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USTA TENNIS ON CAMPUS
USTA College Team Tennis is a terrific way for former players to keep playing and bring along potential new players for a fun, coed team activity that’s fun, physical and friendly. Two guys and two girls are required to make a team.
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For more information on USTA Tennis on College Campus contact Patricia Chien (303-695-4117, 23) at the USTA Intermountain office, or contact your district:
Colorado – Kristy Harris, (303) 695-4116 x300
Idaho – Theresa Madson (208) 322-5150 x207
Montana – MC Beeby, (406) 431-3152
Nevada – Jerry Johnson, (702) 792-8384
Utah – Liz Grayston, (801) 944-USTA (8782) x16
Wyoming – Becky Blalock, (307) 742-0892
Tennis on Campus – USTA Campus Championship-Intermountain
Champions: University of Colorado Gold
Finalists: University of Colorado Black
University of Colorado Teams - 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place
The USTA Tennis on Campus program is designed to provide college students with the opportunities for team camaraderie, social networking, and rivaled competition through tennis without the rigors of a varsity program. Each year the USTA Intermountain Section offers a Sectional Championship for the Program. Club teams from across the USTA Intermountain Section gather together to have fun and compete while fighting for a Bid into the USTA National Campus Championship.
For the 4th year in a row, the USTA Campus Championship- Intermountain was held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Darling Tennis Center. Approximately 70 students representing six different campuses, competed from, Feb. 27-28th, to see which Campus would be representing the USTA Intermountain at Nationals. These schools included the University of Colorado, Colorado State University, the University of Denver (DU), the University of Utah (UU), Utah Valley University (UVU), and Montana State University (MSU). The University of Colorado actually brought enough players to make three teams, CU-Gold, CU-Black, and CU-Buffs, and Colorado State University brought enough players to fill two teams, CSU-Green and CSU-Rams. Nine teams totaled the Championship.
The format of the Championship is World TeamTennis. Each match consists of five no-ad sets and includes: men’s singles and doubles, women’s singles and doubles, and one set of mixed doubles. On the first day, the teams were divided into three Pools of three teams. Each Pool then played a round robin within itself to determine which team would place 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in that Pool. All teams that placed 1st in their Pool moved onto the Championship Division, the Gold Division. All teams that placed 2nd in their Pool were placed in the Silver Division and all the teams that placed 3rd, the Bronze Division.
After the first day of competition, all three teams from the University of Colorado advanced into the Gold Division. CU-Gold eventually came out on top, beating their teammates from CU-Black and CU-Buffs to win the entire Championship. This win also gave the University of Colorado an automatic bid into the USTA National Campus Championship, April 16-18th, in Surprise, Arizona. CU-Gold went through the whole Championship without ever losing a match. Congratulations to the University of Colorado and to all the teams that competed.
Results for day 1 and day 2 are listed below. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place Teams within each Pool and Division were determined by head-to-head match wins, and in the event of a tie, winning percentage was used to break the tie.
The event was a great success, and a special thanks to all the volunteers, the Bagel Cafe, Tennis Warehouse, WTT and the Darling Tennis Center.
RESULTS
Day 1:
Pool 1 –
CU-Gold def. CSU-Rams
CU-Gold def. UU
UU def. CSU-Rams
Pool 2 –
CU-Black def. UVU
CU-Black def. DU
DU def. UVU
Pool 3 –
CU-Buffs def. MSU
CU-Buffs def. CSU-Green
CSU-Green def. MSU
Day 2:
Gold –
CU-Gold def. CU-Buffs
CU-Gold def. CU-Black
CU-Black def. CU-Buffs
CU-Gold – 1st Place
CU-Black – 2nd Place
CU-Buffs – 3rd Place
Silver –
CSU-Green def. UU
CSU-Green def. DU
DU def. UU
CSU-Green – 1st Place
DU – 2nd Place
UU – 3rd Place
Bronze –
MSU def. UVU
UVU def. CSU-Rams
CSU-Rams def. MSU
MSU – 1st Place
CSU-Rams – 2nd Place
UVU – 3rd Place
Please see the list of participating teams below:
University of Colorado-GOLD
Boulder, Colorado
CAPTAIN: HEATHER SABATKA
PLAYERS:
HEATHER SABATKA
DANIELLE SCIMECA
SYDNEY DIVELBISS
BROOKS FERRING
TAKU MITSUHASHI
HANK LEE
WES BALLENTINE
Colorado State University-RAMS
Greeley, Colorado
CAPTAIN: CELIA HILL
PLAYERS:
COLTON DEALY
SHANE WEAVER
DAVID UEKERT
RENEE FRENCH
KENDRA LIEBOWITZ
CELIA HILL
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
CAPTAIN: PAIGE NAISBITT
PLAYERS:
AUSTIN JENSEN
MICHAEL SHEFFIELD
TANNER ESPLIN
BARTON HELFET
TAMI BECK
PAIGE NESBITT
JESSICA NAKAI
EVAN HILLER
University of Colorado-BLACK
Boulder, Colorado
CAPTAIN: JUSTIN SALISBURY
PLAYERS:
WES BLAKESLEE
CODY MACINTYRE
JUSTIN SALISBURY
JOEY HOOLIHAN
ASHLEY CAMENSON
CORRINE HILL
ALLISON CRIDER
Denver University
Denver, Colorado
CAPTAIN: CAROLYN DAVIS
PLAYERS:
MOLLY WEISS
JILL DIERBERG
ARIELLE VENDERSCHUIT
MIKE MAURO
MASON HAYES
TYLER VANCE
ERIC KRUEGER
CAROLYN DAVIS
Utah Valley University
Orem, Utah
CAPTAIN: LEAH MYER
PLAYERS:
TRAVEN PAGE
EVAN VALDES
KURT WINKLER
SPENCER MELANDER
LEAH MYER
HEATHER ELKINS
CASSIE MARSHALL
STACEE ROWLEY
Colorado State University- GREEN
Greeley, Colorado
CAPTAIN: MOLLY GUNKEL
PLAYERS:
JARED CHOMKO
SAMMY MARTIN
RENO BOYD
MOLLY GUNKEL
KJ BUCKINGHAM
Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana
CAPTAIN: STEVEN HAUCK
PLAYERS:
STEVEN HAUCK
AARON WHITTENBURG
RIKKI ANDERSON
LINDSAY BOOTH
University of Colorado-BUFFS
Boulder, Colorado
CAPTAIN: CAROLINE THIELENHAUS
PLAYERS:
ALEX MILLER
DREW CHITWOOD
ERIC WERTZ
CAROLINE THIELENHAUS
TRISHA FOURNIER
ANNIE HOUSMAN