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Welcome to the USTA Northern Tennis On Campus Program!

Here Come Da Fuzz! All across the country, college students are getting in on exciting coed campus leagues that allow them to keep that competitive edge burning and have some serious fun, too! If you played tennis on your high school tennis team and miss the competition or if you're new to tennis and are just looking to meet some new friends and participate in organized sports activity on your campus – this is it!

Week after week throughout the year, teams are competing against one another for bragging rights and also future advancement to the annual spring USTA's National Campus Championship. How does that grab your attention for a spring break fantasy trip? Next year it could be YOU! Here is what college students are saying about their campus tennis programs:

"Towards the end of high school, everyone kept telling me to play tennis in college. Lucky for me, my college’s club team was a great option for someone who didn’t want the commitment of varsity or wasn’t quite good enough for it, yet still wanted to maintain their game by playing a few times a week." – Amy Erskine, Birmingham, MI

"All of a sudden, after playing tennis competitively for years, I had no plans to play and I felt a bit lost. Then I learned about the club team and began meeting some really great people. I can honestly say that joining the club tennis team has been the most positive, fun and consistent group I’ve been a part of at college." – Katie Johnstone, Deerfield, IL

"Another great aspect of club tennis is the leadership opportunities it offers. The board includes many offices, one of which I held. A lot of work is involved, but in the end it was a great experience for me." – Stu Weissman, Tampa, FL

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2009 USTA Northern Tennis On Campus Section Championship
March 7-8 at Life Time Fitness - Lakeville

The USTA Northern Tennis On Campus Section Championship is scheduled for March 7-8 at Life Time Fitness – Lakeville in Lakeville, Minn. The tournament is limited to the first 12 teams that enter. Schools may enter more than one team, but only the “A” team will be guaranteed entry into the tournament. Entry is $85 per team and the deadline is February 27, 2009, by 5 p.m.

For more tournament information and an entry form, click here.
For a flyer promoting the tournament, click here.

Anyone can form a team as long as they meet the minimum team requirements. A team must have a minimum of two men and two women and no more than 10. The players must be enrolled for a minimum of six (6) credit hours (graduate students - 4 hours) at that institution and may not be a member of the 2008-09 varsity tennis team at that school. Only one former varsity player may be on a team.

The tournament uses the World TeamTennis format consisting of men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles and one mixed doubles team. The first- and second-place teams at the USTA Northern Tennis on Campus Championships receive automatic entry into the 2009 National Campus Championships April 16-18 in Surprise, Ariz.

For more information, please contact Christine Buysse, Junior Teams Specialist, at 952-358-3290 or buysse@northern.usta.com

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USTA Launches New Tennis On Campus Web Site

The USTA announced the launch of a new Web site designed to serve as a resource for the more than 450 college and universities and nearly 30,000 players who participate in a Tennis On Campus program at their school. The official Web site of the Tennis On Campus program, www.tennisoncampus.com will provide an array of resources, materials and information to help support the rapidly expanding non-varsity side of college tennis.
The Tennis On Campus program, launched in 2000, features co-ed teams participating in intramural and intercollegiate (club) play using the World TeamTennis format on campuses nationwide. Tennis On Campus also provides college students with opportunities for leadership development, social networking and rivaled competition.
Perfect for athletes who have not made the jump from high school to college varsity, Tennis On Campus offers match play, regional and national championship competition while helping students maintain active and healthy lifestyles through their college years.
In addition to servicing current college students, tennisoncampus.com also offers an opportunity for high school tennis players, junior players and their parents to become more informed of the tennis "scene" on a particular campus. The site features team profiles, links to each team’s website and popular Facebook pages. All college club teams are encouraged to visit the website to build or update their profiles, contact one another, share tips and set up matches.
Some of the free downloadable resources available on the site include customizable marketing materials, fundraising resources, tips for tennis club leaders, and a guidebook for starting a club tennis team. The site also lists upcoming tournaments like the USTA Campus Championship – Sectional Events and a countdown to the USTA National Campus Championship in Surprise, Arizona in April 2009.
"We’re thrilled to be able to support the growth of college tennis and having a substantial web presence is a critical piece of our overall strategy," said Kurt Kamperman, Chief Executive, Community Tennis, USTA. "This website will provide students the relevant information and resources to grow their campus programs."
For more information about setting up a program at your school, seeing what schools offer Tennis On Campus or to set up a match for your school go to www.tennisoncampus.com, or e-mail tennisoncampus@usta.com.
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2008-09 USTA NORTHERN TENNIS ON CAMPUS SERIES (CCS)
The USTA Northern Tennis On Campus Series is a series of fall and winter tournaments where team points are rewarded. The accumulated points will be used to seed teams for the annual USTA Campus Championship – Northern . The first and second place teams will earn a bid into the National Campus Championship in April. Schools may bid to be a host site tournament.
The USTA Northern Tennis On Campus Series is a series of fall and winter tournaments where team points are rewarded. The accumulated points will be used to seed teams for the annual USTA Campus Championship – Northern . The first and second place teams will earn a bid into the National Campus Championship in April. Schools may bid to be a host site tournament.
Click here for a USTA Northern Tennis On Campus Series Flyer
Click here for a USTA Northern Tennis On Campus Series Host Site Application.

