INDIANAPOLIS -- On Monday afternoon, the Allegheny College tennis teams learned where they'll be traveling this weekend as the NCAA tennis committees released regional sites and first-round matches for the opening round of the 2023 NCAA Championships.
This year, Allegheny won the men's and women's Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Championship Tournaments and earned both automatic-qualifying bids. Although individuals from Allegheny have played in the NCAA Championships in the past, the 2022-23 academic year marks the first time in school history that the Gators have qualified as a team.
On the men's side, Allegheny is among 44 teams competing for a national championship. The Gators will head to Towson, Maryland, for the regional rounds, which will be hosted by Johns Hopkins University and played at Goucher College's Schroedl Tennis Center. On Friday, May 5, the Gators begin tournament play with a match against Christopher Newport University. The Captains (10-8), who were a Pool C at-large selection, are making their third appearance in the NCAA tournament and first since 2017. Friday's winner will advance to face No. 4 nationally-ranked Middlebury College (15-3) on Saturday.
Allegheny is one of 49 teams vying for a national title in the women's tournament. The Gators have to travel quite a distance to face a nearby opponent in the first round. The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) champion, the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg (18-1), will face the Blue and Gold at Wesleyan University's John Wood Memorial Tennis Courts in Middletown, Connecticut, on Friday at 10:00 a.m. The winner between the Gators and the Bobcats will square off with No. 5-ranked Wesleyan (17-1) on Saturday.
Following the three regional rounds this weekend, the final eight teams will advance to the United States Tennis Association (USTA) National Campus in Orlando, Florida, for the Division III Championship quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals from May 13-16.
More details regarding the regional matches will be made available later this week.
