November 7, 2012

Tennis Ivies Take on the Nation at USTA-ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate

FLUSHING, N.Y. -- The Ivy League will once again have a presence among the top singles players and doubles teams in the country at the 2012 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships on Nov. 8-11.

Columbia sophomores Winston Lin and Ashok Narayana and Princeton senior Matija Pecotic in singles and Narayana and Max Schnur and Lin and Bert Vancura in doubles on the men's side and Columbia senior Nicole Bartnik and Princeton freshman Amanda Muliawan in singles and Columbia junior duo of Bianca Sanon and Tiana Takenaga and Penn's twosome of sophomore Sol Eskenazi and freshman Sonya Latycheva in doubles on the women's side are slated to compete at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in the four-day event hosted by Columbia.

Each bracket will feature the top-32 singles players and top-20 doubles teams who gained automatic entry into the tournament by winning titles as the USTA/ITA Division I Regional Championships held across the country in October or the USTA/ITA National Small College Super Bowl, as well as consolation champions, doubles finalists, men's singles quarterfinalists and women's singles semifinalists from the ITA Men's and Riviera/ITA Women's All-American Championships.