All across the country, college students are becoming a part of exciting coed tennis action that keeps their competitive fire burning and offers some serious fun, too! If you played tennis on your high school team and miss the competition, or if you’re new to tennis and are just looking to meet some friends who share the same interest – this is it!
Week after week throughout the year, teams are competing against one another for bragging rights and advancement to the annual USTA Campus Championship for Northern California, with the winner and runner-up teams moving on to the USTA National Campus Championship! If you have a Facebook account, check out the video from the 2007 USTA National Campus Championship at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary, North Carolina that was featured on the Tennis Channel's Inside Tennis with the Koz! (You may need to sign into Facebook before clicking on the video link above.)
Latest News - 2009 Spring Championship Series
Form a team from your tennis sports club or intramural program and come join us for a fun-filled day at one or more of our USTA Northern California College Championship Series Events. The format of play will vary by event. Please contact the host of the event (below) to register your team. If you have questions, please contact Hilary Somers, USTA Northern California Collegiate Coordinator, at somers@norcal.usta.com, or at (650) 299-1799.
Official Sports Drink of USTA NorCal Tennis on Campus
UC Berkeley Gold Team Captures Title over Sister UC Berkeley Blue Team in Dramatic 2007 Final
Please check the bottom of this page for stories, results and photos from our 2007 USTA Campus Championships for Northern California.
Contact Us
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Wanna know more about Tennis on Campus in Northern California or Northern Nevada? Contact Hilary Somers, our Tennis on Campus Coordinator for USTA Northern California. She can be reached at somers@norcal.usta.com, or at (650) 299-1799.
USTA Resources
The USTA has great resources for Tennis on Campus resources. Check 'em out!
Grant Information
The USTA is proud to offer financial support and resources through our partners at the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) to colleges and universities interested in “serving up” recreationally based team tennis programs for their students. Whether you want to start a new Tennis On Campus program or run a special activity to increase participation and improve your existing program, we’re here to help!
NIRSA Grants
Tennis On Campus Start-Up Grant
Tennis On Campus Special Activity Grant
ITA Grants
Recreation – Tennis On Campus Start-Up Grant
Varsity – Community Outreach Grant
USTA Northern California Organization Grants - Now Available!
Our section also has grant money available for Tennis On Campus programs. Apply using our Organization Grant application.
We will also consider providing additional funds from our section if you apply for a NIRSA or ITA Grant after you receive notice about your grant application to either NIRSA or ITA.
USTA Campus Championships Northern California, November 17-18, 2007, Stanford University
UC Berkeley Gold Team Captures Title over Sister UC Berkeley Blue Team in Dramatic Final
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| The Champions: From left to right: Ian Chen, Peter Aguilar, Jennifer Lau, Julienne Yamato, captain Jennifer Fung, Leonid Rozkin and Matthias Meisen |
The most exciting match of the two-day USTA Campus Championship for Northern California came in the final, pitting the Blue team from UC Berkeley against the Gold team from the same university. The Blue team was the underdog, but rode inspired play in the men’s doubles and men and women’s singles to a 23-15 lead, heading into the fifth and final set of mixed doubles. In that last set, the Gold team of Julienne Yamamoto and Matthias Meisen defeated the Blue team of Carrie Hoverman and Ben Tom, 6-2, to force overtime, with the Blue’s team lead now narrowed to 25-21. In an impressive run, Yamamoto and Matthias of the Gold team won the first four games of the overtime to tie the match. With the score now evened at 25 games piece, a supertiebreak would decide the Championship. Yamamoto and Matthias eeked out a 7-5 victory over Hoverman and Tom in the supertiebreak to give the UC Berkeley Gold team the crown. Congratulations to both UC Berkeley teams on a great tournament and a thrilling final. The UC Berkeley Gold team now advances to the USTA National Campus Championship to be held in Cary, North Carolina, April 17-19, 2008.
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| Winning UC Berkeley Gold Team Member, Jennifer Lau, and mom, Deb Lau. |
In the battle for third place, the UC Davis Gold team defeated the Stanford University Cardinal team in an overtime thriller, 29-26, finishing under the lights at 6 p.m. on Sunday evening. UC Davis had a four game lead going into the mixed doubles set. Slivers of the Stanford's team's sneaker were shedding off on the court, but Stanford perservered, prevailing in the final set of mixed dubs with a 6-5 victory, sending the match into overtime. Stanford got off to a good start in the OT by taking the first game, but Davis closed out the match in the second game for a 29-26 win. By winning third place, the UC Davis Gold team will join the UC Berkeley Gold team at the USTA National Campus Championship next April. (The runner-up UC Berkeley Blue team is ineligble to go the USTA National Campus Championship, as only one team per university or college is allowed to attend.)
