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SIAC
and CIAA begin NCAA Tennis Playoffs May 5
Tuskegee men and women to meet West Florida; Shaw men and
Fayetteville St women to face Armstrong Atlantic
April 28, 2005
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 2005 NCAA Division II Men's
and Women's Tennis Championships.
The 16 first- and second-round tournaments will be conducted May 5-7, with the winner of each first- and second-round tournament advancing to the finals in Altamonte Springs, Florida, with the Central Florida Sports Commission and Sunshine State Conference serving as co-hosts, May 11-14.
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.
Seventeen conferences receive automatic qualification into the 2005 men's championships. Each conference and its automatic qualifier is listed below:
Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference – Anderson College (South Carolina)
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Shaw University
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Northwood University
Great Lakes Valley Conference – University of Southern Indiana
Gulf South Conference – University of West Florida
Heartland Conference – Drury University
Lone Star Conference – Abilene Christian University
New York Collegiate Athletic Conference – Concordia College (New York)
Northeast-10 Conference – Assumption College
Pacific West Conference – Brigham Young University, Hawaii
Peach Belt Conference – Armstrong Atlantic State University
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – University of Nebraska at Kearney
South Atlantic Conference – Presbyterian College
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Tuskegee University
Sunshine State Conference – Barry University
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Shepherd University
In the 2004 championships, West Florida defeated Valdosta State University, 5-2, for its first championship title.
Twenty conferences receive automatic qualification into the 2005 women's championships. Each conference and its automatic qualifier is listed below:
California Collegiate Athletic Association – University of California, San Diego
Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference – Erskine College
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Fayetteville
State University
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Northwood University
Great Lakes Valley Conference – University of Indianapolis
Gulf South Conference – Valdosta State University
Heartland Conference – St. Edward's University
Lone Star Conference – Abilene Christian University
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association – Emporia State University
New York Collegiate Athletic Conference – Queens College (New York)
North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – University of Nebraska, Omaha
Northeast-10 Conference – Bryant University
Pacific West Conference – Brigham Young University, Hawaii
Peach Belt Conference – Armstrong Atlantic State University
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Colorado State University at Pueblo
South Atlantic Conference – Presbyterian College
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Tuskegee University
Sunshine State Conference – Barry University
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – West Liberty State College
In the 2004 championships, defending champion Brigham Young-Hawaii, defeated Lynn University, 5-1, for its fifth title in six years.
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