2010 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS SELECTIONS
INDIANAPOLIS--The NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Subcommittee has selected the 64 teams and 16 first- and second-round sites for the 2010 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships.
First- and second-round competition will be conducted May 14-15, with the winner of each site advancing to the NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Georgia, hosted by the University of Georgia. The team championship will be held May 20-25.
The teams will play a single-elimination tournament at 16 first- and second-round sites (four teams at each site) and the finals site (16-team bracket) to determine the national champion. The matches shall be regulation dual matches with three (3) eight-game, pro-set doubles played for one team point, followed by six (6) singles matches, each valued at one team point, played best of three sets. Regular scoring will be used and a 12-point tiebreaker will be played at eight games all in doubles and at six games all in singles.
Thirty-one conferences receive automatic qualification into the 2010 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships. Each conference and its automatic qualifier are listed below.
America East – Boston U.
Atlantic 10 – Richmond
Atlantic Coast – Georgia Tech
Atlantic Sun – North Florida
Big East – Notre Dame
Big Sky – Sacramento State
Big South – Winthrop
Big Ten – Northwestern
Big 12 – Baylor
Big West – UC Irvine
Colonial – VCU
Conference USA – Tulsa
Horizon – Illinois-Chicago
Ivy – Princeton
Metro Atlantic – Fairfield
MAC – Miami (Ohio)
Mid-Eastern – South Carolina State
Missouri Valley – Wichita State
Mountain West – TCU
Northeast – Long Island
Ohio Valley – Austin Peay State
Pacific-10 – Stanford
Patriot – Army
SEC – Florida
Southern – College of Charleston
Southland – Northwestern State
SWAC – Southern University
Summit – IPFW
Sun Belt – North Texas
West Coast – Saint Mary’s (California)
WAC – Boise State
