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The NCAA News -- April 26, 1999

Spring Championships Preview -- Division III Men's Tennis

Field: Sixteen teams will play a single-elimination tournament with the round of 16 and quarterfinals played at non-predetermined regional sites. Individual championships consist of 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams.

Dates and sites: The regionals will be conducted on campuses of participating institutions May 8-9. The finals will be held at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Pomona-Pitzer May 15-19.

Information/results: The fax-on-demand telephone number is 770/563-1133 (pin code 1915): request numbers are 1542 for bracket/schedule; 5234 for qualifiers (teams/individuals); 5235 for team results, quarterfinals; 5236 for team results, semifinals; 5237 for team results, final; 5238 for individual results, first day; 5239 for individual results, second day; and 5240 for individual results, third day. Championships results will appear in the June 7 issue of The NCAA News.

Championships notes: UC Santa Cruz looks to repeat as champion in its home state. The Banana Slugs have won three of the last four team championships. Kalamazoo holds the record for most tournament victories with seven, with its last title coming in 1993 ... The championships return to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps after a seven-year hiatus.