Men's & Women's Tennis Headed to NCAA Tournament

05/04/2009

Men's & Women's Tennis Headed to NCAA Tournament

NCAA Division II East Regional Brackets

Bronxville, NY - The Concordia College men's & women's tennis teams will be participating in the NCAA Division II Tennis Championships, which get underway on Friday, May 8th.

The NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Tennis Committee has selected the teams and 16 preliminary-round sites for the 2009 NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Championships.

The 16 preliminary-round tournaments will be conducted May 7-8, 8-9 or 7-9, with the winner of each preliminary-round tournament advancing to the finals in Altamonte Springs, Florida, hosted by the Central Florida Sports Commission and Rollins College, May 13-16.  

The championships consist of a 16-team single elimination tournament.  Each of the following eight regions will conduct two preliminary-round tournaments: Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast and West. 

Men's Tennis Division II Conference Champions

Fourteen conferences receive automatic qualification into the 2009 men's championships.  Each conference and its automatic qualifier is listed below:

Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association - Shaw
Conference Carolinas - Anderson (South Carolina)
East Coast Conference - Concordia (New York)
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Northwood (Michigan)
Great Lakes Valley Conference - Rockhurst
Gulf South Conference - Valdosta State
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association - Washburn
Northeast-10 Conference - Stonehill
Peach Belt Conference - Armstrong Atlantic State
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference - Metropolitan State
South Atlantic Conference - Mars Hill
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Morehouse
Sunshine State Conference - Barry
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - West Virginia Wesleyan

Women's Tennis Division II Conference Champions

Twenty-one conferences receive automatic qualification into the 2009 women's championships.  Each conference and its automatic qualifier is listed below:

California Collegiate Athletic Association - UC San Diego
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference - Philadelphia U.
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association - Shaw
Conference Carolinas - Erskine
East Coast Conference - Concordia (New York)
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Northwood (Michigan)
Great Lakes Valley Conference - Drury
Gulf South Conference - West Florida
Heartland Conference - St. Edward's
Lone Star Conference - Abilene Christian
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association - Northwest Missouri State
Northeast-10 Conference - Stonehill
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference - St. Cloud State
Pacific West Conference - Brigham Young-Hawaii
Peach Belt Conference - Armstrong Atlantic State
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference - California (Pennsylvania)
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference - Nebraska-Kearney
South Atlantic Conference - Carson Newman
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Tuskegee
Sunshine State Conference - Lynn
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference - Charleston (West Virginia)