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| The Runner-Ups: From left to right: Joan Ricart, Ben Tom, Carrie Hoverman, captain Hannah Zarkar and Tyna Dao. (Nico Bernardo not pictured) |
Here are set-by-set results from the final:
Day Two Results
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Finals
Gold Division
Championship: University of California Berkeley (Gold) (3-0) VS. University of California Berkeley (Blue) (2-1), 26-25 OT (7-5 in the supertiebreak)
Third Place: University of California Davis (Gold) (2-1) d. Stanford University (Cardinal) (1-2), 29-26 OT
Consolation: University of California Berkeley (Bears) (2-1) d. University of California Davis (Blue) (1-2), 25-18
Silver Division
Championship: San Jose State (3-0) d. University of San Francisco (2-1), 30-6
Consolation: University of California Merced (3-0) d. Golden Gate University (2-1), default
Semifinals
Gold Division
University of California Berkeley (Gold) (2-0) d. Stanford University (Cardinal) (1-1), 30-15
University of California Berkeley (Blue) (2-0) d. University of California Davis (Gold) (1-1), 24-20
University of California Davis (Blue) (1-1) d. University of California Berkeley (Cal) (0-2), 24-21
University of California Berkeley (Bears) (1-1) d. Stanford University (White) (0-2), 29-11
Silver Division
San Jose State (2-0) d. Napa Valley College (1-1), 29-14
University of San Francisco (2-0) d. University of Nevada Reno (1-1), 22-18
Golden Gate University (0-1) (bye)
University of California Merced (1-1) d. University of Pacific (0-2), 23-18
Quarterfinals
Gold Division
University of California Berkeley (Gold) d. University of California Davis (Blue), 30-11
Stanford University (Cardinal) d. University of California Berkeley (Cal), 29-11
University of California Berkeley (Blue) d. University of California Berkeley (Bears), 25-24 OT(7-3 in the supertiebreaker)
University of California Davis (Gold) d. Stanford University (White), 26-17
Silver Division
San Jose State (bye)
Napa Valley College d. Golden Gate University, 30-4
University of San Francisco d. University of California Merced, 22-19
University of Nevada Reno d. University of Pacific, 21-19
Gay UC Davis Ph.D Candidate Makes His Mark
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| UC Davis (Blue) Player, Colin Canliff |
“I wear a rainbow necklace as a subtle way to let folks know that I’m gay,” states Colin Canliff, a singles player for the University of California Davis (Blue) team that is competing at the USTA Campus Championship for Northern California.
A graduate student in physics at Davis, Colin’s returning to competitive tennis after taking a number of years off to focus on his undergraduate studies while he was at the University of Texas. He played high school varsity tennis in his hometown of Edmonds, Oklahoma, but elected not to try out for a college varsity team, as Colin had hardly a free moment with a double major of physics and mathematics, and an interest in politics.
“While I was in Austin, I thought about entering the Heart of Texas tennis tournament”. (The Heart of Texas tournament is one of over 35 gay tournaments offered internationally; check out www.glta.net for more information.) “However,” Colin adds, “I was working for the Lesbian and Gay Rights Lobby of Texas at the time and the tournament happened to be on the same day that our major lobby day was happening at the Texas capital.”
The 28-year-old will complete his Ph.D at UC Davis in the next two years, and afterwards hopes to combine his two passions -- for science and politics -- into a science policy advisor role.
Earlier this year, Colin decided to give tennis another try. Jimmy Liang, the organizer of the UC Davis tennis sports club, held try-outs to help form the two teams that traveled to Stanford for the USTA Campus Championship for Northern California. Even though he hadn’t been playing regularly, Colin thought, “I’m still good”. At the try-outs, Colin lost a close match against Derek Fung, one of the captains of the UC Davis teams. Derek was impressed and invited Colin to participate on the UC Davis team he was taking to Stanford.
“I think I’m the only gay person here at the USTA Campus Championships; it’s not a big deal. Lots of folks on my UC Davis team know I’m gay as they’ve met my partner, who stops by our practices occasionally.”
Colin did play tennis in the Open division at last summer’s Gay Games in Chicago, Illinois. “I went into that tournament having not played much tennis, and was knocked out in the first round.” With his involvement with the UC Davis tennis club this school year, Colin feels like he’s getting back to his best form. “I just need to become more consistent, and I’m sure that will come with more play.”
