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The NCAA News -- April 26, 1999

Spring Championships Preview -- Division III Women's Tennis

Field: Fourteen teams will play a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion. The individual championships consist of 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams.

Dates and site: All matches will be held at College of New Jersey May 4-10.

Information/results: The fax-on-demand telephone number is 770/563-1133 (pin code 1915): request numbers are 1560 for bracket/schedule; 5256 for qualifiers (teams/individuals); 5257 for team results, first round; 5258 for team results, quarterfinals; 5259 for team results, semifinals; 5260 for team results, final and third-place matches; 5261 for individual results, first day; 5262 for individual results, second day; and 5263 for individual results, third day. Championships results will appear in the May 24 issue of The NCAA News.

Championships notes: Defending champion Skidmore hopes to become the first repeat champion in the 17-year history of the tournament ... Emory holds the record for most consecutive tournament appearances with 14. UC San Diego tops the chart with the most team championships with a total of four. Principia leads the list of singles champions with three and is tied with Pomona-Pitzer at four for the most doubles titles. Kenyon holds the record of most title-match appearances with seven, three in the past four years.