USTA Campus Championship - Middle States
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Penn State claimed the 2008 USTA Campus Championship - Middle States title.
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| USTA Campus Championship Middle States |
| USTA Campus Championship - Middle States | ||
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| The USTA Campus Championship - Middle States is the premier event for collegiate club tennis and intramural tennis teams across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. The event started out as a small tournament hosted in the spring of 2004, where 8 teams participated. The tournament's success led the USTA Middle States section to make it their Championship in the fall of the same year, having 10 teams from 10 schools come to the event. Since that time, we’ve had a great number of colleges represented in the event throughout the last 5 years. USTA Middle States is one of the few USTA sections to have their Championship in the fall, which allows a greater number teams to attend given weather and indoor court restraints. In 2008, we had 21 teams from 16 schools compete. USTA Middle States also has a Fall Campus League with 2 Tiers that allow teams to compete in addition to the USTA Campus Championship - Middle States. USTA Middle States gives 3 automatic bids to the USTA National Campus Championship. 2 bids are awarded to the first and second place teams at the USTA Campus Championship - Middle States, and the remaining bid is given to the top finisher in the Fall Campus League. In addition, the top 4 finishers at the USTA Campus Championship - Middle States also received a stipend to attend the USTA National Campus Championship. For more information, visit the USTA Middle States Section website or contact Bruce Kisthardt at (610) 706-0940. |
| 2008 USTA Campus Championship - Middle States | ||
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| Date: | Venue: | Contact: |
| October 25-26, 2008 | Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | Bruce Kisthardt at (610) 706-0940 |
| 2008 USTA Campus Championship - Middle States Recap | ||
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| Pennsylvania State University (PSU) athletics had a stellar weekend, knocking off Ohio State in college football. Four-hundred-and-fifty miles away, the PSU Club Tennis team took home top-honors at the USTA Campus Championship – Middle States. The event, held at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., ran Oct. 25-26. A rainy Saturday forced the first day of the championship inside. The 178 participants from 21 teams, representing 16 unique schools, split court-time between three Lehigh Valley indoor facilities. Day one saw the 21 teams divided into seven pools of three, with the winner advancing to Sunday’s Gold Bracket. Saturday’s play, which ran till 8 p.m., resulted in the following teams advancing to the Gold Bracket: Pool A: Penn State Pool B: Lehigh A Pool C: Delaware A Pool D: Pittsburgh A Pool E: Villanova Pool F: Rutgers A Pool G: University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) Additionally, Drexel, who had the best winning percentage without winning their pool advanced to the eight team championship bracket. The remaining six second-place teams, as well as two third place teams advanced to a Silver Bracket, while the remaining teams played in a Bronze Pool. Despite Saturday’s abundance of rain, the courts dried quickly Sunday morning and play began just an hour late. In the first round of play, Penn State dismantled Lehigh A 29-14. Delaware A beat UPenn 24-17 with Jon Wolf of Delaware taking a 6-2 win at men’s singles, and Rutgers A defeated Pittsburgh A 27-18. The upset of the tournament came as Drexel topped Villanova 20-19. Drexel’s AJ Garabedian put the Dragon’s on his back with a 6-1 win at men’s singles, a 6-1 victory with teammate Deanna Buhay at mixed doubles, and finally winning the SuperTiebreaker for the match at 7-6. Penn State cruised past Delaware A in the semifinals 26-18. Jenna Shedd and Allison Altdoerffer led Penn State in women’s doubles, defeating Allie Franklin and Mai-Lien Fruge 6-4. In the other semi-final, Drexel lost in a tiebreaker to Rutgers A’s Danny Chang and Susan Liang. In the Championship match, Rutgers A was up by one point after both doubles matches, but Penn State’s Leslie Finlay and Doug Subosits pulled out their singles matches. With the mixed doubles duel as the marquee match, Penn States’s team of Steve Eaglen and Liz Hough outlasted Rutgers’s to take the set and the team championship 26-19. Penn State has won the last three straight Campus Championships. In 2004, they lost to UPenn in the final, and in 2005, they lost to Villanova in the final. In the third place match, Drexel rebounded to beat Delaware 22-20. In the 5th place consolation match Villanova beat UPenn 28-17. Rutger’s B defeated Delaware B 26-20 in the Silver Bracket, and Lehigh B won the Bronze Bracket. Also, Shippensburg University received the tournament’s Team Sportsmanship award, which was voted on by the attending teams. 2008 USTA Campus Championship - Middle States Final Standings: 1) Pennsylvania State University 2) Rutgers University "A" 3) Drexel University 4) University of Delaware "A" 5) Villanova University 6) University of Pennsylvania 7) Lehigh University "A" 7) University of Pittsburgh "A" 9) Rutgers University "B" 10) University of Delaware "B" 11) The College of New Jersey "B" 11) University of Pittsburgh "B" 13) Bucknell University 13) Shippensburg University 15) The College of New Jersey "A" 15) Lafayette College 17) Lehigh University "B" 18) Slippery Rock 19) Rowan University 20) Temple University 21) Bloomsburg University 2008 USTA Campus Championship - Middle States Field: Bloomsburg University Bucknell University College of New Jersey (2 Teams) Drexel University Lafayette College Lehigh University (2 Teams) Pennsylvania State University Rowan University Rutgers University (2 Teams) Shippensburg University Slippery Rock University Temple University University of Delaware (2 teams) University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh (2 Teams) Villanova University West Chester University |
| USTA Campus Championship - Middle States Past Champions | ||
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| 2008 - Pennsylvania State University 2007 - Pennsylvania State University 2006 - Pennsylvania State University 2005 - Villanova University 2004 - University of Pennsylvania |
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