NCAA Division III men's tennis championships

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NCAA Division III men's tennis championships
Logo of the most recent iteration of the championship
SportCollege tennis
Founded1976
CountryUnited States
Most recent
champion(s)
Team: Case Western Reserve
Official websiteNCAA.com

The NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Championship is an annual men's college tennis national collegiate championship sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for teams in Division III. Team, individual, and doubles championships are awarded each year.

Case Western Reserve is the current team national champion.

UC Santa Cruz and Kalamazoo are the most successful men's Division III programs, with seven team titles each.

History

The championship first began in 1976 after the NCAA divided its membership into its current three-division system in 1973–74. The national championship rounds are contested annually in May.[1]

Champions

Singles, Doubles, and Team (Points) Championships

NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Championships
Year Site
(Host)
Team Championship Singles Champion Doubles Champions
Winner Points Runners-Up Points
1976 Jackson, MS Kalamazoo 18 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 15 John Blomberg
(Claremont-Mudd-Scripps)
Larry Davidson / John Irwin
(Swarthmore)
1977 Swarthmore 15 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 12 A.J. Shaka
(Claremont-Mudd-Scripps)
Ben Johns / Stewart Jackson
(Washington & Lee)
1978 Delaware, OH Kalamazoo (2) 20 Washington & Lee 12 Chris Bussert
(Kalamazoo)
Chris Bussert / Jim Hosner
(Kalamazoo)
1979 Jackson, MS Redlands 17 Gustavus Adolphus 13 Mark Tappan
(Redlands)
Mike Capelouto / Ken Whitmer
(Redlands)
1980 Claremont, CA Gustavus Adolphus 14 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 13 Chris Burns
(Kalamazoo)
John Mattke / Paul Holbach
(Gustavus Adolphus)
1981 Salisbury, MD Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Swarthmore (2)
9 Donovan Jones
(Claremont-Mudd-Scripps)
Jim Hearn / Shaun Miller
(Gustavus Adolphus)
1982 Kalamazoo, MI Gustavus Adolphus (2) 19 Kalamazoo 14 Shaun Miller
(Gustavus Adolphus)
Shaun Miller / Rich Skanse
(Gustavus Adolphus)

