Capping off the 2011 fall season, the Columbia men’s tennis team will host the National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships in Flushing Meadows, N. Y. from Thursday, Nov. 3 to Sunday, Nov. 6. Senior captain Haig Schneiderman will compete in the singles draw, and the pair of junior Nathaniel Gery and freshman Winston Lin will play doubles.
“It is significant to be host because we get a singles and one doubles team as wild card entry. Every match will be good. These are the best 32 players in singles and best 16 doubles teams in college tennis. So any match to win will be great,” coach Bid Goswami said.
The tournament represents the team’s fall season finale. All levels of collegiate varsity tennis including NCAA Division I, II, and III, NAIA, and Junior/Community College will be vying to win the esteemed title on the same courts where the U.S. Open is played.
The tournament features a classic 32-player singles draw and a 20-pair doubles draw. Seedings are determined by the preseason ITA rankings and the individual fall results. Players at the tournament are winners from USTA/ITA Division I Regional Championships in October, champions of the USTA/ITA National Small College “Super Bowl,” and the ITA Men’s All-American Championships singles and doubles qualifiers.
After the National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships this weekend, the Light Blue will head into its winter training program, as it prepares for the warmer days of the 2012 spring season.
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