WILLIAMSBURG — William & Mary head men’s tennis coach Jeff Kader announced the Tribe’s 2024 fall schedule on Monday. The ledger comprises 10 events, including four ITA competitions that serve as qualification for the NCAA Individual Championships in Waco, Texas, Nov. 19-24, and a home tournament in November.
The Tribe’s lone home event will be the W&M UTR Tournament, Nov. 1-3. It marks the second-straight season that the program will host a UTR event in Williamsburg during the fall. The Universal Tennis College Circuits is a series of open, tiered prize money tournaments hosted by college campuses. These events attract top players across the country and provide college players, adults, and high-level junior players chances to play competitive matches and improve their UTR Rating.
Outside of the ITA events, the Tribe will take part in four tournaments away from Williamsburg over four-straight weeks in September and October. W&M opens the fall season at the Seahawk Invitational, Sept. 13-15, for the second consecutive season.
The Tribe returns to the state of Virginia for four-straight events, beginning with the ODU UTR Tournament, Sept. 20-22. Last season, the Green and Gold traveled to compete in the NYCC College Tennis Invitational in Norfolk. W&M takes part in the Liberty Invitational the following weekend, Sept. 27-29, in Lynchburg.
For the sixth time in the last seven years, the Tribe will compete at the River City Open at both the University of Richmond and the Collegiate School. The event is slated for Oct. 4-6.
The ITA Atlantic Region Championships are set for Oct. 10-14 in Norfolk, Va. The draw size for the regional will be singles: minimum of 64-player main draw and minimum of 64-player qualifying, and doubles: minimum of 32-team main draw and a minimum of 32-team qualifying draw. From this, the two singles finalists and the doubles champion will qualify for the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships.
The first major ITA event of the fall, and first opportunity to qualifying for the national championships, is the All-American Championships, Sept. 21-29, in Tulsa, Okla. The event will have a draw size of the following – singles: pre-qualifying (128), qualifying (64), main draw (64) and doubles: pre-qualifying (32), qualifying (32), main draw (32). From this, 10 singles players (eight main draw quarterfinalists and two feed-in consolation finalists) and four main draw doubles semifinalists will qualify for the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships, which were moved to the fall as part of a two-year pilot program starting in 2024.
The ITA will host a pair of qualifiers for the NCAA Individual Championships on Nov. 7-10. The first is the ITA Conference Masters Championships in San Diego, Calif., and the second is the Sectional Championships in Chapel Hill, N.C. For the Sectional Championships, the draw size will be 32 players for singles and 16 teams for doubles with six singles players (semifinalists, two quarterfinal playoff winners) and three double teams (champion, finalist, third place) qualifying for the NCAA Championships.
The Conference Masters Championships will have a draw size of 32 singles players and 32 doubles teams with four players qualifying in singles (semifinalists) and three doubles teams (champion, finalist, third place). Each NCAA AQ-eligible, DI conference will designate one singles player and one doubles team from each gender to participate in the event.
