Guillaume Schils (FR, Shaker Heights, OH) and Larry Wang (FR, Orange)
won the Division III doubles title 6-3, 6-1 at the 2005 Intercollegiate
Tennis Association (ITA) National Small College Championships on Friday,
Oct. 14 at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers. They will
now square off in the "Super Bowl" of Small College Tennis on Saturday
and Sunday to determine the overall ITA National Small College Champion,
who then earns a berth into the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor
Championships, a Division I event in November. The team won all three
of their matches in straight sets.
Jeannine Liang (SR, Palos Verdes) also competed in the tournament, winning
her first-round match and losing her second. Liang will compete for
third place on Saturday, Oct. 15.
All three students qualified for the tournament by winning the Wilson/ITA West Regional Championships on Oct. 2.
Complete tournament information can be found at: http://www.itatennis.com/FGCU05.htm.
The ITA National Small College Championships began in 1986 and annually
crowns men's and women's singles and doubles national champions in each
of the ITA's four small college divisions (NCAA Divisions II and III,
NAIA and Junior/Community College). Participants are determined through
the Wilson/ITA Regional Championships, held in September and October,
which serve as qualifying tournaments.