INDIANAPOLIS | The NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Committee has selected the 49 teams that will compete in the 2023 NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championship.
Farmingdale State (12-5) will open play with a first-round match against Endicott College (12-7) on Friday, May 5th at 2:00 p.m., from host (and eighth-ranked) Amherst College (12-4).
The winner will play #9 Babson College (15-1) in the Second Round on Saturday at 2 p.m.
In the other side of the six-team pod, Amherst awaits the winner of Friday's first-round match between SUNY New Paltz (12-4) and St. Mary's College of Maryland (10-4) in the Second Round.
The two Second Round winners will meet in the Sweet 16 on Sunday, May 7th.
FSC punched their ticket to the NCAA Championship after defeating second-seeded St. Joseph's-Long Island, 5-1, in the Skyline Conference Championship in October. #1 doubles and singles player Anastasia Hoffman (Massapequa, N.Y.) was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Championship.
Endicott earned their spot in the Tournament after winning the Commonwealth Coast Conference title over Nichols College, 5-0.
This year, teams play a single-elimination tournament with the first, second- and third-rounds played at regional sites, Friday-Sunday, May 5-7, or Thursday-Saturday, May 4-6. The United States Tennis Association, Oglethorpe University and the Greater Orlando Sports Commission will host the team championships finals, which will be held May 14-22 at USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida.
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