Newbie UC Merced Team Having a Blast
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| Captain Jonathan Jung |
A spanking-new tennis sports club from the newest university in the University of California system made their debut at the USTA Campus Championship Northern California this weekend.
Just a month ago, captain Jonathan Jung heard about the USTA Campus Championship on Facebook, when USTA Tennis on Campus staffer, Justin Street, found Jonathan’s Facebook page for tennis at the University of California Merced, California. “Justin immediately put me in contact with Hilary Somers,” said Jonathan, “and she told us to throw together a team for the Campus Championship, and we did. Hilary was great, helping us find a super hotel nearby.”
“Our school ‘s only three years old and we don’t even have tennis courts, so I just recruited some of my tennis buddies from school and next thing you know, we had 10 students who were willing to travel to Stanford for the Campus Championship. Our girls are really tired, though, as we’ve got a lot more guys on our team than girls.”
The team had a tough draw the opening day, first facing a strong team from UC Davis, and then taking on a powerhouse UC Berkeley team, but Jonathan and his team were not daunted. “We got beaten pretty badly in both matches yesterday by two really good teams, but it was a great experience for our entire team. This is just our first year, and we’ve now got a good idea of how we need to improve for next year.”
The UC Merced team had a much better Sunday, winning the consolation title in the Silver Division, first beating the University of the Pacific, 23-18, and then taking the title when Golden Gate University had to default the final match.
“We’ve had a lot of fun, and this whole tournament’s been really cool,” said Jonathan. He and his tennis buds plan on expanding the new Tennis on Campus sports club in the coming months.
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| The team from UC Merced had a lot of fun at this year's USTA Campus Championships for Northern California. |
An Englishman in San Francisco Makes It Happen
Golden Gate University is not your everyday university, and it was quite a challenge for Englishman Peter Cottan to even get tennis started at the school. “A lot of students – especially the undergrads – attend school via online courses, and most of the people at the one building in downtown San Francisco are graduate students in our business and law schools.”
Peter is working on his MBA and expects to get his degree next summer. The 26-year-old started at Golden Gate University about three years ago, and one of the first things he did was organize a tennis sports club. “I grew up playing tennis on public courts in Portsmouth, England, and boy, when good weather rolled around, everyone got out and played. I love San Francisco because you can play tennis year-round. It was a bit of a downer when I found out my school didn’t even have a tennis club. It was a shame not to take advantage of this great California weather.”
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| Golden Gate University Captain, Peter Cottan, enjoys a moment in the sun. |
Determined to get a tennis club off the ground, Peter got a copy of the USTA manual, Form a Sports Club at Your Campus. He put up flyers, created a website (www.gutc.wensys.com) and recruited fellow tennis-playing students to join his club, in order to get the minimum of 10 students required by the University for club funding. “I became known as ‘that tennis guy’, as I was talking up tennis at every university event.”
Peter made it easy for everyone involved by scheduling tennis every Sunday at 3 p.m. at a public court at Hyde and Laguna streets in San Francisco. “We got $500 from the University, and $1,200 program grant from USTA Northern California; we’ve used the money to buy equipment and uniforms and to market our sports club.” This is the second year at the USTA Campus Championship for Northern California; we’ve also sent teams to the USTA Regional Campus Championship held earlier this year at Berkeley and Stanford.”
Next up for Peter is to get some additional funding, so they can hire a coach. “We’re becoming more popular on campus and students are now asking if we take on beginners. Our current members aren’t really at a high enough level to provide instruction.”
Even though Peter’s graduating in 2008, he expects to stick around and help grow the Golden Gate University tennis club. “I’m not the only one doing the work; we’ve got a committed group of students, but I want to stay involved.”
World TeamTennis Crusader Elaine Wingfield
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| WTT Tournament Director, Elaine Wingfield with Hilary Somers |
As the director of collegiate tennis for World TeamTennis, Elaine Wingfield knows college tennis like the back of her hand. Back in the day, Elaine played varsity tennis with Ohio State University.
While studying at Columbus, she played in the very first World TeamTennis collegiate tournament, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the mid-70s. (Pittsburgh was home to the Pittsburgh Triangles, one of the original World TeamTennis pro teams.) Elaine’s Ohio State team walked away with the trophy; the biggest thrill for Elaine was that 11-time Grand Slam champion, Evonne Goolagong. presented Elaine and her team with the tournament trophy.
