May Madness
The 46th-ranked San Diego State women's tennis team will learn if it has a spot in the NCAA championships at 2:30 p.m. Thursday when the NCAA holds its internet selection show. Should the Aztecs earn an at-large bid they would compete in regionals May 12-13 at a site to be determined with the finals being held May 17-25 in Stone Mountain, Ga. The 64-team tournament field contains 31 automatic qualifiers. The Aztecs, who finished the year 17-8, 6-1 MWC, have earned a spot in the NCAA team championship five of the last six seasons and advanced to the second round of last year's tournament, where they played Wake Forest.
The Selection Show
The team will be watching the selection show from the Aztec media relations office located in room 109 of the athletics building. The internet selection show is available at www.ncaachampionships.com. Click on "women's tennis" on the left side of the homepage which will take you to an option to access the show.
Recapping the MWC Championships
SDSU finished in second place at this past weekend's Mountain West Conference championship. The Aztecs entered the tournament a second seed and posted indentical, 4-0, wins over No. 7 Air Force and No. 6 Colorado State before losing to top-seed Brigham Young, 4-3, in the league's title match. Five members of the Aztec squad were named to the 2001 all-MWC team. Sophomores Lindsey Hedberg, Katja Karrento and Silvia Tornier along with senior Whitney Wells were named to the league's singles team.. The doubles pairs of Tornier and Hedberg, and Wells and junior Julie Chidley earned a spot on the doubles squad. Karrento and Wells are two-time all-MWC performers.
