Tuskegee Men & Women and Benedict’s Women selected for NCAA Tennis Championship
The NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee has selected the teams and 16 first- and second-round sites of the 2008 NCAA Division II Men’s Tennis Championships. Tuskegee University men’s and women’s team were automatic qualifiers. Benedict College women’s team were chosen at large based on the prescribed criteria of the NCAA.
Tuskegee’s men will face Ouachita Baptist (14-4) on the campus of the University of West Florida in Pensacola, FL on May 8 or 9th.. Tuskegee (21-5) dominated the SIAC and took home the SIAC championship in Tuscaloosa, AL during the Spring Sports Championship allowing them to receive an automatic bid.
Tuskegee women’s team (22-4) received an automatic bid and will face North Alabama (9-5) on the campus of Valdosta State University in Valdosta, GA. They also recieved an automatic bid after dominating the SIAC and winning the tennis championship in Tuscaloosa, AL. Benedict women’s team gained access after finishing second at the SIAC Spring Sports Championship and finishing the year 16-8. They will face the host institution West Florida in Pensacola, FL on May 8-9 or 9-10th.
The 16 first- and second-round tournaments will be conducted May 8-9 or 9-10, with the winner of each first- and second-round tournament advancing to the finals in Houston, Texas, with the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority and Rice University serving as co-hosts, May 14-17.
The championships consist of a 16-team single elimination tournament. Each of the following eight regions will conduct two first- and second-round tournaments: East, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, South, Great Lakes, Central, North Central and West. The selection of teams for the championships is based on prescribed criteria listed in the NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships Handbook and approved by the NCAA Division II Championships Committee.
Information pertaining to teams, dates and sites is included on the attached bracket.
Twelve conferences receive automatic qualification into the 2008 men’s championships. Each conference and its automatic qualifier is listed below:
CIAA - Shaw
Conference Carolinas – Anderson (South Carolina)
East Coast – Concordia (New York)
Great Lakes Intercollegiate – Northwood (Michigan)
Great Lakes Valley – Drury
Northeast-10 – Bryant
Peach Belt – Armstrong Atlantic State
RMAC – Metropolitan State
South Atlantic – Tusculum
SIAC – Tuskegee (men)
Sunshine State – Barry
West Virginia Intercollegiate – West Virginia Wesleyan
Nineteen conferences receive automatic qualification into the 2008 women’s championships. Each conference and its automatic qualifier is listed below:
CACC – Holy Family
CIAA – Virginia State
Conference Carolinas – Erskine
East Coast – Queens College (New York)
Great Lakes Intercollegiate – Northwood (Michigan)
Great Lakes Valley – Drury
Gulf South – Valdosta State
Lone Star – Abilene Christian
Mid-America Intercol. – Southwest Baptist
North Central – North Dakota
Northeast-10 – Bryant
Northern Sun Intercollegiate – Winona State
Peach Belt – Armstrong Atlantic State
PSAC – California (Pennsylvania)
RMAC – Nebraska-Kearney
South Atlantic – Tusculum
SIAC – Tuskegee
Sunshine State – Lynn
West Virginia Intercollegiate – West Virginia State
For more information regarding the NCAA Division II Men’s & Women’s Tennis Championships, log on to www.ncaa.com.