Impressed by the unique format, Elaine found herself working for World TeamTennis a few years after graduating. “WTT is a perfect format for Tennis on Campus: it’s
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| WTT's mulit-colored court |
allows for co-ed play in a team situation. Billie Jean King, the founder of World TeamTennis, modeled it after other team sports, such as football and basketball. For example, coaching’s allowed and while you’re playing, your team’s on the sidelines, cheering you on. There so much more strategy involved too, which makes it fun and exciting.”
Elaine helps run about half of the USTA Campus Championships. (There are 17 in all, one for each USTA Section.) She also helps out at the USTA National Campus Championship, held annually in April. On top of all her work with Tennis on Campus, Elaine organizes corporate World TeamTennis leagues. Earlier this year, she ran the second largest corporate World TeamTennis league in Miami, with 15 companies and organizations, from fire departments to the Royal Caribbean Lines, forming teams.
It’s a Family Affair (Mostly)
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| Joan, Hilary and Grant Somers Run a Tight Ship! |
Collegiate Coordinator, Hilary Somers, has been organizing the USTA Campus Championships for Northern California for five years running now. She’s got a fantastic crew of volunteers helping her year in and year out – her family.
Her dad, Grant, is in charge of taking all the team photos, and her mom, Joan, oversees the logistics, making sure everyone gets tee-shirts, coffee cake and fruit in the morning, and delicious turkey and veggies Hobees sandwiches for lunch. “Hilary has all the boxes of tee-shirts and balls delivered to our home in Mountain View,” said Joan.
Hilary doesn’t stop with just her parents; she has recruited her aunt and uncle, Kathi and Mike Peregrin of Menlo Park, to help out as court monitors. (Hilary’s parents also double as court monitors.) “When you’ve got over a hundred kids playing at one time on 17 courts, you need all the volunteers you can get to keep things moving, making sure players don’t take forever, warming up.” (Mike’s also a minister, and had the honor of marrying Hilary and her husband, David Macedo, last summer in Los Altos.)
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| This year's tee-shirts were a big hit. |
David also volunteers, helping to unload the many boxes and set up all in the morning, before heading off to his furniture-making workspace for the day.
Hilary’s family has always been there to lend a hand. “We started out attending all her tennis and basketball games when she was in middle school, and we’ve just kept on going.”
One doesn’t have to be a member of Hilary’s family to help out at the USTA Campus Championship; co-workers, Tamara Ramos and Vikki Burns, also volunteer as court monitors, along tournament director, Elaine Wingfield, from World TeamTennis.
The Little College That Could: Napa Valley College
Dr. Rebecca Thomson, a professor at Napa Valley College, brought 11 students to this year’s USTA Campus Championship. This is the third year she’s brought a team, but only two of the 11 on this year’s team have been to the USTA Campus Championships before.
“We’re a junior college, and it’s a challenge to get a team together for the Championship. We don’t have our kids as long as a four-year university. About five or six years ago, our varsity tennis team was cut, due to budget restrictions.
Rebecca is a neuropsychologist who has taught at Napa Valley College for twenty years now. Also in private practice, Rebecca goes above and beyond the call of duty by volunteering to run the campus tennis program.
A little over three years ago, Napa Valley College replaced their dilapidated courts with eight brand new courts. The new courts kicked started Rebecca’s recreational Tennis on Campus program. She teaches tennis in the evenings and on Saturdays.
“I’m really excited about this year’s team,” say Rebecca. “Over half of them are freshman, and since we no longer have a varsity tennis program at Napa Valley College, our Tennis on Campus program is the only way these kids can continue to play tennis. Most of them played on their high school varsity teams. They’ve got so much energy and enthusiasm; I just love working with them.”
The Napa Valley College team wins the award for the best team shirt, as team member Darren Aliga and supporter Paul Peña designed their fierce embroidered logo and white shirts.
Another team member, Zee Jay Samonte, is blogging about his experiences at the USTA Campus Championships. Check it out below.
“We may not win this championship, but I know our team has the best etiquette and sportsmanship. My kids know the rules of tennis, inside and out, and always are polite and considerate on and off the court.”
We got portable nets from USTA Northern California after we joined as an organization member. In the winter time, we practice indoors.
“Our first year at the Campus Championship, about half the teams were from junior colleges. I think this year, we’re the only one.”
