Ed. Note – I stole this from work. I wrote it this morning for my real job at USTA Texas.
Wayne Bryan, father of the world’s top-ranked doubles team, says there are two good things that happen when you take a kid to a college tennis match: they fall in love with tennis as a team sport and they start to think about college. Well, over the next two week there will be plenty of opportunities to do this as the NCAA Tournament begins this week.
The NCAA Division II Tennis Championships begin this week in Austin and Abilene, as St. Edward’s and Abilene Christian will host regional championships. There are also some Texas teams competing just across the Oklahoma border in Tahlequah.
The Division I brackets were announced Tuesday with Texas (men), Baylor (men and women) and Texas A&M (men) hosting. Of course plenty of Texas teams are represented. On the men’s side there are: Texas, Baylor, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Rice, TCU, UTSA and Prairie View A&M. The women are: Baylor, Texas, SMU, Texas A&M, TCU and North Texas. We will add these regionals to the list below when the times are finalized.
Both Trinity (men) and UT-Tyler (men and women) have qualified for the NCAA Division III Tournament. The bracket for those events will be announced Monday, May 10. We will add that information as becomes available.
Note: All times local
Division II National Championships
The winner of each regional tournament advances to the Sweet 16 in Altamonte Springs, Florida, hosted by the Central Florida Sports Commission and Rollins College, May 12-15.
MEN
South Central Regional #1
South Austin Tennis Center, Austin, Texas
Thursday, May 6
Cameron (15-8) v. Northwest Mo. St. (19-4), 9 a.m.
Friday, May 7
Winner v. St. Edward’s (10-8), 9 a.m.
South Central Regional #2
Eager Tennis Center, Abilene, Texas
Thursday, May 6
Incarnate Word (11-2) v. Washburn (13-5), 10 a.m.
Friday, May 7
Winner v. Abilene Christian (16-11), 10 a.m.
WOMEN
South Central Regional #1
Eager Tennis Center, Abilene, Texas
Thursday, May 6
Central Okla. (15-6) v. Incarnate Word (12-2), 1 p.m.
Abilene Christian (23-7) v. Washburn (14-5), 3:30 p.m.
Friday, May 7
Winner match 1 v. winner match 2, 12:30 p.m.
South Central Regional #2
Northeastern State, Tahlequah, OK
Thursday, May 6
Cameron (13-8) v. Tarleton St. (12-6), 9:30 a.m.
Northeastern St. (13-4) v. Midwestern St. (14-7), 2 p.m.
Friday, May 7
Winner match 1 v. winner match 2, 10 a.m.
Division I National Championships
The winner of each site will advance to the NCAA Tennis Championships at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex, in Athens, Ga., hosted by the University of Georgia. Team competition in Athens is May 21-25, while the singles and doubles championship will take place May 26-31.
MEN
Austin Regional
Penick-Allison Tennis Center, Austin, Texas
Friday, May 14
Minnesota (13-10) v. Arizona (13-9), 10 a.m.
Texas (25-2) v. UT-San Antonio (13-9), 1 p.m.
Saturday, May 15
winner match 1 v. winner match 2, 1 p.m.
Waco Regional
Baylor Tennis Center, Waco, Texas
Saturday, May 15
Rice (14-10) v. Washington (17-5), 9 a.m.
Baylor (21-6) v. Oral Roberts (7-8), 12 p.m.
Sunday, May 16
winner match 1 v. winner match 2, 2 p.m.
College Station Regional
George P. Mitchell Tennis Center, College Station, Texas
Friday, May 15
TCU (12-12) v. Mississippi (18-7), 3 p.m.
Texas A&M (23-6) v. Prairie View A&M (10-15), 6 p.m.
Saturday, May 16
winner match 1 v. winner match 2, 2 p.m.
Norman Regional
Headington Family Tennis Center, Norman, OK
Friday, May 14
Texas Tech (21-5) v. Wichita State (14-8), 11 a.m.
Oklahoma (18-6) v. Tulsa (16-10), 2 p.m.
Saturday, May 15
winner match 1 v. winner match 2, 2 p.m.
WOMEN
Waco Regional
Baylor Tennis Center, Waco, Texas
Friday May 14
Tulsa (21-5) v. North Texas (17-6), 11 a.m.
Baylor (27-2) v. Northwestern State (21-1), 2 p.m.
Saturday May 15
winner match 1 v. winner match 2, 3 p.m.
Norman Regional
Headington Family Tennis Center, Norman, OK
Friday May 14
Texas (17-5) v. Wichita State (15-10), 11 a.m.
Oklahoma (18-6) v. Arkansas (17-9), 2 p.m.
Saturday May 15
winner match 1 v. winner match 2, 2 p.m.
Coral Gables Regional
Neil Schiff Tennis Stadium, Coral Gables, FL
Friday May 14
Texas A&M (14-9) v. South Florida (11-7), 10 a.m.
Miami (17-5) v. Boston (11-11), 1 p.m.
Saturday May 15
winner match 1 v. winner match 2, 2 p.m.
Palo Alto Regional
Taube Family Tennis Stadium, Palo Alto, CA
Friday May 14
SMU (23-4) v. Pepperdine (12-13), 11 a.m.
Stanford (20-1) v. Fairfield (19-5), 2 p.m.
Saturday May 15
winner match 1 v. winner match 2, 3 p.m.
Tallahassee Regional
Scott Speicher Tennis Center, Tallahassee, FL
Friday May 14
TCU (10-16) v. South Carolina (16-8)
Florida State (14-10) v. North Florida (20-2)
Saturday May 15
winner match 1 v. winner match 2