September 20-21    U of Minnesota           Brandon Jackson     tenniscb@umn.edu
For results from U of Minnesota Invite, click here.
September 27-28    UW - Superior            Amos Tarfa             atarfa@uwsuper.edu
October 4-5            Carleton College        William Mueller        muellerw@carleton.edu
October 11             UW - Stout                Aaron Kurth             tennisclub@uwstout.edu
March 7-8               USTA Campus Championship - Northern (Life Time Fitness - Lakeville)

If you would like to host an event, please contact Christine Buysse at buysse@northern.usta.com or at (952) 358-3290.

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USTA NORTHERN TENNIS ON CAMPUS DIRECTORY

COLLEGE TITLE FIRST LAST EMAIL TELEPHONE

Carleton College Sport Club President William Mueller muellerw@carleton.edu

Gustavus Sport Club Director Steve Wilknson swilkins@gac.edu 507- 931-1614

Gustavus Sport Club President Josh Knutson jknutso4@gac.edu

Minnesota State University Mankato Sport Club Director Phil Brauer brauertennis@hotmail.com 507-389-6111

Minot State University Sport Club President Andrew Evanoff andrew.evanoff@minotstateu.edu 701-720-8731

North Dakota State University Sport Club President Brian Schwandt brian.schwandt@ndsu.edu 701-541-5111

South Dakota School of Mines Sport Club President Jerry Bolinger j_bolls@hotmail.com 605-222-7057

St. Cloud State University Sport Club President Mike Nordling nord1219@comcast.net 763- 229-7733

University of Minnesota Duluth Sport Club President David Buiszman buszm001@d.umn.edu 763-300-1957

University of Minnesota Twin Cities Sport Club President Brandon Jackson tenniscb@umn.edu

University of North Dakota Grand Forks Sport Club President John Emmerich regyemmerich@yahoo.com; john.emmerich@und.nodak.edu 701-777-3256

University of South Dakota Vermillion Sport Club President Daniel Heckmann daniel.heckmann@usd.edu 605-659-4389

University of St. Thomas Sport Club President Ben Nyberg bjnyberg@stthomas.edu 763-257-2765

University of Wisconsin River Falls Sport Club Contact Ann Wachter blueviolet8@charter.net 608-249-3516

University of Wisconsin Stout Sport Club President Aaron Kurth TENNISCLUB@UWSTOUT.EDU 715-523-9979

University of Wisconsin Superior Sport Club President Amos Tarfa atarfa@uwsuper.edu 612-616-9899

Valley City State University Sport Club Director Erik Kringlie erik.kringlie@vcsu.edu 701-845-7333

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University of Minnesota and North Dakota State Advance to National Tennis On Campus Championships

Ten team from Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota competed at the 2008 USTA Northern Campus Championship held February 2-3 at the Swanson Tennis Center at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn.

The University of Minnesota Team A captured first place with a 30-18 win over the University of Minnesota Maroon in the Championship match. Based on National Championship regulations, the University of Minnesota can only take one team to the National tournament, thus North Dakota State also earned a berth to Nationals with a 21-17 win over Gustavus Adolphus in the third-place match. The National Campus Championships are April 17-20, 2008 in Carey, N.C. USTA Northern is assisting both teams by providing a $500 travel stipend for the national event.

Members of the winning University of Minnesota team were Richard Crockett, Mai Lan Leong, Lindsey Schmelzer, Sara Kopolow, Alex King, Michael Perzel and Elizabeth Larson. North Dakota State University's team, captained by Brian Schwandt, included Max Piepkorn, Jeremy Koeplin, Luke Beckerman, Sara Flowers, Melissa Rippy, Alayna Goodin and Lisa Reinbold. The other teams present at the Section Championship were University of Minnesota Gold C, UW-Stout White and Blue teams, North Dakota's Ice Cold Warriors and Red River Avengers and Carleton College.

The Campus Championships use the WorldTeam Tennis format that features no-ad scoring, player substitutions and allows for coaching at any time. Matches may be sent into overtime if the trailing team wins the fifth set of the match but is behind in total games. In overtime, the trailing team may attempt to tie the match by continuing play and winning enough games even the score. If a tie is reached, a supertiebreaker (first team to 7, win by one) is played to determine the match winner.