Singles, Doubles, and Team (Bracket) Championships

NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Championship
Year Site
(Host)
Team Championship Singles Champion Doubles Champions
Winner Score/Games Runners-Up
1983 Albany, NY Redlands (2) 5–4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Erik Michelsen
(Redlands)
Alex Gaeta / Bob Swartout
(Rochester)
1984 Atlanta, GA Redlands (3) 7–2 Gustavus Adolphus Scott Moore
(Redlands)
Eugene Jones / Dan Beers
(UC San Diego)
1985 Lexington, VA Swarthmore (3) 5–4 Kalamazoo Toby Clark
(Principia)
Jeff Krieger / Shep Davidson
(Swarthmore)
1986 Claremont, CA Kalamazoo (2) 6–3 Washington & Lee Tim Corwin
(Kalamazoo)
Jim Burda / Alex Palladino
(Kalamazoo)
1987 Salisbury, MD Kalamazoo (3) 6–3 Washington & Lee Toby Clark
(Principia)
1988 Lexington, VA Washington & Lee 5–4 UC Santa Cruz Noel Occomy
(Brandeis)
Lance Au / Frank Hinman
(Claremont-Mudd-Scripps)
1989 Kalamazoo, MI UC Santa Cruz 5–4 Swarthmore John Morris
(Washington & Lee)
John Morris / Robert Matthews
(Washington & Lee)
1990 Swarthmore, PA Swarthmore (4) 5–1 UC Santa Cruz Larry Gewer
(Washington College)
John Morris / Bill Meadows
(Washington & Lee)
1991 Claremont, CA Kalamazoo (4) 7–2 UC Santa Cruz Lewis Miller
(Kalamazoo)
Dave Jussila / Ryan Skanse
(Gustavus Adolphus)
1992 Atlanta, GA Kalamazoo (5) 5–1 UC Santa Cruz Ryan McKee / Chris Noyes
(Claremont-Mudd-Scripps)
1993 Kalamazoo, MI Kalamazoo (6) 5–2 UC Santa Cruz Ryan McKees
(Claremont-Mudd-Scripps)
Tim Cooley / Ryan McKee
(Claremont-Mudd-Scripps)
1994 Redlands, CA Washington College 5–4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Seth Denawetz
(Kalamazoo)
Ron Ward / Jonathan Harper
(UC Santa Cruz)
1995 Kalamazoo, MI UC Santa Cruz (2) 4–1 Washington College Damian Polla
(Washington College)
Todd Born / John Weston
(Redlands)
1996 Atlanta, GA UC Santa Cruz (3) 4–2 Emory Mark Ellis
(Cal Lutheran)
Josh Vining / Jonathan Harper
(UC Santa Cruz)
1997 Lexington, VA Washington College (2) 4–2 Kalamazoo Damian Polla
(Washington College)
Mark Ellis / Jenia Karimov
(Cal Lutheran)
1998 Williamstown, MA UC Santa Cruz (4) 4–2 Williams David Weisman
(Babson)
Brian Cummings / Thomas Oechel
(UC Santa Cruz)
1999 Claremont, CA Williams 4–1 Kalamazoo Thomas Oechel
(UC Santa Cruz)
2000 Kalamazoo, MI Trinity (TX) 4–3 Gustavus Adolphus Kayvon Fatahalian
(Carnegie Mellon)
Peter Gladkin / Thomas Oechel
(UC Santa Cruz)
2001 Greencastle, IN Williams (2) 4–1 UC Santa Cruz Derek Fitzpatrick
(UC Santa Cruz)
Derek Fitzpatrick / Nick Cunningham
(UC Santa Cruz)
2002 Santa Cruz, CA Williams (3) 4–3 Emory Josh Lefkowitz
(Williams)
John Michael Cham-A-Koon / Ivan Yeh
(Claremont-Mudd-Scripps)
2003 St. Peter, MN Emory 4–0 Williams Eric Butorac
(Gustavus Adolphus)
Eric Butorac / Kevin Whipple
(Gustavus Adolphus)
2004 Lewiston, ME Middlebury 4–3 Williams Matt Seeberger
(UC Santa Cruz)
Dan Uyar / Paul Bristow
(Mary Washington College)
2005 Santa Cruz, CA UC Santa Cruz (5) 4–1 Middlebury Matt Seeberger / Matt Brunner
(UC Santa Cruz)
2006 Fredericksburg, VA Emory (2) 4–1 Middlebury Will Boe-Wiegaard
(Bates)
Shane Templeman / Matt Seeberger
(UC Santa Cruz)
2007 St. Louis, MO UC Santa Cruz (6) 5–1 Emory Matt Seeberger
(UC Santa Cruz)
Matt Seeberger / Max Ortiz
(UC Santa Cruz)
2008 Lewiston, ME Washington–St. Louis 5–3 Emory Michael Greenberg
(Kenyon)
Guillaume Schils / Larry Wang
(Claremont-Mudd-Scripps)
2009 Claremont, CA UC Santa Cruz (7) 5–0 Amherst Michael Goodwin
(Emory)
Amrit Ruspasinghe / Ben Stein
(Bates)
2010 Oberlin, OH Middlebury (2) 5–1 Amherst John Watts
(Washington–St. Louis)
Brian Pybas / Marc Vartabedian
(UC Santa Cruz)
2011 Claremont, CA Amherst 5–2 Emory Chris Goodwin
(Emory)
Oscar Pena / Stephen Sullivan
(Bowdoin)
2012 Cary, NC Emory (3) 5–3 Kenyon Dillon Pottish
(Emory)
Austin Chafetz / Luis Rattenhuber
(Amherst)
2013 Kalamazoo, MI Williams (4) 5–2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Adam Putterman
(Washington–St. Louis)
Elliot Kahler / Ian Wagner
(Emory)
2014 Claremont, CA Amherst (2) 5–3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Joey Fritz
(Amherst)
Eric Klawitter / Christopher Krimbill
(Case Western Reserve)
2015 Lindner Family Tennis Center, Mason, OH Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (2) 5–0 Middlebury Warren Wood
(Claremont-Mudd-Scripps)
Warren Wood / Joe Dorn
(Claremont-Mudd-Scripps)
2016 Kalamazoo, MI Bowdoin 5–0 Middlebury Skylar Butts
(Claremont-Mudd-Scripps)
Samuel Geier / Tristan Kaye
(Kenyon)
2017 Chattanooga, TN Emory (4) 5–2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Lubomir Cuba
(Middlebury)
Lubomir Cuba / William De Quant
(Middlebury)
2018 Claremont, CA Middlebury (3) 5–3 Bowdoin Grant Ukren
(Bowdoin)
Lubomir Cuba / Kyle Schlanger
(Middlebury)
2019 Kalamazoo, MI
(Kalamazoo)
Emory (5) 5–3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Jonathan Jemison
(Emory)
Jerry Jiang / Grant Ukren
(Bowdoin)
2020 St. Louis, MO
(Washington)
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Chattanooga, TN
(Sewanee)
Emory (6) 5–2 Case Western Reserve Leo Vithoontien
(Carleton)
Leo Vithoontien /Xander Zuczek
(Carleton)
2022 Orlando, FL
(Oglethorpe)
Chicago 5-2 Case Western Reserve Stan Morris
(Middlebury)
James Hopper / Jonathan Powell
(Case Western Reserve)
2023 Orlando, FL
(Oglethorpe)
Case Western Reserve 5-2 Tufts Rishabh Sharda (Tufts) James Hopper / Vishwa Aduru
(Case Western Reserve)
2024 St. Louis, MO
(Washington–St. Louis)
2025 Claremont, CA
(Claremont-Mudd-Scripps)
2026 Chattanooga, TN
(Sewanee)

Champions

  • Schools highlight in yellow have reclassified to another NCAA division.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Division III Men's Tennis Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

External links