar Bears (Bowdoin) … the women’s side, the Claremnt-Mud-Scripps Athenas .
Schools sending both men’s and women’s teams … Emory, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, Williams, Bowdoin, Washington U., Middlebury
First Time … first time a Tennessee city has hosted the men’s event ... Memphis and Rhodes hosted the women’s nationals in 2004 won by Emory … When called a small college tournament, Sewanee hosted the 1966 men’s tournament … the singles champion was George Dickinson (Lookout Mtn.) from the Univ. of Chattanooga.
Men’s Championships Won:
Williams (4) 1999-2001-2002-2013
Emory (3) 2003-06-2012
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (2); 1981-2015
Middlebury (2) 2004-2010
Gustavus Adolphus (2) 1980-82
* Bowdoin (1) 2016 … defending champion
Washington U. (St. Louis) (1) 2008
Seven of the eight men’s teams in this year’s field have won at least one national title ... Williams leads with 4 …
Women’s Championships Won:
Williams (9) 2001-2002-2008-09-10-11-12-13-15
Emory (7) 1996-2003-04-05-06-14-16
contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net