With most colleges beginning classes by the end of the month and the All-American championships less than two months away, it's time to look at some of recent news in college tennis.
UCLA, the 2008 women's champions, lost a majority of their starting lineup, but Stella Sampras Webster has added Nina Pantic, Carling Seguso and Georgia Tech transfer Maya Johansson to the Bruins roster.
Click here for the school's release.
Sanam Singh of Virginia and Ragini Acharya of William and Mary earned the wild card spots in the All-American draws with victories last week in the ITA National Summer Championships in Bloomington, Ind. Singh and Houston Barrick won the men's doubles title, with Miami's Michaela Kissell and Laura Vallverdu taking the women's doubles championship. The ITA website has
this wrap-up, and also
the bad news (for the tennis industry) that Casey Angle is leaving the ITA. He'll be missed more than words can express.
Although NCAA champion Amanda McDowell may not have gotten the main draw U.S. Open wild card, the Georgia Tech junior threw out the first pitch at the Braves game on Friday night, while coach Bryan Shelton was named honorary team captain. The school's release on these honors
is here.
And former Brown tennis player Jamie Cerretani is the subject of
this Boston Globe feature. Cerretani has worked his way into the top 50 in doubles on the ATP tour and will be making his debut at the U.S. Open later this month.