Fast, Fresh and Friendly: Hobee’s California Restaurants Comes through All Five Years
A big thanks goes out to Hobee’s, who donated the great turkey and veggie sandwiches and box lunches for the 100 plus participants at this year’s USTA Campus Championship. Hobee’s has donated food for all five of the USTA Campus Championship. Hilary Somers particularly wishes to thank Ed Fike of Hobee’s for his continued support of our Tennis on Campus program and the USTA Campus Championships. You can find a Hobee’s near you at www.hobees.com.
Zee Jay's Blog
Zee Jay Samonte of the Napa Valley College team writing a blog daily from the USTA Campus Championships for Northern California, November 17-18, 2007, from Stanford University.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
OK so today was one of the craziest days I have had in awhile. First we played Golden Gate. I sat out of this match. We had the rest of the team take this one. We had the other players on our team that haven’t played a lot, play more. We won against Golden Gate. Our next opponent had a bye in the bracket. San Jose State was who
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| Blogger Zee Jay Samonte of Napa Valley College |
we were playing next. I got to play singles. I swear this was one of the craziest matches. I was diving for balls left and right. My serve was on but could use a little bit more consistency and most of the points were deuce points. I felt that we were evenly matched. We had lost as a team on this game. So San Jose advanced to play against USF. San Jose ended up taking the Silver Bracket of the Tournament.
After we played San Jose, we played UC Merced. This was the first year for their tennis club team. It was very interesting. Mens doubles was great. Womens doubles was interesting as well. I substituted in for Nebil on our team in our mens doubles match. We were down 0-4 when I went in. Had to warm up a little bit ya no, so we lost that game when we went in. It was 0-5 and I was serving to stay in the match. I play a great service game. It become 1-5 and then on out we came back to 5-5 tie break. We lost the tie break 3-5. It was a great match and the fact that we came back showed our doubles chemistry me and Jason. We ended up leaving about 4 ish.
After we left, we ate at Taxis. Eating was so relieving because of the fact that all I really had all day was Nature Valley bars and Gatorade and powerade. A burger and fries was really good plus the priceless moments with the team. This is my first year here and I feel that we did pretty well, being 9th out of the 15 teams that were playing. To top off the day comes the soreness of every muscle in my body that I didn’t know I had haha. This all has been all too real. To be able to play with players that are better than me and the team or players that were equal to us, was just priceless. It is memories that we can discuss next year when we come back to this tournament.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
OK, so we wake up at around 6:30 a.m. ,or actually Darren wakes up at like 6:30; I woke up at 7:10. Got dressed and went straight downstairs and ate breakfast. Twas going to be a great day of tennis. We left the hotel at around 8 and arrived at the courts and the courts were full, so we ended up playing on the practice courts near the stadium courts. We all were pumped and ready to play play play. We first played UC Berkley. It was a great match; although we lost, we played pretty well. There were a few line call issues, but other than that it was great.
After Berkley we played University of Nevada Reno. We had won those games. They were playing pretty well, I think we were more pumped and motivated to do better due to the previous loss against Berkley. After Nevada, we played Stanford. They were really good players. I got to play singles and it was another level of playing. I played as best as I could, taking my serves up another notch. In the end, I did lose, but I got to play against players that were better than me. So I did learn a few things and I did learn I just gotta keep playing and practicing. This is my first year playing here at this tournament and it has been by far a crazy experience indeed. After we had played Stanford, we played University of Pacific. It was a exhibition match. I played singles again. Keeping in mind I played all day, it was really exhausting, because I was not expecting to play this last match but we decided to play it. It was an exhilarating match and the team as a whole won against UOP.
After this last match, we packed everything up and walked ever so slowly back to the car after the longest day of tennis. Everyone is sore, hungry, and wanting to take a shower. We got to the hotel and the first thing everyone did was hop into the pool. It was great to relax for an hour or so in the pool and just have fun. After that, we all took showers and relaxed for a bit and then went to go eat. We ate at Olive Garden with the whole team. After a 40-50 minute wait we finally got seated down. Talked with the manager so that we could get seated as soon as possible and happened to get free appetizers for the extended wait time that was longer than expected. We were there for about 2 hours talking and eating. It was a great. We had actually walked to Olive Garden and that was fun because we had to walk a couple blocks to the place to see five million people there. After we got back to the hotel we just chilled and discussed how our day was and how we can do better individually and as a team. Tomorrow is going to be another exciting day of tennis. I hope we do well so that we can get to that third round and see what happens after that.
Friday, November 16, 2007
As we started the day, we met up around noon and then embarked on our journey to Palo Alto. It was about an hour and a half drive from Vallejo. As we pulled up to the hotel, we all were shocked to see that it was a nice little hotel. We didn’t expect it to be as nice as it was. After Rebecca checked us in, we were trying to park in the parking garage and found out that we didn’t fit in the garage. So we just parked in the front of the hotel. We had about an hour to get everything situated in terms of getting our clothes together and changed for the practice later tonight.
