MAY 1-6, 2010
NJCAA DIVISION I & III WOMEN'S TENNIS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Tournament Location: Randolph Tennis Center; Tucson, Arizona
Tournament Director: Jeff Brack
Randolph Tennis Center
50 S. Alvernon Way
Tucson, AZ 85711
Office: 520-791-4896 / Email: jeffbrack@randolphtenniscenter.com
NJCAA Representative: Karen Reynolds
DuPage Edges Kingsborough for DIII W Tennis National Championship
Tucson, Ariz. -- College of Dupage (Ill.) edged defending champion Kingsborough Community College (N.Y.) by a half point in the final standings at the 2010 NJCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championships held at the Reffkin Tennis Center in Tucson, Ariz. The national championship is the third for DuPage in four years.
DuPage captured the individual titles in flights four (Katie Schneberg ), five (Katie Sawyer ) and six (Elizabeth Nelson ) in singels competition and also took first place in the third flight (Shannon Wright & Sabin Sadiq ) in doubles play. They also took second in the second doubles flight (Sara Wissmiller & Katie Schneberg).
Kingsborough won the first and second flights of singles competition (Erina Kikuchi and praksi Yushkova) and also earned a runner-up finish in the third flight (Arielle Kamen). In doubles play, the duo of Erina Kikuchi & Epraksi Yushkova took first place in the first flight.
Team Results
College, Total Points
College of DuPage, Ill. - 22.5
Kingsborough Community College, N.Y. - 22
Broome Community College, N.Y. - 21
Gloucester County College, N.J. - 20
Oxford College of Emory Univ., Ga. - 20
Brookdale Community College, N.J. - 19.5
Suffolk County CC - Selden, N.Y. - 6
Onondaga Community College, N.Y. - 4
Eastfield College, Texas - 1.5
SUNY-Delhi, N.Y. - .5
Complete Singles and Doubles Results
Singles
Flight 1
1st - Erina Kikuchi (Kingsborough)
2nd - Ayanna Groves (Oxford)
Flight 2
1st - Epraksi Yushkova (Kingsborough)
2nd - Jessica Miller (Broome)
Flight 3
1st - Colleen Hanzes (Broome)
2nd - Arielle Kamen (Kingsborough)
Flight 4
1st - Katie Schneberg (College of DuPage)
2nd - Taylor Manson (Kingsborough)
Flight 5
1st - Katie Sawyer (College of DuPage)
2nd - Nikki Chin (Oxford)
Flight 6
1st - Elizabeth Nelson (College of DuPage)
2nd - Grace Duininck (Oxford)
Doubles
Flight 1
1st - Erina Kikuchi & Epraksi Yushkova (Kingsborough)
2nd - Carley Graver & Sofia Sarkissova (Brookdale)
Flight 2
1st - Kristen Abdallah & Sara Wilkens (Gloucester)
2nd - Sara Wissmiller & Katie Schneberg (College of DuPage)
Flight 3
1st - Shannon Wright & Sabin Sadiq (College of DuPage)
2nd - Amanda Berry & Courtney Addis (Gloucester)
All-Americans
All first place individual finishers above are NJCAA First-Team All-Americans
All second place individual finishers above are NJCAA Second-Team All-Americans
Coach of the Tournament
Jim Bowers, College of DuPage, Ill.
Complete results and further info can be found at:
http://www.reffkintenniscenter.com/tournament_njcaa_2010.htm