2017 NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Championship individual and doubles selections released
INDIANAPOLIS--The NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis Committee has selected the individuals who will compete in the singles and doubles competition of the 2017 NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis Championships.
For the individual championships, the national committee will select seven singles players and three doubles teams from each of the four regions. Additionally, the committee would then select the remaining four singles players and four doubles team berths from a national at-large pool. The individual championships shall consist of 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams. The selection of teams and individuals for the championships is based on win-lost record, strength of schedule, and eligibility and availability of student-athletes.
The team championship will take place May 22-24, and the individual championships May 25-27, both at The Champions Tennis Club in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and will be hosted by the University of the South and the Chattanooga Sports Commission.
| Ben Rosen | Bates |
|---|---|
| Luke Tercek | Bowdoin |
| Grant Urken | Bowdoin |
| Daniel Levine | Carnegie Mellon |
| Herman Abban | Carthage |
| Erik Kerrigan | Chicago |
| Nicolas Chua | Chicago |
| Daniel Morkovine | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
| Glenn Hull | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
| Nikolai Parodi | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
| Brady Anderson | Coe |
| Vlad Murad | Colby |
| Aman Manji | Emory |
| Jonathan Jemison | Emory |
| Mohanad Alhouni | Gustavus Adolphus |
| Jeremy Dubin | Johns Hopkins |
| Branden Metzler | Kalamazoo |
| Lubomir Cuba | Middlebury |
| William de Quant | Middlebury |
| Tyler Barr | MIT |
| Sebastian Sikh | North Carolina Wasleyan |
| Jake Yasgoor | Pomona-Pitzer |
| Chase Lipscomb | Redlands |
| Kai Yuen Leung | Skidmore |
| Avery Schober | University of the South |
| Arther Fagundes | Texas-Tyler |
| Jordan Krasner | Washington and Lee |
| Johnny Wu | Washington U. in St. Louis |
| Steven Chen | Wesleyan (Connecticut) |
| Justin Ancona | Wheaton (Illinois) |
| Zach Hewlin | Whitman |
| Courtney Murphy | Wilkes |
| ORDER | INDIVIDUAL |
|---|---|
| First alternate | Parker Wilson, Redlands |
| Second alternate | Chas Mayer, Trinity |
| Third alternate | Mark Fallati, Swarthmore |
| Fourth alternate | Spencer Watanabe, George Fox |
| Pair | School |
|---|---|
| Zach Bessette/Jayson Fung | Amherst |
| Herman Abban/Pawel Jaworski | Carthage |
| Erik Kerrigan/Ninan Kumar | Chicago |
| Justin Cerny/David Reed | Christopher Newport |
| Scott Rubenstein/James Spaulding | Emory |
| Mohanad Alhouni/Patrick Whaling | Gustavus Adolphus |
| Jeremy Dubin/Joseph Cartledge | Johns Hopkins |
| Lubomir Cuba/William de Quant | Middlebury |
| Spencer Simonides/Antony Bello | Pomona-Pitzer |
| Joey Dulle/Jake Ly | Redlands |
| Kai Yuen Leung/John Wynne | Skidmore |
| Nickoloz Snovely/Grant Gideon | Southwestern (Texas) |
| Matt Tyer/Wilson Lamberth | Trinity (Texas) |
| Jason Haugen/Konrad Kozlowski | Washington U. in St Louis |
| Justin Ancona/Matt Steiner | Wheaton (Illinois) |
| Alex Taylor/Brian Grodecki | Williams |
| Order | Doubles pair |
|---|---|
| First alternate | Michael Liu/Jake Roberts, Wesleyan (Conn.) |
| Second alternate | Ryland Byrd/Michael Fleming, Mary Washington |
| Third alternate | Chris Ellis/Ben Rosen, Bates |
| Fourth alternate | Jack Gray/Alejandro Becker, University of the South |
Any singles player or doubles team that scratches from the tournament will be replaced in sequential order by the published list of alternates.
The draw for the individual championship will be done by the men’s tennis committee and will be released on the last day of the team championship.
The 2016 singles title went to Skyler Butts of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. Samuel Geier and Tristan Kaye of Kenyon took the doubles title. Bowdoin is the defending national champion, having defeated Middlebury 5-0 to claim the team title. For more information about the NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis Championships, log on to ncaa.com.