They came, they saw and they dominated both the Men’s/Coed and Women’s Regional Team Championships. Duke University plays out of the NCTTA Carolina Division and for the most part they weren’t a known powerhouse until they came to Regionals and showed their colors. Duke University features men and women both well over 2000 which translated into a Regional Championship title in both areas!

Men’s and Women’s Singles were dominated however by newcomers, brothers from Montgomery College (new school to NCTTA) LeTuanKhoi and LeTuanKhai. The brothers brought their A game to the Lily Yip Table Tennis Center for the 1st and 2nd place honors. On the Women’s singles end, again a newcomer from Drexel University, Nhi Do bested Duke’s Claire Xiao (Duke) and Lucy Ma (UPenn) enroute to the title. 

Thanks to Lily Yip for hosting NCTTA’s Mid Atlantic Regionals. We always appreciate USATT clubs helping out!

Nhi Do from Drexel, Women's Singles Champ featured (Picture by Seemant Teotia)

The NCTTA 2020 South Regional Championships were held at the Texas Wesleyan Sid Richardson Gymnasium. For those who want to know  a little college table tennis history, this was the location of the 2005 and 2006 National College Championships! Fast Forward to 2020 and Texas Wesleyan is still among the most feared in college table tennis and is one of two scholarship schools in the nation. Mississippi College however has made a name for itself beating and being beaten by the Texas Wesleyan Rams. This year featured yet another majestic match up!

Mississippi College came in ranked slightly higher than the host school in the Men’s/Coed team competition, and with their new student athletes hailing from several South American countries as well as Russia they provided some firepower. MC would go on to defeat Texas Wesleyan in the Men’s/Coed team regional championships 3-1 as well as taking the Men’s singles championship with Vladyslav Totkalo defeating Texas Wesleyan’s left-handed master Raul Caballero Montes. 

Texas Wesleyan is very strong however in the women’s area as they took home the Women’s team title and the women’s singles championship with newcomer Jiaqi Lin defeating her teammate Zhen Deng ). 

One has to think with two scholarship table tennis schools that maybe the rest of the region isn’t so strong, but that’s not the case. UT Austin, coming in 3rd in Men’s/Coed teams and 2nd in Women’s teams, would be first place in most other regions. Let’s not forget UT San Antonio, Texas A&M University and Florida International University who are all looking for places in the wildcard for the National Championships.

Men's Singles final picture (by Grant Bergmann)

As always, we take pride in creating a positive environment for our student-athletes as well as our hardworking volunteer staff.

NCTTA Champs will take place as scheduled on April 3-5 at the Round Rock Sports Center in Round Rock, Texas. Round Rock Sports Center has implemented enhanced cleaning and sanitization, including adhering to the recommendations set forth in the U.S. EPA’s Emerging Pathogen Policy regarding cleaning disinfectants effective against the COVID-19 virus. We are working closely with our venue partners and aligning with local, state, and federal public health guidelines and agencies.

As the NCTTA Champs approaches, we will be constantly reviewing our health protection activities, public health messaging, hygiene and medical control measures with the aim of strengthening our COVID-19 response further in line with up-to-date public health advice and guidance, including that of the CDC.

NCTTA will start to invite teams and singles as early as tonight and certainly on Thursday, March 5th and in the following days. We are looking forward to an amazing event for everyone.

NCTTA Championship Committee

If you are staying inside and wondering what the next Netflix show to binge on put that on hold b/c NCTTA has some binge worthy Live Streams to watch!

2020 West Regional Championship - Coed Teams & Women's Singles
Saturday, February 29 - 11:00 AM Pacific Time

Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZWsu9MZ0sU

2020 West Regional Championship - Women's Team & Men's Singles
Sunday, March 1 - 11:00 AM Pacific Time

Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69hAiMrmodc

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2020 Northeast Regional Championship - Team Competition
Saturday, February 29 - 10:00 AM Eastern Time

Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4MxJANLtkA

2020 Northeast Regional Championship - Singles Competition
Sunday, March 1 - 9:00 AM Eastern Time

Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRil9_Neuvs

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2020 South Regional Championship - Teams
Saturday, February 29 - 2:00 PM Central Time

Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4fw_7Ex2Hc

2020 South Regional Championship - Singles
Sunday, March 1 - 9:00 AM Central Time

Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie1FbaetPuc
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2020 Great Lakes Regional Championships--Singles and Teams

Saturday February 29th-- 10:00 AM Eastern time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daysiSWjx3o

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2020 Midwest Regional Championship - Teams
Saturday, February 29 - 9:00 AM Central Time

Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goRJnPHLAic

2020 Midwest Regional Championship - Singles
Sunday, March 1 - 9:00 AM Central Time

Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGdIEsL4SZc

Want to win some money to support your team for the next school year? NCTTA is running a video contest open to all schools! Submit a short video of your school's "Journey to Nationals" for a chance to win $100 off of your school's registration next year. Deadline for submission is March 22nd. Remember to bring your camera to Divisionals and Regionals and submit your video below!

Submission link: https://forms.gle/7ghFQAPoArFEEkAN7

From Paddle Palace TT club to AGTTA to Westchester Table Tennis club, Colleges and Universities are hosting around 30 division tournaments in the Spring/Winter semester. Click here for the updated Spring/Winter 2020 Division Schedule.

Remember rosters and eligibility forms are still due 72 hours PRIOR to your division date. 

NCTTA also hosts college singles tournaments in most of these divisions so sign up and pick up those medals! Please sign up today for singles

It is time, NCTTA College Table Tennis Registration for the 2019-2020 season is OPEN!

Click here to get registered and click on teams!

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We here at NCTTA are also very excited to partner with USA Table Tennis on a new membership perk for EVERY NCTTA member school

Every NCTTA school will now get 10 Free USATT memberships by following these easy steps!

Step 1: Register and Pay for NCTTA Membership

Step 2: Complete the NCTTA Eligibility form (have your school approve it and place your 10 people you want to have free USATT memberships as well as your other A team, Women's team athletes)

Step 3: Go to USATT's membership website and create an account for each of your 10 people

Step 4: Fill out this link for USATT membership activation

Back again by popular demand! Sync your USA Table Tennis rating with your College NCTTA rating!

Click here and give yourself and more importantly your team the EDGE for College competition coming up soon!

NCTTA Coaching Committee: Logan Zimmerman, Willy Leparulo and Dr. Alan Chu are on a bold mission to educate and certify as many coaches as possible into the world of college table tennis.

NCTTA's coaching certification has brought together coaches from all over the nation with on and off-the-table knowledge, skills and tricks of the trade! Currently there are 25 certified college table tennis coaches in North America! The coaching seminars are sponsored by ISET who has been a great supporter of these programs.  

Two more classes will be scheduled this summer and potentially a third one in the Fall semester.

First, an NCTTA certification class is going to be in Tallahassee, Florida at the home of the Florida State University Seminoles at the Bobby E Leach Recreation Center on July 27th and 28th! Tallahassee is home to both Willy Leparulo and Logan Zimmerman (NCTTA Course Conductors).  

Register here for this certification class at Florida State University, July 27-28th.