Aaron Kurth, captain of the UW-Stout teams, won the USTA Northern Tennis Ace Award. Aaron received a free Wilson racquet donated by Tennis Warehouse. Kurth has showed a tremendous amount of leadership and love of the game, starting a Tennis on Campus team at Wisconsin-Madison before transferring to UW-Stout. He then started his second Tennis on Campus club team at UW-Stout, where last year his team took second at the Section Championships and advanced to Nationals. This year, he has grown the UW-Stout team and brought two teams to the Section Championship. Kurth has done an amazing job organizing Tennis on Campus and growing the game of tennis wherever he goes and will be nominated by USTA Northern for the National NIRSA/USTA Student Tennis Ace Award.

Carleton College received the Team Spirit Award. Carleton College received t-shirts, grips and racquet bags donated by Tennis Warehouse. Carleton team members displayed true enjoyment of playing tennis and demonstrated great sportsmanship through out the weekend. Members of Carleton College team are William Mueller (Captain), Blake Nicholson, Steve Landkamer, Ben Colwell, Aaron Bernhardt, Alexis Perry, Jinai Bharucha, Claire Liepmann and Chelsea Ronsse.

For Championship Round results, click here.
For Pool Play results, click here.
For more on the Tennis on Campus National Championships, click here.

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FUNDING
Grants in amounts up to $500.00 are available to sport clubs, intramural departments, facility directors and varsity coaches running an ongoing league or team tennis program or sport club that allows students to have multiple playing opportunities. Click here for more information. For assistance, contact: Christine Buyssee, USTA Northern, 1001 W. 98th Street, Suite 101, Bloomington, MN 55431 Email: buysse@northern.usta.com , Telephone (952) 358-3290 or (800) 536-6962 x 120.

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TENNIS ON CAMPUS PROGRAMS
Check out tennis sport clubs and intramural programs at USTA Northern colleges you are interested in attending. Here are definitions of the different types of programs:
    * Intramural: Within the walls or boundaries of the institution.
    * Extramural: Intramural teams from one school play intramural teams form other schools.
    * Sport Club: Recognized student organizations on campus that compete against other sport clubs generally at a higher level of competition.

Click on the School Name to visit the school website. Schools are listed in alphabetical order.
Click on Intramurals or Sport Club to visit these pages.
For a USTA Northern Tennis on Campus Directory, click here.

Anoka Ramsey CC, Coon Rapids, MN Intramurals
Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN Intramurals
Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD Intramurals
Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN Intramurals
Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, MN Intramurals
Bethel University, St. Paul, MN Intramurals
Bismarck State College Intramurals
Black Hills State University, Spearfish, SD Intramurals
Carleton College, Northfield, MN Intramurals
Central Lakes College, Brainerd, MN Intramurals
Century College, White Bear Lake, MN Intramurals
College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN Intramurals
College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN Intramurals
College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN Intramurals
Concordia College, Moorhead, MN Intramurals
Concordia University, St. Paul, MN Intramurals
Crown College, St. Bonifacius, MN Intramurals
Dakota State University, Madison, SD Intramurals
Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, SD Intramurals
Dickinson State University, Dickinson, ND Intramurals
Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN Intramurals
Hamline University, St. Paul, MN Intramurals
Jamestown College, Jamestown, ND Intramurals
Macalester College, St. Paul, MN Intramurals
Martin Luther College, New Ulm, MN Intramurals
Mayville State University, Mayville, ND Intramurals
Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN Intramurals
Minnesota State University, Moorhead Intramurals
Minnesota West CC, MN Intramurals
Minot State University, Minot, ND Intramurals
Mount Marty College, Yankton, SD Intramurals
National American University, Rapid City, SD Intramurals
North Am. Baptist Seminary, Sioux Falls, SD Intramurals
North Dakota State University, Fargo. ND Intramurals
Northern State University, Aberdeen, SD Intramurals
Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN Intramurals
Presentation College, Aberdeen, SD Intramurals
St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, Winona, MN Intramurals
South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, SD Intramurals Tennis Sport Club
South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD Intramurals
Southwest Minnesota State U, Marshall, MN Intramurals
St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN Intramurals
St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN Intramurals
St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN Intramurals
University of Mary, Bismarck, ND Intramurals
University of Minnesota, Crookston Intramurals
University of Minnesota, Duluth Intramurals
University of Minnesota, Morris, MN Intramurals
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Intramurals Tennis Sport Club
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND Intramurals
University of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, SD Intramurals
University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD Intramurals
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN Intramurals
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI Intramurals
University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI Intramurals
University of Wisconsin, Stout, WI Intramurals Tennis Sport Club
University of Wisconsin, Superior, WI Intramurals Tennis Sport Club
Valley City State University, Valley City, ND Intramurals Tennis Sport Club
Winona State University, Winona, MN Intramurals