Women's Competitions Set the Standard
Photo Credit: David Shi of Amy Wang of UCLA
By Willy Leparulo, Guest writer
NCTTA Media
International Women's Day was last month in March, but at the NCTTA Championships we are always celebrating our women both domestic and international. NCTTA Championships features women's singles, doubles and a team championships.
Joe Wells, NCTTA VP states, “This year will feature one of the strongest Women’s Championships ever.”
In Women's Doubles we have two student athletes who have represented the US on its National Team in Amy Wang and Rachel Sung. Amy Wang is now ranked in the Top 100 for Women's table tennis internationally and recently captured the Joola Global Championships for women. Sung and Wang should be a formidable doubles duo in this competition. Don't count out last year's champs from Texas Wesleyan, Zhen Deng and Jiaqi Lin who will be looking to capture another title for the Texas Wesleyan Rams.
Women's Singles looks to be a battle as well with UCLA and Texas Wesleyan as they represent the top 6 seeds in women's singles. UCLA represents 4 out of the 6 seeds. We could also see some surprises from Brazilian International Daniela Yano (19-1 this season) of Columbia University ranked #10 among others. All and all Women's Singles are certainly something to watch.
Lastly will be the hotly contested Women's Team Championships where once again the popular theme is between UCLA and Texas Wesleyan University. The women's team championships, however, is very deep and watch for some of the Canadian schools Western or the University of British Columbia to make some noise. This is a "must see" event for anyone interested in high-level table tennis.
About 2023 NCTTA College Table Tennis Championships
The championships are hosted by the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association and the Round Rock CVB. Men’s and Women’s Singles and Doubles, and Men’s/Coed Teams, Women’s Teams. The event is sponsored by Double Happiness, PongSpace, Major League Table Tennis.
Watch the event on live stream starting Friday April 14th on champs.nctta.org
About NCTTA
The National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) is a non-profit organization established exclusively for promoting the sport of table tennis at the college level. As the national governing body for college table tennis in the United States and Canada, NCTTA organizes elite intercollegiate competition throughout North America. www.nctta.org