Fayetteville State University to compete in NCAA Post Season Tennis
April 25, 2007
INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Tennis
Committee has selected the teams and 16 first- and second-round
sites of the 2007 NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Championships.
The 16 first- and second-round tournaments will be conducted May
3-4 or 4-5, with the winner of each first- and second-round
tournament advancing to the finals in Altamonte Springs, Florida,
with the Central Florida Commission and Rollins College serving as
co-hosts, May 9-12.
The championships consist of a 16-team single elimination
tournament. Each of the following eight regions will conduct two
first- and second-round tournaments: East, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast,
South, Great Lakes, Central, North Central and West. The selection
of teams for the championships is based on prescribed criteria
listed in the NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Tennis
Championships Handbook and approved by the NCAA Division II
Championships Committee.
Information pertaining to teams, dates and sites is included on
the attached bracket.
Nineteen conferences receive automatic qualification into the 2007
women's championships. Each conference and its automatic qualifier
is listed below:
Carolinas-Virginia - Erskine
CACC - Holy Family
CIAA - Fayetteville
ECC- Queens (New York)
Great Lakes Valley -Drury
Gulf South - West Florida
Heartland - St. Edward's
Lone Star - Northeastern State
MIAA - Emporia State
North Central - Nebraska-Omaha
Northeast-10 - Bryant
Northern Sun- Winona State
Peach Belt - Armstrong Atlantic State
PSAC - California Pennsylvania
RMAC - Mesa State
South Atlantic - Presbyterian
SIAC - Clark Atlanta
Sunshine State - Lynn
West Virginia Intercollegiate - West Liberty State
In the 2006 championships, BYU- Hawaii defeated the Armstrong
Atlantic, 5-3.
For more information regarding the NCAA Division II Women's Tennis
Championships, log on to http://www.ncaasports.com.
