College Tennis

After months away from competitive tennis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the area’s top current, incoming collegiate and junior players competed in the USTA Eastern Collegiate Series, a four-weekend long string of tournaments at the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning in the Bronx...Read more

Division I, II or III? What is the difference? What is the lifestyle? What is right for me? One thing people are surprised about is that the top teams in a lower division would beat a LOT of the lower teams in a higher division. I asked three people I work with, who are currently playing or just...Read more

USTA Eastern announced this week the unveiling of the USTA Eastern Collegiate Series featuring four weekends of tournaments open to current and incoming college players and juniors. The entry fee for each tournament is $85 and will feature a $250 prize for the winners. See below for more...Read more

Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) announced the new UTR National Championship Series on Monday, revealing more than 70 events throughout the United States for junior, high school and college tennis players. “The UTR National Championship Series gives players the opportunity to compete in safe, high...Read more

Ohio State freshman and Northport native Cannon Kingsley was named the ITA National Rookie of the Year, the final accolade on what was an outstanding first season competing for the Buckeyes. Kingsley, the first Ohio State player to earn rookie of the year honors, received the award during a special...Read more

Northport native and Ohio State freshman Cannon Kingsley was named a singles All-American by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) this week. The former Suffolk County singles champion posted a 12-1 record in singles play and 10-0 in doubles. He recorded seven victories over ranked opponents...Read more

This article first appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of Long Island Tennis Magazine. You can read the full digital edition by clicking here . When she was around six-years-old, Julia Elbaba began playing tennis for the first time. As the young child of parents who enjoyed playing tennis,...Read more

Helping young athletes attend the colleges of their choice, on full tennis scholarships whenever possible, is a primary goal of SPORTIME and of the John McEnroe Tennis Academy (JMTA). With dozens of JMTA students currently competing at top colleges across the country, the Academy announced the 2020...Read more

Last week, Northport native and current Ohio State freshman Cannon Kingsley was named the UTR/ITA National Player of the Week . Kingsley, a former Suffolk County singles champion, helped lead his Buckeyes past Arizona State as he won his doubles match, and defeated Andrea Bolla in singles. He...Read more

On Tuesday evening, Hofstra tennis will be on display at the New York Open, as sophomore Shawn Jackson and freshman Ostap Kovalenko prepare to play in the tournament’s main draw. Jackson and Kovalenko earned a wild card into the doubles draw, and are set to play American Tennys Sandgren and Sweden’...Read more