It was about 3 o’clock when we got in the rooms. We ate a little bit and basically rested up. Some of us took about a 20-30 minute nap to get our energy back. When we were all ready, we went downstairs to the hotel lobby and waited for everyone that wasn’t ready yet. There was tea and cookies provided by the hotel so of course we ate a little bit. After we were all together in the lobby we drove to the campus and searched for Dick Gould. We went throughout some offices but it turned out he had left for the day and may have forgotten about our meeting with him. Although we were all a little disappointed we decided to not let it be a big deal.
We then went to the stadium courts. As we all walked on the courts we were amazed because of all the lights. It gave us chills and gave us a sense of awe. All of us were on the courts for a light practice that lasted about an hour and a half. After we left the courts we returned to the hotel to shower and get ready to go for some food. About 30 minutes later we were all ready and ate dinner at Hobees. All of us had a fun time and talked about the plans for tomorrow and many other things. A little while later we left the restaurant and returned to the hotel. Not much later we all got ready for bed and slept so we could be energized for tomorrow.
On the evening of Saturday, November 17, check back on this page (www.norcal.usta.com/campus) for the next blog from Zee Jay, updated results and photos from our Campus Championships.
Results from Day One (Saturday, November 17, 2007)
Round 1
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Pool A
University of California Berkeley (Gold) d. San Jose State, 30-2
Stanford University (White) d. University of San Francisco, 29-13
Pool B
University of California Berkeley (Blue) d. Napa Valley College, 30-8
Stanford University (Cardinal) d. University of Nevada Reno, 30-3
Pool C
University of California Davis (Blue) d. University of California Merced, 30-5
Pool D
University of California Berkeley (Cal) VS. Golden Gate University, 30-0
University of California Davis (Gold) VS. University of the Pacific, 30-1
Round 2
Pool A
University of California Berkeley (Gold) d. Stanford University (White), 30-11
San Jose State d. University of San Francisco, 29-19
Pool B
Stanford University (Cardinal) d University of California Berkeley (Blue), 22-20
Napa Valley College d. University of Nevada Reno, 26-12
Pool C
University of California Berkeley (Bears) d. University of California Davis (Blue), 22-21 (7-1 in supertiebreaker)
Pool D
University of California Davis (Gold) d. University of California Berkeley (Cal), 25-22
Golden Gate University d. University of the Pacific, 26-19
Round 3
Pool A
University of California Berkeley (Gold) d. University of San Francisco, 30-4
Stanford University (White) d. San Jose State , 30-11
Pool B
University of California Berkeley (Blue) d. University of Nevada Reno, 30-0
Stanford University (Cardinal) d. Napa Valley College VS. 30-5
Pool C
University of California Berkeley (Bears) d. University of California Merced, 30-7
Pool D
University of California Berkeley (Cal) d. University of the Pacific, 30-0
University of California Davis (Gold) d. Golden Gate University, 30-1
Standings after Day One
2007 USTA Campus Championship for Northern California, the culmination of the USTA Tennis on Campus season, will take place at Stanford University, November 17-18. The fourth annual USTA Campus Championship Northern California will be held at the Taube Family Stadium in Palo Alto, California. Sixteen teams from throughout Northern California and Northern Nevada – seven more than last year – will compete for the Section Campus Championship. These 12 colleges and universities will be represented by one or more teams: Golden Gate University, Napa Valley College, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, Stanford University (2), University of Nevada Reno, University of California Berkeley (4), University of California Davis (2), University of California Merced, University of California Santa Cruz, University of the Pacific and the University of San Francisco. In the 2006 final, the University of California Berkeley defeated the University of California Davis. Many of the 12 participating programs were established in the last five years and represent well over 1,000 additional players at their respective campuses.
As part of the Tennis on Campus season, all 17 USTA Sections hold Championships, with the winner of each receiving an automatic bid to the 2008 USTA National Campus Championship, to be held April 2008 in Cary, North Carolina. In 2008, runner-up team from USTA Northern California will also join the winning team at the USTA National Campus Championship. The inaugural USTA National Campus Championship, held in 2000, featured a total of 10 teams, while the 2007 championship has capped out at 64 teams. Over 400 colleges and 25,000 student athletes nationwide currently participate in the Tennis on Campus program.
last updated November 30, 2007