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